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On December 3, 2020, five attorneys were admitted to practice before the “several courts of Lycoming County.” Those attorneys were Thomas Aaron Burkhart, Jessica Lynn Dodson, Joanne P. Mackin, Allen P. Page, IV and Alexandra Sholley. Given the spiking number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the traditional Lycoming County New Attorney Admission Ceremony looked a lot different this year. The event took place using Zoom and all of the admittees, moving attorneys, judges and observers appeared in boxes on a computer screen.
After all the new attorneys were admitted and sworn in, Lycoming Law Association President Angela Lovecchio welcomed the new members to the bar association. Jessica Harlow invited the new members to participate in the Young Lawyers Division and Corey Mowrey encouraged the new attorneys to join the Inns of Court. John Pietrovito encouraged pro bono work. County Judges Tira, Linhardt, Loveccho and Butts, along with US Magistrate Judge Arbuckle, en