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| Upcoming Events |  | | 2022 Membership Application and Membership Renewal | | 03-18-2022
Re-scheduled date TBD
Beccaria Ceremony Awarded to George Bochetto, Esq. with Complimentary Reception
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(To Be Rescheduled)
May Virtual Board Meeting
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June Virtual Board Meeting
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March 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of The Honorable Ann M. Butchart who was elected to a ten-year term as a Trial Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia in 2005 and was retained for a second term in 2015. She has presided in Family Court, Criminal Court and Civil Court. More...
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February 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of The Honorable Rosemarie Defino-Nastasi who presides in the Court of Common Pleas Criminal Trial Division in Philadelphia. She began her legal career working as an Assistant Defender for The Defender’s Association of Philadelphia. She then joined her family’s law firm in South Philadelphia working alongside her brothers, Michael and Vincent Defino. Judge Defino-Nastasi has presided in the Criminal Trial Division for over twenty years. More...
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January 2022 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of President Judge Jack Anthony Panella of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in November 2003 and sworn into office as an appellate judge on January 9, 2004 and retained in 2013. On January 7, 2019, he was elected President Judge. His true devotion and commitment is to assure that the Superior Court does it best to serve the people and the members of the Bar in ways that are efficient and productive, and balances judicial independence with accountability. More...
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December 2021 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of Judge Idee C. Fox. In January 2008, Judge Fox was reassigned to the Civil Trial Division. She was assigned to the high-volume Civil Motions Program for about four years. She served as a Co-Team Leader of the Mass Tort/Arbitration Appeal/Non-Jury Program. In 2016, she was appointed Supervising Judge of the Civil Trial Division, where served until being elected President Judge by the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in late 2018. She now serves as the President Judge and Chair of the Administrative Governing Board.More...
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November 2021 Justinian Member of the Month
This month, the Justinian Society proudly spotlights the accomplishments of Judge Angelo J. Foglietta. He has been a judge in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County since January 2012 where his honor presides over complex wrongful death and survival actions, medical malpractice, and products liability major jury trials. The Judge is passionate about community service which includes Senior Citizens Judicare Project; Special Olympics; Feed the Children; Volunteer Stand Down Philadelphia, United Communities of Southeast Philadelphia (His honor was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors and then his honor was elected as the President of the Board of Directors).More...
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| Justinian Society News | | 06-17-2021
2021 First "In Person" Annual Meeting/Election Announcement
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Justinian Society Event Photos
To see all of the photos from our most recent events, see our Flickr account.
To see photos from the 2021 "In Person" Luncheon honoring Phila Bar Assoc. Chancellor Lauren McKenna, Esquire and their immediate Past Chancellor Hon. A. Michael Snyder (Ret.) click here.
To see photos from the 2019 Justinian Christmas Party, click here.
To see photos from the 2019 Beccaria Award, click here.
To see photos from the Luncheon Honoring PA Superior Court President Judge Jack Panella, click here.
To see photos from the 2019 Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Reception and Luncheon, click here.
To see photos from the Luncheon Honoring The Honorable Idee Fox, click here.
To see photos from the Luncheon Honoring 2019 Phila Bar Chancellor Shelli M. Fedullo, click here.
To see photos from the 2018 Justinian Christmas Party, click here.
To see photos from the 2018 Beccaria Award Ceremony, click here.
To see photos from the 2018 Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Reception, click here.
To see photos from the Justinian Luncheon Honoring Carl A. Solano, click here. | | 06-29-2020
Virtual Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Announcement
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News from The Justinian Foundation – 2020 Scholarship Recipient
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Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Reception
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Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Reception
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Annual Meeting, Election & Scholarship Reception
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The Justinian Society and Foundation Host 80th Anniversary, Honor the Chairman of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and Present Law School Scholarships
The Justinian Society and Foundation hosted their 80th Anniversary on June 6, 2016, honoring Philip Rinaldi, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board, Philadelphia Energy Solutions LLC. The Foundation also presented three scholarships to outstanding law student. More... | | 06-09-2016
The Justinian Society Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Justinian Society Annual Meeting and Election was held on June 6, 2016 at Top of the Tower in Philadelphia. More... | | 07-01-2015
The Justinian Foundation Awards Three Scholarships to Law Students
The Justinian Foundation, which provides scholarships to Italian-American students enrolled in Philadelphia-area law schools, recently presented scholarships totaling $4,500 to three area students. More... | | 01-22-2013
The Justinian Society and Foundation Announce the Richard F. Furia, Esquire Scholarship Open to Second Year Law School Students
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The Passing of Former Justinian Society Chancellor, Carl J. Melone, Esquire - a Letter from Vice Chancellor Gina Rubel
01-07-2008
Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Justinian Society Board,
It is with sadness that I inform you of the passing of Carl J. Melone, Esq. who was one of our organization’s early Chancellor’s and a
business partner to my grandfather, The Hon. Edward W. Furia. I have included Mr. Melone’s obituary below for your reference. Please keep his family in your
Vice Chancellor, The Justinian
Society
Carl J Melone, age 92 of Hershey’s Mill, West Chester andcourt-appointed former US Attorney in Philadelphia for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania died of natural causes on January
4, 2008.
Mr. Melone was the chief federal prosecutor for Southeastern Pennsylvania for seven months in 1972. The appointment capped two periods of service as an Assistant US Attorney from November 1960 to June 1962 and from April 1968 until he retired from that office in 1973.
After service during WW II as a Captain in the
111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division of the PA National
Guard, he attended and graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1949,
where he also earned a BA in Education in 1935. Thereafter he was an
attorney with the US Department of Labor and the US Department of Justice,
including Trial Attorney with the Antitrust Division in Philadelphia. While
in private law practice, he was active in the Philadelphia Bar Association and a
number of its committees. He was particularly proud of his contributions
to the Judiciary Committee and the Committee of Censors. Early in his
career he was elected Chancellor of the Justinian Society of Philadelphia, an
organization of lawyers of Italian heritage.
His love and respect for the law and its trial practice
never diminished, according to his family. Even after retirement from
US government service, he was
appointed by governor Shapp as District Justice in Delaware County and was twice elected to that
judicial office.
His other professional interest was the savings and loan
and banking business. He served variously as an officer, director and
member of the Board of Trustees of United Savings Bank and its predecessors,
whose main office is in South Philadelphia.
During his leisure time he enjoyed his collection of
classical music, the theatre, and civic affairs including tenure as President of
the Rotary Club of Broomall and a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 4129
becoming a 4th degree Knight. He had a passion to keep fit with a
regime of walking, hiking and other physical exercise as well as social
activities and travel.
Mr. Melone is survived by two daughters, Ann McNally of
West Chester PA and Mary Jo Tutterow of Tampa, FL, his daughter-in-law Barbara
Melone of Fenwick, Delaware, four grandchildren and a companion Eva DiAddezzio,
Bryn Mawr. His son Carl and wife Claire predeceased
him.
Relatives and friends are invited to his Funeral Mass
10:00 AM Saturday January 12, 2007 at
St. Maximilian Kolbe Church 15 E.
Pleasant Grove Road
West Chester.
Visitation 9-10 am Saturday
at the Church. Interment will be at Holy Cross
Cemetery, Yeadon PA.
In lieu of flower, donations may be made in his name to
Neighborhood Hospice Services, 400
East Marshall Street, West Chester,
PA 19380, Chester County Association for
the Blind, 71 S First
Avenue, Coatesville, PA, 19320 or the Women’s Resource Center, 113 W Wayne Avenue, Wayne,
PA 19087.
Arrangements by DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd
Funeral Home, Inc. West Chester 610-696-1181 www.drsfh.com
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