Kate Harper Announces Bid for Re-election
State Representative Kate Harper, R-61st, Lower Gwynedd, announced her re-election to the House seat she holds in the General Assembly at The Shanachie, an Irish pub in Ambler before a gathering of friends and supporters.
Harper, 53, believes the biggest issue facing the Commonwealth is "Jobs. Keeping the ones we have; adding new 'green energy' opportunities, and, in general, getting government out of the way."
In Harrisburg, Harper is noted for her tenacious defense of Pennsylvania's natural environment, and for pushing for transportation improvements around the region to keep the traffic moving. She was instrumental in the redesign on the Turnpike's Northeast Extension Expansion project to protect nearby homeowners while improving the road for the sixty thousands motorists who travel the route every day. She serves on the Transportation, Judiciary, and Environmental and Energy Resources Committees.
"Pennsylvania's very successful open space, farmland preservation and environmental fund, Growing Greener Two, is legislation I helped to write and championed. It has saved thousands of acres of farms, open spaces and environmentally sensitive areas in Montgomery County and across the state," Harper said.
"I think government should be open and accessible," Harper said, pointing out she voted for the new Open Records law and believes government expenditures should be accessible on-line. "In these tough economic times, government needs to take a page from business and learn to do things in a smarter, more efficient way. Letting the citizens access the information needed to make the tough decisions is not only right, it will help us in government get it right."
Harper brings two decades of public service experience to the role, having served for fourteen years as a Lower Gwynedd Township Supervisor, six years on the Montgomery County Planning Commission, and also Chaired the Montgomery County Open Space Planning Board which wrote the County's own Open Space Plan. She is the current Chair of the Montgomery County Lands Trust, a nonprofit conservancy that provides information and training for municipal officials and land owners to enable them to manage growth better and preserve the places that should be saved.
TIMONEY KNOX WELCOMES:
Joseph T. Thiroway, who has joined the firm as a partner. Joe's practice is focused in personal injury, commercial litigation and business and employment law. Joe was in private practice before joining Timoney Knox.
Edward T. Egan, who has joined the firm as ‘of counsel.' Ed's practice is focused in business, wills and estates, insurance and negligence litigation. Prior to joining Timoney Knox, Ed was practicing in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where he was in-house counsel for a firm specializing in property, casualty, surety and professional liability insurance.
Timoney Knox presents The Honorable Kate Harper's video on "There Ought To Be A Law" - 2009
TIMONEY KNOX HIGHLIGHTED IN FORBES MAGAZINE (10/29/07) FOR ITS WILLS, TRUSTS & ESTATES PRACTICE
As featured in "Outlook Philadelphia"
Kate Harper Presents Program on Open Space Funding in Montgomery County, Encouraging Conservation Development. View Encouraging Conservation Development: A Lawyer's Guide to Finding Green In Being Green Power Point.
TIMONEY KNOX EXPANDS PRACTICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY BY MERGER WITH WALMER LAW OFFICES
In July 2007, the Fort Washington law firm Timoney Knox, LLP merged with Walmer Law Offices LLC of Lancaster.
Timoney Knox senior partner Richard L. Caplan and Mark F. Walmer will be working at the firm's Lancaster office at 132 E. ChestnutSt., according to managing partner George Riter.
Caplan, a veteran litigator with strong ties and contacts in Lancaster County, had opened a branch office on Embassy Drive for Timoney Knox in November of 2006. That first step into Lancaster County led to the July 1 merger, Riter said. "When Richard Caplan opened our office in Lancaster," Riter said, "he started to identify sole practitioners and small firms that would help us grow our office and our specialty of complex litigation. He identified Mark, who has a terrific reputation with a specialty in criminal defense and some transactional work.
"We see Mark continuing to maintain a good, high quality criminal defense practice, including white-collar crime, as well as complex civil litigation." Riter said. Lancaster, Riter said, is a growing county with growing corporations and an increasing need for complex litigation support. The firm has some clients in the area already. "The demographics fit into our general practice approach," he said. "But our goal is not to distinguish between Lancaster and Fort Washington. For our clients' sake, it should not even be an issue," Riter said.
George M. Riter named SUPER LAWYER for the third year in a row by Philadelphia Magazine
June, 2009
George M. Riter, a partner in the Estate, Tax and Corporate group of Timoney Knox, LLP, has once again been named by Philadelphia Magazine as one of Pennsylvania's SUPER LAWYERS. He was chosen as one of the State's top estate planning and probate attorneys. Mr. Riter has lectured on succession planning for business owners, limited liability companies, trusts and real estate trusts. He helps families plan for the futures of family members with disabilities and the recovery of damages form personal injury litigation.
TOM TIMONEY HONORED WITH “TIMONEY PRESERVE”
The Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association has honored Tom Timoney for his unending work as a Board member and counselor, while acknowledging his efforts to further conservation efforts in the Wissahickon Watershed, by naming a 15.85 acre preserved land area between the Wissahickon Creek and Route 202 as the "Timoney Preserve."
In its press release, the Association states: " Tom has been a mainstay of the Watershed Association since he joined its Board of Directors in 1963. His guidance has led to the satisfactory conclusion of dozens of conservation transactions over the years. He is the sounding board and conscience of the Association in many critical situations, and has provided encouragement for the undertaking of programs that have expanded the influence of the Association in the community."
TIMONEY KNOX WELCOMES ADDITIONAL NEW ASSOCIATE
Thomas A. Boulden has joined the Firm as an associate. He has extensive experience in Orphans' Court litigation, focusing in the areas of will contests, trust and surcharge litigation, representing both trustees and beneficiaries. Mr. Boulden also has experience in incapacitated persons litigations and guardianships. In addition to litigation, Mr. Boulden assists and counsels clients in estate planning and interpreting estate planning documents.
