Joseph T. Messina

E-Mail:
jtmessina@elderkinlaw.com
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Concentration:

• Business Law and Planning, Real Estate, Municipal & Zoning Law, Trusts and Estates

Education:

• Dickinson School of Law, Juris Doctor, with Honors
  Editor-in-Chief, Dickinson Law Review
• Gannon University, Bachelor of Arts

Admissions and Professional Association:

• United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• All Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Erie County Bar Association

Community Involvement:

• Vice Chairperson, Gannon University
• Trustee, Gannon University
• Past Chairperson, Zoning Committee, Mayor's Task Force on Bayfront Development
• PastChairman, Erie Chapter, March of Dimes
• Past President, Erie County Legal Services Association
• Past Director, Dickinson School of Law Continuing Legal Education Advisory Board
• Past Trustee, Erie Charity Classic
• Distinguished Services Award, Pennsylvania Jaycees
• Distinguished Volunteer Leadership, March of Dimes
• Gannon University Medal of Distinction

Publications:

• “Jacobs v. Northeastern Corp.: Surety’s Dilema - Subrogation Rights or Perfected Security Interest,” 69 Dickinson Law Review 172 (1965)
• “Parden v. Terminal Ry. of Ala. State Docks Dep’t: The Passing of Sovereign Immunity,” 69 Dickinson Law Review 270 (1965)
• “In the Matter of Freeport Italian Bakery, Inc.: Disapproving and Removing Trustees in Bankruptcy,” 70 Dickinson Law Review 227 (1966)