Speeches & Publications Archives

2010 - Present | Archived

Construction Law

  • Construction Defect Litigation Live Teleconference, National Business Institute, August 23, 2011 (J. Wallack)
  • A Primer on Prompt Payment Acts – Private and Public, Montgomery County Bar Association, September 2009. (J. Wallack)
  • Construction Law Fundamentals: Managing Project Risk, National Business Institute, November 2008. (J. Wallack)
  • Recent Developments in Pennsylvania Construction Damages, The Legal Intelligencer, August 4, 2008. (J. Wallack)
  • Construction Law: What Do You Do When?, National Business Institute, November 2007. (J. Wallack)
  • To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate? That Continues to Be the Question, The Legal Intelligencer, August 6, 2007. (J. Wallack)
  • Using a Mechanics’ Lien to Get Your Money, National Business Institute, April 2007. (J. Wallack)
  • Using a Mechanics’ Lien to Get Your Money in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, April 2006. (J. Wallack)
  • Indemnification Clauses in Construction Contracts Under Pennsylvania Law, Insurance Society of Philadelphia, 1999 – 2004. (M. Avrigian Jr.)
  • Pennsylvania Law for Design Professionals, Lorman Education Services, 1997, Contributory author. (M. Avrigian Jr.)
  • Federal Payment Bond Law, Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. (M. Avrigian Jr.)
  • The Right of Counsel to Conduct An Ex Parte Interview of a Former Employee of An Adverse Party, Ethical Considerations for Construction Lawyers in the ’90′s: A Minefield for Lawyers, American Bar Association, 1991. (M. Avrigian Jr.)
  • Unforeseen Site Conditions, Pennsylvania Construction Law, Federal Publications, Inc., 1991. (M. Avrigian Jr.)
  • Construction Subcontracting: A Guide for Industry Professionals, J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991. (Contributing author); “Differing Site Conditions: When Can the Contractor/Subcontractor Recover?” (M. Avrigian Jr.)
  • Overview of Remedies – Enforcement of Leases, Commercial Leases, CLE International, Inc., May 1990, and May 1989. (M. Avrigian Jr.)

Education and School Law

  • Section 504, What You Need to Know, Upper Perkiomen School District, October 16, 2009. (A. Brooks)
  • Getting a Child into School and Keeping Her There, The Laws Governing School Enrollment and Student Discipline, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, October 2, 2009. (A. Brooks)
  • Introduction to Special Education, October 2009. 13th Annual Exceptional Children Conference. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. (Michael Connolly, co-presenter). (L. Dodds)
  • Charter School Special Education – “FAPE Lite?”, May 2009. 37th Annual Special Education Law Conference. Lehigh University. (David Talheimer, Esq, Jim Newcomer, PhD, co-presenters). (L. Dodds)
  • Records: What Need to Know About Right To Know and Other Laws, Co-presenter, Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators Conference, April 23, 2009. (A. Brooks)
  • Current Trends in Education Law, March 12, 2009, PSBA Spring Legal Roundup 2009. (K. Roos)
  • Effectively Evaluating Staff Performance and Communicating with Employees to Improve Effectiveness, May 14, 2008, Eastern Pennsylvania Association of School Personnel Administrators. (K. Roos)
  • Speaker’s Symposium on Crime and Violence: Education and Economic Issues, Harrisburg, PA, November, 2007. Invited participant by the Honorable Dennis M. O’Brien, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania. (L. Dodds)
  • The Upper Dublin Debt Act Referendum: “A Series of Fortunate Events” (Co-presented with Amy Brooks), July 12-13, 2007, Pennsylvania School Boards Solicitor’s Association Annual School Solicitors Symposium. (K. Roos)
  • The Upper Dublin Debt Act Referendum: A Series of Fortunate Events, Pennsylvania School Boards Association School Solicitor’s Symposium, 2007 Summer Conference. (A. Brooks)
  • Issues Arising in Extracurricular Program Management (K. Roos-Co-presented with Megan E. Shafer), October 26, 2006, PSBA Annual School Law Workshop
  • The First Amendment in Public Schools, October 11, 2006, PSBA Annual School Law Workshop (K. Roos)
  • Disciplining Children with Disabilities: Major Changes Under the IDEA 2004, September, 2006. 10th Annual Exceptional Children Conference. Pennsylvania Bar Institute. (Eugene Lincoln, Esq., Co-Presenter). (L. Dodds)
  • Current Trends in Education Law, April 5, 2006, PSBA Spring Legal Roundup 2006. (K. Roos)
  • Student and Staff Issues in Extra Curricular Activities, Co-Author, Pennsylvania School Boards Association Bulletin, February and April 2006. (2 part series) (A. Brooks)
  • Current Trends in Education Law, March 31, 2005, PSBA Spring Legal Roundup 2005. (K. Roos)
  • Current Trends in Education Law, April 20, 2004, PSBA Spring Legal Roundup 2004. (K. Roos)
  • School Law Issues in Pennsylvania, March 1, 2004 National Business Institute, PSBA Spring Legal Roundup 2004. (K. Roos)
  • Legal Ethics and the Superintendent Solicitor Relationship, June 27, 2003, PSBA School Law Workshop (K. Roos)
  • Police in the Schools, October 2, 2002, PSBA Annual School Law Workshop( K. Roos)
  • Ethics: The School Solicitor as Government Lawyer, June 29, 2002, PSBA School Law Update (K. Roos)
  • School Law in Pennsylvania, May 29, 2002, National Business Institute (K. Roos)
  • Ethical Duties and Dilemmas of Township and Borough Solicitor, March 14, 2002, Delaware Valley Insurance Trust: (K. Roos)
  • School Law Issues in Pennsylvania, November 15, 2001, National Business Institute (K. Roos)
  • Ethics: Classic Solicitor Land Mine, July 19, 2001, PSBA School Law Update (K. Roos)
  • PSBA Spring Legal Roundup, April 4, 2001. (K. Roos)
  • School Law Issues in Pennsylvania, November 16, 1999, National Business Institute (K. Roos)

Municipal Law

  • Municipal Approvals – The Solicitor’s View. Panelist on importance of cooperating with municipal officials to navigate some of the vagaries of municipal procedures and best deal with personalities and politics, March 19, 2009. (M. Hosterman)
  • “Piece Together: Items to Consider Before Entering an Intergovernmental Agreement”, Pennsylvania Borough News, December 2007. (Author – M. Hosterman)

Real Estate Law

  • Developing and Managing Condominium and Homeowners’ Associations, National Business Institute, Philadelphia, PA, July, 2009. (M. Brown)
  • Operations and Conflict Resolution in Condominiums and Homeowners’ Associations, National Business Institute, Philadelphia, PA, December 2007; December 2008. (M. Brown)

Zoning and Land Use

  • Thirteenth Annual Pennsylvania Bar Real Estate Institute, December 3-4, 2009, “Strategies to Obtain a Fair Hearing before a Biased Tribunal” (James J. Garrity with others)
  • Montgomery County Bar Association Real Estate Committee, “Handling the Unpopular Zoning Application”, May 2007. (James J. Garrity)