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FIRM ANNOUNCEMENTS


JANUARY 2010

James G. Keenan, Esquire was presented with the Individual Pro-Bono Award for 2009 from the MidPenn Legal Services and York County Bar Foundation for Outstanding Community Service and was one of two recipients receiving this honor. Attorney Keenan participated in five (5) Custody Workshops provided by the York County Bar Association. The Custody Workshops are held in the York County Judicial Center and are held throughout the year. The workshops provide an opportunity for the participants to talk to an attorney regarding custody and custody laws. For more information on Custody Workshops sponsored by the York County Bar Association, contact MidPenn Legal Services or call the York office of MidPenn Legal Services at (717) 848-3605. If you would like to schedule a consultation with Attorney Keenan at Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP, please call our office at 846-8846 or click on the link, Contact Us.

NEW RELEASE 2009

David C. Schanbacher, Esquire has been selected to be included in a biographical directory published by Marquis Who's Who®, the leading biographical reference publisher of the highest achievers and contributors from across the country and around the world. Attorney Schanbacher is profiled in the 2009-2010 edition of Marquis Who's Who in American Law® and 2008 edition of Marquis Who's Who in America®.

William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009. (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Attorney Hoffmeyer has also been named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2009. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.

JULY 2009

Attorney David C. Schanbacher authored material and presented at the PA Bar Association Family Law Section Summer Meeting in Savannah, Georgia on July 17, 2009. Attorney William F. Hoffmeyer was on the panel to add input from an estate planning, wills, trusts, and elder law perspective.

JUNE 2009

Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP announces that William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire is the moderator for the PBI General Practitioners' Update on June 24, 2009 which will be broadcast from the WITF studios by satellite to over 30 locations in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Attorney Hoffmeyer is also the co-presenter of the real estate law portion of the update. Attorney Hoffmeyer has been both the moderator and presenter since the program's inception in 1993.

For seminar information, click on the following link General Practitioners' Update (scroll down to "Seminars for Legal and other Professionals").

Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP announces that Christine M. O'Brien, Esquire has been elected to a two-year term on the York Hospital Auxiliary Board.

FEBRUARY 2009

Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP announces that William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire is a member of the North George St. Alliance, and a member of their Safety and Beautification Committees. The North George St. Alliance is an organization of businesses and property owners who own and/or operate properties and businesses on North George St. from Continental Square to Sovereign Bank Stadium. The purpose of the organization is to foster cooperation between the owners concerning the promotion of this specific area of North George St. to the public.

If you would like to contact Judd Lando for further information regarding North George St. Alliance, please e-mail him at JuddLando.

JANUARY 2009

Amy J. Phillips, Esquire, a Senior Associate with Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP, has been selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers — Rising Stars Edition 2008 and published in the December 2008 issue of the magazine.  Pennsylvania Rising Stars are the top up and coming lawyers (40 years old or younger or in practice less than 10 years) in the state.  Only 2.5% of Pennsylvania attorneys receive this honor each year. This is Attorney Phillip's third consecutive year to receive this honor. For more information about Attorney Phillips, click on the following link, Amy J. Phillips, Esquire

NOVEMBER 2008

Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Christine M. O'Brien, Esquire to our Family Law Division. Attorney O'Brien is a graduate of Emory University where she was heavily involved in varsity athletics. She received her Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law where she was on the law journal, worked with the Homeless Advocacy Project and volunteered with Special Olympics. Attorney O'Brien was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in October 2008. Her professional experience includes summer associate work with law offices in Conshohocken and Wyncote PA. Attorney O'Brien will concentrate her practice in the areas of divorce, custody, support, adoption and prenuptial agreements.

For more information about Attorney O'Brien, click on the following link, Christine O'Brien, Esquire

SEPTEMBER 2008 PRESS RELEASE
as printed in the York Sunday News, September 21, 2008

William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire, senior partner of the Law Firm of Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP, "recently was the moderator of an all-day session for the National Business Institute on real estate title law; the author and lecturer of the section on real estate title searching; the moderator for an all-day seminar on real estate title insurance and real estate law seminar for Half Moon Educational Services; the moderator for the all-day seminar of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute for the General Practitioners Update; the co-lecturer on the real estate law update section of the program; moderator of Pennsylvania Bar Institute's General Practitioners Update; and he was author, lecturer and co-presenter of a seminar on real estate title examinations and searches and a seminar on easement law for Lorman Educational Services".

For more information about Attorney Hoffmeyer, click on the following link,
William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire.

James G. Keenan, Esquire, a partner in the Law Firm of Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP was selected by the National Business Institute to be on a panel to present a seminar entitled “Successful Financial Settlements for Your Divorce Client”. Attorney Keenan has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association since 1990, and a partner in the Law Firm of Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP since 1997. Attorney Keenan’s practice has focused exclusively in matrimonial law since 1996. For more information about Attorney Keenan, click on the following link,
James G. Keenan, Esquire.

JULY 2008 NEWS RELEASE

David C. Schanbacher, Esquire, a partner with Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP, will co-chair the Rules of Court Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Family Law Section.  This Committee reviews all Rules of Court affecting family and matrimonial law matters, which will primarily focus on the mandatory four-year review of the Pennsylvania Support Guidelines.  Mr. Schanbacher has been a partner with Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP for the past nine years, is a member of the Family Law Section Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and has lectured for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on several family law matters.

NEWS RELEASE

Robert L. Buzzendore, Esquire, a Senior Associate with Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP was elected president of the Southern York County Business Association for 2008.

NEWS RELEASE

William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire, A Senior Partner with Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP was named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania and published in the June 2007 issue of the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine.  Attorney Hoffmeyer was also named in the 2004, 2005, 2006 editions of Super Lawyers magazine.  Only 5% of the lawyers in each state or region receive this recognition each year.  The criteria reviewed for the award include notable verdicts and settlements, experience, honors and awards, special licenses and certifications, professional achievement and community service. For more information about Attorney Hoffmeyer, click on the following link,
William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire.

NEWS RELEASE

William F. Hoffmeyer, Esquire, Senior Partner in the law firm of Hoffmeyer & Semmelman, LLP, 30 North George Street, York, Pennsylvania, recently lectured at the Pennsylvania Bar Association's County Conference of Bar Leaders on the subject "How to Prevent the Unauthorized Practice of Law", on behalf of the National Business Institute to attorneys and title insurance agents on the subject "Handling Problems of Identity, Capacity and Authority to Execute Real Estate  Documents", to the members of the York County Bar Association of the subject "Real Estate Title Insurance ", and to Title Insurance Agents of the Security Title Guarantee Corporation of Baltimore on the subject of "Warrants, Patents, and Origins of Title in Pennsylvania".  Attorney Hoffmeyer is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.


 



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