GREENLEAF RECEIVES MONTGOMERY BAR FOUNDATION AWARD

HARRISBURG – Sen. Stewart J. Greenleaf, R-Montgomery/Bucks, has been named recipient of the Milton O. Moss Award for 2002 by the Montgomery County Bar Foundation.

The award was presented to Sen. Greenleaf at the annual meeting of the Montgomery County Bar Association on January 10,2003. Bar Foundation officials said that Greenleaf was selected because of his “continuing efforts to provide funding for legal aid services to the indigent” and for his efforts on behalf of the recently-passed Access to Justice Act, which establishes a funding mechanism for the Access to Justice Account, which will be maintained in the State Treasury for use of eligible legal services providers across the state.  Funding will come from additional $10 fees that may be imposed on filings in counties, district justice offices, and in the state appellate courts.

“I am tremendously honored by this award,” Greenleaf said.  “I admire the humanitarian work of the Montgomery Bar Foundation and it is a privilege to receive an award in the name of the late Judge Moss.”

Greenleaf has a record of working on behalf of funding for legal services.  In his acceptance of the award, he noted that equal justice depends upon access to the justice system by all citizens.