PRESS RELEASE

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces
Appointments to Civil Procedural Rules Committee

HARRISBURG, July 16, 2004 - The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today announced the appointment of three people to the Civil Procedural Rules Committee.

They are: Hon. Stewart L. Kurtz, Huntingdon County; Howard F. Messer, Esq., Allegheny County and Andrew J. Stern, Esq., Philadelphia. Each was appointed to a three-year term of membership, expiring June 30, 2007.

The court also reappointed Heather S. Heidelbaugh, Esq., and Arthur H. Stroyd Jr., Esq., both of Allegheny County, to new terms, expiring June 30, 2007.

The committee was created in 1937 by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to assist in the preparation, revision, promulgation, publication and administration of the rules of civil procedure governing civil actions for the Courts of Common Pleas.

The work of the committee, which is the oldest of the Supreme Court's committees, covers all aspects of civil practice before the Courts of Common Pleas except those relating to the Orphans' Court and Family Court divisions.

The Supreme Court appoints committee members to three-year terms. Each member may serve a maximum of two consecutive full terms. The committee membership consists of 15 lawyers and judges plus one ex officio member.

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