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(Most Recent First)
Court Interpreters
Legislation requiring the availability of court and administrative proceeding
interpreters (Act 172 of 2006).
Preserving Open Space
Providing more local taxing options for preserving open space (Act 154 of 2006).
Extension of Recycling Fee
An extension of the $2/ton Recycling Fee through 2012 (Act 140 of 2006).
Articulation Agreements/School Wellness Programs
Requiring the development of articulation agreements between colleges, require local school wellness programs, background checks for school employees and expanding dual enrollment (Act 114 of 2006).
Disbursement of Insurance Proceeds
Amending Title 23 providing for insurance proceeds intercept (Act 109 of 2006).
Insurance Contract Provisions
Further providing for fire insurance contracts and standard policy provisions (Act 104 of 2006).
Recording Mortgages
Prescribing the effect of recording property purchases and mortgages (Act 86 of
2006).
Court Fees
Changing and adding court fees (Act 81 of 2006).
Notice of Personal Information Breaches
Legislation was signed into law requiring notice of personal information breaches to help reduce incidents of ID theft (Act 94 of 2005).
Land Conveyances:
Helped pass legislation extending the date for validation of certain conveyances and other instruments (Act 27 of 2005).
Expanded Community College Funding
Worked to pass legislation providing the first comprehensive update in funding
community colleges in 40 years along with capital project funding (Act 46 of
2005).
Freeze Storage Tank Fees
Worked to get legislation passed to freeze registration fees on underground and
aboveground storage tanks and provide funding for administration of Storage
Tank Program within the Department of Environmental Protection (Act 36 of 2005).
Validating Land Conveyances
Worked to pass legislation extending the date for validation of certain land
conveyances and other instruments (Act 27 of 2005).
Growing Greener II
Passed legislation to authorize a voter referendum for a $650 million
environmental bond issue and then worked to pass implementing legislation that
allocates funding the from bond issue, the Environmental Stewardship Fund and
provides two years of support for the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund (Act 45 of
2005).
Telecommunications
Achieved significant changes in the House-passed version of the
telecommunications reform law on behalf of MCI. (Act 183 of 2004)
Funding for Electronic Licensing
Worked to pass legislation increasing license fee increases at the Pennsylvania
Fish & Boat Commission to help fund electronic license sales system. (Act 159 of
2004)
Rewrite of Divorce Law
Helped the Philadelphia Bar Association have an impact on a complete rewrite of
Pennsylvania's divorce law. (Act 175 of 2004)
Misuse of Personal Information
Helped to strengthen the law against misuse of personal information by a
company on behalf of AOL and American Express. (Act 202 of 2004)
Rewrite of Homeowner Association Law
Worked to rewrite the laws covering homeowners associations in planned
communities, cooperatives and condominiums on behalf of the Philadelphia Bar
Association. (Acts 189, 190, 191 of 2004)
Restored Tank Funding
Obtained $10 million in funding for the Underground Storage Tank
Indemnification Fund to pay back funds borrowed in 2002.
Helped Pass Legislation Authorizing Slots Gaming in Pennsylvania
On behalf of the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association, worked with a coalition of organizations to help pass legislation authorizing slots gaming in Pennsylvania (Act 71 of 2004)
Obtained Capital Budget Funding for Community Colleges
On behalf of Community Colleges, obtained non-mandated capital budget funding
of $10 million (Act 67 of 2004)
Negotiated More Equitable Nursing Home Assessment
On behalf of PANPHA, we were able to help negotiate a more equitable nursing
home assessment that reduced the number of potential losers among facilities.
Increased Funding for Community Colleges
Faced with a funding freeze in 2003, and in spite of state revenue declines, we
successfully helped obtain an increase in funding for Community Colleges.
Criminal Spam Legislation
Representing AOL and WorldCom, we successfully negotiated legislation favorable to our clients (Act 226 of 2002)
Homeland Security Legislation
Representing the American Red Cross, we successfully inserted an amendment to include ARC in Homeland Security issues planning (Act 227 of 2002)
Computer Spam Legislation
Representing AOL and WorldCom, we successfully initiated and negotiated
legislation regarding computer spamming (Act 222 of 2002)
Mortgage Satisfaction Act
Representing PA Land Title Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association, we initiated and successfully negotiated whole scale changes to the laws governing the satisfactions of residential mortgages (Act 197 of 2002)
Agricultural Code
Representing BP and PPMCSA, we successfully inserted an amendment which will require a complete review and reauthorization of the Food Code (Act 190 of 2002)
Reauthorization of Recycling Fee
Representing the PA Soft Drink Association, we successfully advocated the reauthorization of the $2.00 recycling fee which is a surcharge on each ton of municipal waste disposed of in Pennsylvania (Act 175 of 2002)
Notary Law
Representing the PA Land Title Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association, we successfully advocated passage of legislation creating electronic notarization of legal documents (Act 151 of 2002)
Procurement Code
Representing PANPHA, we successfully advocated the improvement of the DPW Board of Hearings and Appeals Jurisdiction for medical assistance claims (Act 142 of 2002)
Judicial Computer System Augmentation Account
Representing the Philadelphia Bar Association, we successfully advocated for a surcharge on all legal filings to be dedicated for legal services for the poor (Act 122 of 2002)
Criminal Code Changes
Representing BP and PPMCSMA, we successfully created the new crime of retail theft of gasoline (Act 116 of 2002)
Judicial Code Changes
Representing the Philadelphia Bar Association, we successfully advocated the use of DNA testing in post-conviction death penalty cases (Act 109 of 2002)
Environmental Protection
Representing Envirite of Pennsylvania, we successfully inserted language which exempted processed hazardous waste from the waste tipping fee provisions (Act 90 of 2002)
Telemarketer Registration Act
Representing MCI WorldCom and Securities Industry Association, we successfully initiated and negotiated language of a Do Not Call List that was acceptable to our clients (Act 25 of 2002)
Internet Child Pornography
Representing WorldCom, we successfully avoided harsher legislation and were able to craft language acceptable to our clients (Act 5 of 2002)
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