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Media Contact: Michael Sadowski, Communications Coordinator
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For Immediate Release 

Lancaster, Pa. – Barley Snyder is pleased to announce that attorney Reilly Noetzel has been named the recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s 2020 Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section Trailblazer Award.

The award is given each year to an attorney who demonstrates excellence in the practice of law and the highest ethical standards, has a commitment to pro bono legal services and practices primarily in real estate or probate and trust law. The recipient also must demonstrate professionalism through participation in the Pennsylvania Bar Association or similar professional activities. Noetzel is the first real estate attorney to receive the award.

“I am honored and humbled to receive this award,” Noetzel said. “I would like to thank the Pennsylvania Bar Association for considering my nomination, and hope to use the prestige that comes with this award to further help my clients with their legal needs.”

Partner Maria Di Stravolo Elliott, the chair of the Barley Snyder Real Estate Practice Group, nominated Noetzel for the honor, with four more of the firm’s attorneys also supporting the nomination.

“When you look at the qualifications for the award, Reilly personifies all of them,” Elliott said. “Reilly has been a consummate professional and a credit to the firm and the entire legal community during his time at Barley Snyder.”

Noetzel is an attorney in the Barley Snyder Real Estate Practice Group, as well as its Construction, Food & Agribusiness, Hospitality and Senior Living industry groups. A native of Lancaster County, he is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Lancaster Public Library.

About Barley Snyder

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