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ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY
AND ETHICS MATTERS
STATEWIDE PENNSYLVANIA MATTERS
NO CHARGE FOR INITIAL CONSULTATION

Representation, consultation and expert testimony in
disciplinary matters and matters involving ethical issues,
bar admissions and the Rules of Professional Conduct

James C. Schwartzman, Esq.

LASP ... GRANTS INCREASE HELP FOR
FORECLOSURE EFFORTS
Legal Aid of Southeastern PA (LASP) is now able to help
more Delaware County residents save their homes through a
program funded by the Pennsylvania Interest on Lawyers Trust
Account (IOLTA). With this funding, LASP is able to pay for two
regional home ownership preservation attorneys and a paralegal.
One of the attorneys, Christina Drzal, is based in Delaware
County.
These new positions mean that LASP can take on more
cases for people facing foreclosure, tax sale, predatory loan or
other home ownership problems. In some cases, LASP can help
a senior or other homeowner avoid foreclosure by setting up
repayment agreements. In others, LASP is able to help with quiet
title actions, allowing people to sell their homes or assume or
qualify for a mortgage.
Ms. Drzal, based in LASP's Chester City office, now provides
extended representation to more people who face losing their
homes. In a recently completed case, LASP helped a county
resident save her home of more than 30 years. And when a
home cannot be saved, LASP often can help in other ways. For
example, David Jonas, the other home ownership preservation
attorney, recently negotiated "Cash for Keys" settlements for
several county residents in which borrowers who had to leave
their homes received a cash settlement to cover relocation costs.
The IOLTA zone grant is funded by the 2014 Bank of America
settlement, stemming from its mortgage lending work. The
settlement monies went to the state attorney general's office and
are being administered by the Pennsylvania IOLTA program.
For more information, please contact Christina Drzal at 610874-8421 x315 or cdrazal@lasp.org.

* Chairman, Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania
* Former Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania
* Former Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Board
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
* Former Chairman, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Interest on Lawyers Trust Account Board
* Former Federal Prosecutor
* Selected by his peers as one of the top 100 Super Lawyers
in PA and the top 100 Super Lawyers in Philadelphia
* Named by his peers as Best Lawyers in America 2015
Philadelphia Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
"Lawyer of the Year," and in Plaintiffs and Defendants
Legal Malpractice Law
1818 Market Street, 29th Floor * Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 751-2863

DREXEL HILL RARE COIN
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RARE COINS * CURRENCY
Office & Gallery
1016 Warrior Rd.
Drexel Hill, PA 19026

Phone: 610.449.3483
Tony LaVerghetta
Life Member A.N.A.

SAME GREAT SERVICE, NEW LOCATION
LASP's Chester City office moved in April 2018, from
410 Welsh Street to 419 Avenue of States, just a block away.
Updated information will be posted on LASP Facebook and
Twitter feeds when the move is complete. The phone number
remains the same at (610) 874-8421. *

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