People in the News—March 16, 2020—Charny Karpousis

Events

Charny, Karpousis, Altieri & Donoian partner Michelle Altieri volunteered in support of the Wills for Heroes program at Rutgers Law School-Camden, New Jersey.

Presented by the Camden County Bar Association probate and trust committee and Rutgers Law Estates and Trust Society, the annual event brought together local police officers, firefighters and other first responders with volunteer attorneys to assist them with estate planning.

Together, the volunteer attorneys provided legal advice and prepared free wills and other estate planning documents.

Altieri concentrates her practice in divorce and family law. Her client representation involves issues including divorce, child custody, spousal and child support, property settlement agreements, prenuptial agreements, domestic violence and adoption.

She has experience with all phases of divorce litigation and settlement negotiations, mediations and arbitrations.

In addition to her work with the New Jersey State Bar Association and its family law section executive committee, she is a member of the Camden County Bar Association.

Altieri is a master in the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law Inns of Court and serves as the programming co-chair as well as a matrimonial early settlement panelist in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties in New Jersey.

She handles pro bono matters, and as a matrimonial early settlement panelist, she volunteers her time reviewing cases and meeting with attorneys to suggest resolutions to their matters.

Altieri’s community advocacy includes support of the Alzheimer’s Association, Bensalem Democratic Party (Lower East 3 precinct) and Saint Ephrem School.

Honored

The Pennsylvania Bar Association honored 23 local bar associations with County Bar Recognition Awards during the 54th Seminar of the Conference of County Bar Leaders.

The awards, which are noncompetitive in nature, annually recognize bar associations throughout Pennsylvania for projects that improve the legal profession, justice system and community.

The following county bar associations received awards for notable projects and programs:

• Allegheny County Bar Association, Lunch for the Patrons of the Smithfield Church of Christ
• Beaver County Bar Association, Casino Night; Berks County Bar Association, Pets at the Park
• Bucks County Bar Association, Bucks County Eviction Prevention Program and Solo and Small Practice Program
• Butler County Bar Association, Legal Literacy: Working with a Criminal Record
• Chester County Bar Association, Bar Foundation Record Grant Awards and Fundraiser to Support Gateway HorseWorks
• Cumberland County Bar Association, 2019 Adopt-a-Family and 2019 Law Day Mock Trial Script
• Dauphin County Bar Association, Judicial Candidates Forum, Oral History Project and New County Membership Category
• Delaware County Bar Association, Law Day Parade and Youth Courts and Systems Change Program
• Erie County Bar Association, Development and Promotion of ADR
• Franklin County Bar Association, Immigration CLE Series, Law Day and Wills for Heroes
• Lackawanna Bar Association, Mock Trial
• Lebanon County Bar Association, Adopt-a-Family and Outstanding Senior Award
• Lycoming Law Association, Law Day and Mock Trial Competitions, Project Linus and Holiday Toy Drive and Wills for Heroes
• Montgomery Bar Association, Access to Justice Summit and Reentry Simulation, Reentry Day and 2019 Legal Aid Golf Classic
• Monroe County Bar Association, Legal Information Seminar Series
• Northampton County Bar Association, Municipal Law Colloquium and Winter Apparel Drive
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Campaign for Qualified Judges Voter Education Project
• Schuylkill County Bar Association, Joint Legislative Update; Washington County Bar Association, Bar Foundation 30th Anniversary House Party
• Westmoreland Bar Association, Founding of New Pro Bono 501c3, Legal Referral Service Launch through Community Lawyer and Succession Planning for New Bar Executive
• Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association, Changing the Narrative: Juvenile in Justice and Art Education, Judge Vanaskie Retirement Reception and Presentation and The Legal and Ethical Implications of “Miracle on 34th Street”
• York County Bar Association, Reflections at Journey’s End—Memorial Minutes 1851-2017, Impact Grants, Legal Aid and Scholarships, and Wills for Heroes 2019

The Conference of County Bar Leaders organizes a yearly educational conference focusing on the exchange of bar association projects and ideas, and on the development of mutually beneficial relationships among bar leaders that improve the legal profession.