JUNE QUARTERLY MEETING & LUNCHEON

Kauffman a Lone4

for Civility in thetime Advocate_egal Profession

• By Thomas E. Rogers

LAWYERS "CAN BE ZEALOUS AND suc-cessful advocates without being mean-spirited," Judge Bruce W. Kauffman saidat the Bar Association's June 27 Quar-terly Meeting.

Speaking on behalf of new Year Clubmembers, Judge Kauffman began hisaddress to the meeting by reflecting uponhis many years as a Philadelphia lawyerworking to maintain justice for all. JudgeKauffrnan is managing shareholder of thePhiladelphia office of Elliott Greenleafand also served as a Pennsylvania Su-preme Court justice and as a U.S. DistrictCourt judge for the Eastern District ofPennsylvania.

From a very young age, Judge Kauff-man wanted to be a lawyer not for diemoney, but to protect the rights of everyAmerican by assuring them their right tojustice. He is proud of his father's legacyas a lawyer and judge and he is proud ofhis grandfathers legacy as a Philadelphiapolice officer.

What Judge Kauffman also holds inhigh esteem is civility in the legal profes-sion. He said that he believes that lawyersshould be able to "disagree without beingdisagreeable." He talked about how civil-ity is a vital piece of a lawyer's characterand that a lawyer can be effective withoutbeing hostile toward opposing counsel.He has advocated civility in his manyyears in law and his most interesting cli-ents have been referrals from lawyers whohad been his adversaries in court.

Judge Kauffman reminisced aboutwhen lawyers used carbon paper andtypewriters and when courts were closedin the summer due to a lack of air condi-tioning. He said that he is impressed athow far technology has come in his 50years practicing in the honorable traditionof the Philadelphia lawyer. However,the one thing that has not changed, inhis opinion, is the value of civility thatlawyers should show each other in thecourtroom.

Judge Kauffrnan concluded by askingthe members of the Bar Association torealize how lucky they all are to be part

of such an honorable profession and thatthey should "be civil and grateful for theopportunity to practice law in the greatestcountry on earth."

The following is a list of Year Clubhonorees for 2011:50-Year Club

Judge Norman Ackerman, David Ac-ton, James H. Agger, Bernard D. Beitch,Edward Benoff, David F. Binder, CharlesJ. BogdanofF, Herbert H. Brown, DavidP. Bruton, John J. Cahill Jr., EugeneChovanes, Andiony J. Damiano, MurrayB. Dolfman, Stephen V. Dubin, SolomonFisher, Jack L. Foltz, Gordon Gelfond,Joseph M. Gindhart, Lewis Jay Gordon,John Francis Gough, past ChancellorPeter Hearn, A. Martin Herring, John R.Jakubowski, Judge Bruce W. Kauffman,William J. Kelly, Charles G. Kopp, Rob-ert T. Lynch, Arthur J. Marion, DonaldA. Marshall, David W Maxey, Warrin C.Meyers, Albert Ominsky, Leonard Orloff,William H. Pentz, Peter P. Perry, JudgeJohn J. Poserinajr., Mitchell J. Rabil,Robert M. Segal, Albert Shapiro, AbnerH. Silver, Mildred R. Stansky, WilliamT.

Judge Bruce W. Kauffman

Tsiouris and Ronald Ziegler.60-Year Club

Judge Martin W. Bashoff, past Chan-cellor Harold Cramer, Judge ArmandDelia Porta, Peter A. Galante, Robert S.Grodinsky, George J. Harding, NormanC. Henss, Charles C. Hileman, John H.Hines, Jerome Kaplan, past Chancel-lor Judge Leon Katz, Herbert F. Kolsby,Henry J. Lotto, Hugh M. Odza, Howar<I. Rubin, Sylvan H. Savadove and EdwinSeave.65-Year Club

Donald Bean, Judge Curtis C. CarsonJr., H. Myron Cohen, Harold DiamoncAustin M. Lee and Ronald Souser.70-Year Club

Albert Konefsky and George Ovington