Background
Halpern, Jo-Anne Orent was born on April 13, 1944 in Baltimore. Daughter of Max Howard and Marjorie (Ginsburg) Orent.
Halpern, Jo-Anne Orent was born on April 13, 1944 in Baltimore. Daughter of Max Howard and Marjorie (Ginsburg) Orent.
Bachelor, Dickinson College, 1966. Juris Doctor, Dickinson School Law, 1968.
Law clerk Daupin County and Commonwealth Court Pennsylvania, 1965—1968. Associate Hurwitz Klein, Benjamin & Angino, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1968—1970. Private practice Hollidaysburg, since 1970.
Legal assistant Blair County Courts, 1974—1988. Solicitor Blair County Association Citizens Learning Disabilities, since 1979, Family Violence Intervention, Inc., Altoona, Pennsylvania, since 1980. Lecturer & attorney Hospice Program Home Nursing Agency Blair County, since 1979.
Adviser & board directors Agudath Achim Sisterhood, since 1970, president, 1985—1988. Member Federation Jewish Philanthropies Board, since 1985. Member medical ethics committee Altoona Hospital.
Member of American Bar Association, Hadassah, Blair County Association Lawyers Wives, American Arbitration Association (arbitrator), Blair County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (member family law section & rights handicapped children section), Phi Mu, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married M. David Halpern, August 22, 1965. Children: Hugh Nathanial, Lee Randall(deceased), Lauren Gail.