Class of 2017-2018

PBA President López Welcomes Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2017-2018

PBA President Sharon R. López welcomed the recently selected BLI Class of 2017-18 at the YLD Young Lawyer Summer Summit in State College, July 26-28, 2017. Pictured left to right are Keri Schantz, Jon Higgins, Sharon Barney, Donald Gual, BLI Co-chair Melinda Ghilardi, President López, Frank Paganie, PBA President-elect Charles Eppolito III, Amber Reiner, Jordan Fischer,  Katie Nealon, BLI Co-chair Philip H. Yoon, Gina Miller and Michael Lyon.

Pennsylvania Bar Association President Sharon R. López has named 11 Pennsylvania lawyers to the 2017-18 class of the association’s Bar Leadership Institute (BLI). 

Allegheny County
Amber Reiner Skovdal, Houston Harbaugh PC, Pittsburgh

Beaver County
Frank Paganie, Beaver County Public Defender’s Office/Law Office of John Salopek, Ambridge

Blair County
Jon Higgins, Beard Legal Group, Altoona

Centre County
Sharon Barney, Leech Tishman Fuscaldo Lampl LLC, State College

Dauphin County
Gina Miller, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg

Lackawanna County
Katie Nealon, Munley Law PC, Scranton

Lehigh County
Keri Schantz, Allentown

Monroe County
Donald Gual, Amori and Associates LLC, Stroudsburg

Montgomery County
Michael Lyon, Walsh Pancio LLC, Lansdale

Philadelphia County
Jordan Fischer, XPAN Law Group, Philadelphia

Read the media release on the participants named to the 2017-2018 Bar Leadership Institute (BLI) class.