Delaware County Bar Association

Forzato began his law enforcement career at the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in 1986. In 1992, Forzato transferred to the Narcotic Enforcement Team and for the next 27 years, worked in undercover roles and investigated drug traffickers, pursuing them locally, nationally and internationally. As a Lieutenant, Forzato supervised undercover detectives and 480 local police officers who served in a drug task force. Forzato led more than 100 wiretaps where his team seized thousands of pounds of drugs including kilograms of heroin and fentanyl. Forzato was sworn-in as a federal agent in the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. In 2017, Forzato joined Pennsylvania’s Attorney General as Deputy Chief of Statewide Drug Initiatives where he led new initiatives addressing the drug overdose crisis in Pennsylvania. Forzato testified as an expert in drug abuse, trafficking, and wiretapping in local, state and federal courts. Forzato has interviewed hundreds of drug dealers, suppliers and users. Forzato remains up to date on the current drug-trafficking trends statewide, nationally, and internationally. Forzato trained thousands of local, state and federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and public health officials. Forzato now directs the Center for Addiction and Recovery Education at Saint Joseph’s University and leads its Phoenix Training for first responders.

Tonya Lupinacci currently serves as a consultant to St. Joseph’s University’s (SJU) Center for Addiction and Recovery Education. She is also enrolled in the doctorate program at SJU in Educational Leadership with a concentration in criminal justice reform. She recently retired from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office where she served as the Assistant Chief of Trials of the Firearms and Narcotics Division. Mrs. Lupinacci handled all aspects of the District Attorney’s initiatives to combat the current opioid epidemic. Mrs. Lupinacci spearheaded the grand jury investigation into the opioid epidemic in Montgomery County which resulted in a comprehensive report and recommendations that was released in May 2017. Mrs. Lupinacci’s experience also includes the prosecution of numerous wiretap cases involving large-scale drug trafficking organizations and homicide investigations. She has taught courses for the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Institute, Pennsylvania State Police and the Montgomery County Drug Task Force. She is also a member of the criminal justice and business law adjunct faculty at Montgomery County Community College. Mrs. Lupinacci is an active member of the Montgomery Bar Association (“MBA”) where she is vice-chair of the Women in Law Committee, as well as a member of the 2019 Leadership Academy. Mrs. Lupinacci received her B.A. in Journalism with honors from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her law degree from Widener University School of Law.

Mike Noone is a founding partner of the law firm Noone & Borger, LLC focusing on criminal defense, internal investigations, and commercial litigation. As First Assistant District Attorney from 2012 to 2019, Mike served as the second in command of the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. Mike supervised all the criminal trial teams, the juvenile unit, coordinated the investigation and prosecution of all adult sexual assault cases and elder abuse cases, and served as co-chair of the Chester County Overdose Prevention Task Force. Mike was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Elder Abuse Task Force. Mike began his legal career at a Philadelphia law firm where he represented individuals and companies in commercial litigation matters in both state and federal court. Mike then served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. In the time between serving as an Assistant District Attorney and returning as First Assistant, Mike was in private practice in West Chester focusing on criminal defense and personal injury. Mike is a graduate of Wilkes University where he was valedictorian and Villanova University School of Law where he was Chairperson of the Moot Court Board. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey, and the District Court for the District of Columbia.