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PHILADELPHIA COUNTYTaxicab Medallion Loan Case Management Pro-

gram; Joint Administrative Doc. No. 05 of 2017

Order

And now, this 15th day of December 2017, due to theincreasing number of actions involving, inter alia, breachof contract, confession of judgment, and foreign judgmentsin connection with commercial loans to entities andpersons who purchased taxicab medallions, or taxi li-censes, in Pennsylvania, in order to streamline the filingand disposition of these cases without straining availablejudicial resources, consistent with Pa.R.C.P. No. 214 andPhila.Civ.R. *215, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed asfollows:

(1) A ‘‘Taxicab Medallion Loan Program’’ involving de-faults on Taxicab Medallion loans is established as part ofthe Commerce Program under the general supervision ofthe Commerce Court Supervising Judge, who may fromtime to time designate a ‘‘Taxicab Medallion Loan Pro-gram Judge’’ to whom all cases in the Taxicab MedallionLoan Program will be assigned.

(2) The Taxicab Medallion Program Judge shall beresponsible for establishing and implementing, upon con-sultation with the Administrative Judge of the TrialDivision, the Supervising Judge of the Commerce Pro-gram and other stakeholders as appropriate, processesdesigned to provide early Court intervention which mayinclude:

a) Self-executing disclosure or other forms of expediteddiscovery;

b) Regularly scheduled conferences with court staff,Commerce Program judges pro tempore, or other desig-nees of the Taxicab Medallion Loan Program Judge;

c) Motions or proceedings designed to obtain expeditedrulings on issues of law or fact applicable to all or aportion of the cases in the Taxicab Medallion LoanProgram;

d) Mediation or other forms of alternative disputeresolution;

e) Stays or other limits on judgment execution proceed-ings;

f) Expedited, consolidated, or other standardized trialprocedures; and

g) Any other appropriate process.

(3) Commencing on January 22, 2018, all cases identi-fied as involving Taxicab Medallion Loans upon filingshall be automatically assigned to the Taxicab MedallionLoan Program. Any pending case identified by the court,designated by court staff or the parties as involving

Taxicab Medallion Loans may be transferred to theTaxicab Medallion Loan Program at any time.

By the CourtHONORABLE SHEILA WOODS-SKIPPER,

President Judge, Court of Common PleasPhiladelphia County

HONORABLE JACQUELINE F. ALLEN,Administrative Judge, Trial Division

Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-3. Filed for public inspection January 5, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]

Title 255—LOCALCOURT RULES

LACKAWANNA COUNTYAdoption of Rules of Judicial Administration; No.

2017 Misc. 1

Order

And Now, this 5th day of December, 2017, it is herebyOrdered and Decreed that the Lackawanna County Courtof Common Pleas adopts a Local Rule of Administrationas follows:

1. The Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleashereby adopts Local Rule 101 of the Local Rules ofJudicial Administration.

2. Local Rule 101, a copy of which follows as Exhibit‘‘A’’, shall provide as follows:

Pursuant to Section 7 of the Public Access Policy ofthe Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: CaseRecords of the Appellate and Trial Courts, any personor persons who files documents that contain confiden-tial information as defined by the Policy shall useand file a Confidential Information Form in order tocomply with the Policy. A copy of this form is avail-able in the Appendix to the Lackawanna CountyLocal Rules of Judicial Administration as ‘‘FORM 1.CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FORM.’’ This formwill also be available in each filing office for theCourt of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County. Theform will also be available on the Court Administra-tion website at:

http://www.lackawannacounty.org/index.php/departmentsagencies/courts-and-judiciary/court-administrators-office-2.

3. Pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 239(c), this Local Rule ofJudicial Administration shall be disseminated and pub-lished in the following manner:

(a) Seven (7) certified copies shall be filed with theAdministrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts;

(b) Two (2) certified copies and a computer diskettecontaining the text in Microsoft Word format and labeledwith the court’s name and address and computer file

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name shall be distributed to the Legislative ReferenceBureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

(c) One (1) certified copy shall be filed with each RulesCommittee of the Lackawanna Bar Association;

(d) This local rule, and all other local rules, shall bekept continuously available for public inspection andcopying in the Offices of the Clerks of Judicial Records,and upon request and payment of reasonable costs ofproduction and mailing, any Clerk shall furnish a copy toany person requesting the same;

(e) A computer diskette containing the text in MicrosoftWord format and labeled with the court’s name andaddress and computer file name shall be distributed tothe Lackawanna Bar Association for publication on itswebsite.

4. This Local Rule of Judicial Administration shallbecome effective thirty (30) days after the date of publica-tion in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.By the Court

HONORABLE MICHAEL J. BARRASSA,President Judge

Exhibit ALOCAL RULE OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

Rule 101. Public Access Policy: Case Records of theTrial Court.Pursuant to Section 7 of the Public Access Policy of the

Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Case Records ofthe Appellate and Trial Courts, any person or personswho files documents that contain confidential informationas defined by the Policy shall use and file a ConfidentialInformation Form in order to comply with the Policy. Acopy of this form is available in the Appendix to theLackawanna County Local Rules of Judicial Administra-tion as ‘‘FORM 1. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATIONFORM.’’ This form will also be available in each filingoffice for the Court of Common Pleas of LackawannaCounty. The form will also be available on the CourtAdministration website at:

http://www.lackawannacounty.org/index.php/departmentsagencies/courts-and-judiciary/court-administrators-office-2.

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-4. Filed for public inspection January 5, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OFPENNSYLVANIA COURTS

Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial Sys-tem of Pennsylvania: Case Records of the Ap-pellate and Trial Courts

The Administrative Office is required by Public AccessPolicy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania:Case Records of the Appellate and Trial Courts, effectiveJanuary 6, 2018, to design and publish the followingforms: Request for Access Form, Confidential InformationForm, Confidential Document Form, Request for Correc-tion of Clerical Errors and sample Certificate of Compli-ance. These forms can be found at https://www.pacourts.us/public-records/public-records-forms.

Filed in the Administrative Office of PennsylvaniaCourts on December 21, 2017.

THOMAS B. DARR,Court Administrator of Pennsylvania


DISCIPLINARY BOARD OFTHE SUPREME COURT

Notice of Administrative Suspension

Notice is hereby given that the following attorneys havebeen Administratively Suspended by Order of the Su-preme Court of Pennsylvania dated November 16, 2017,pursuant to Rule 111(b) Pa.R.C.L.E., which requires thatevery active lawyer shall annually complete, during thecompliance period for which he or she is assigned, thecontinuing legal education required by the ContinuingLegal Education Board. The Order became effective De-cember 16, 2017 for Compliance Group 1.

Notice with respect to attorneys having Pennsylvaniaregistration addresses, which have been transferred toinactive status by said Order, was published in theappropriate county legal journal.Bivans, Lorenzo A., Jr.Washington, DCBrooks, Huda AzizHaddon Township, NJ

Gosse, Thomas J.Haddon Heights, NJ

Graves, Lisa RachelleCross Plains, WI

Hodak, Michelle LeeMount Laurel, NJ

Issenberg, Adam D.Silver Spring, MD

Klein, Jeffrey NeilHighland Park, NJ

Knutsen, Mary ElizabethVirginia Beach, VA

McCrary, Nina Y.Centerville, GA

McCutcheon, MilieneJacksonville, FL

Osei, Edward K.Hillside, NJ

Prevoznik, Michael E.Madison, NJ

Rightmyer, John N.Alameda, CA

Santee, Alexander ColeHackensack, NJ

Staggers, LeNarda RahmondJuno Beach, FL

Stouffer, Chad OwenMount Laurel, NJ

Strachan, Gerald FoxMedford, NJ

Wilks, David EdwinWilmington, DE

Wren, Lisa SuePrinceton, NJ

SUZANNE E. PRICE,Attorney Registrar


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