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John Michael Pinto
Philadelphia, PA Attorney
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Temple University Beasley School of Law
John Pinto is a founding partner of VSCP LAW and a nationally recognized trial attorney focused on catastrophic injury and medical malpractice litigation. Known for his tenacious advocacy and meticulous case preparation, Mr. Pinto has helped secure over $400 million in verdicts and settlements for injured individuals and families across Pennsylvania.
Mr. Pinto specializes in cases representing the most vulnerable - infants and children who suffered devastating injuries or death due to medical negligence, including errors during labor and delivery, neonatal care, and pediatric malpractice. Since 2015 alone, he has helped achieve more than $150 million in recoveries for children facing...
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Jay Solnick
Glenside, PA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Temple University
Jay Solnick earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts and a law degree from Temple University School of Law. Jay has extensive experience litigating a wide variety of cases and claims in the state and federal courts of southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The insight and experience gained throughout his career, including the years which he spent handling insurance defense cases, are now utilized to the benefit of his clients in pursuing their personal injury claims. Jay’s practice is focused in the areas of personal injury and insurance claims, including matters involving serious and...
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Andrew Lacy Jr.
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Cornell Law School
I am the owner of The Lacy Employment Law firm, LLC, which specializes in worker's rights as well as civil rights. Prior to opening my law firm, I worked for one of the largest international law firms in the world.
I also took a sabbatical from large law firm life to complete a clerkship with the Honorable Cathy Bissoon in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
I tried my first federal jury trial to verdict at age 26. With that victory, I became one of the youngest lawyers to win a federal civil...
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Stephen P. McConnell
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(215) 495-6531
Cira Centre, 13th Floor
2929 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Business and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law
Stephen P. McConnell concentrates his practice on real estate, corporate and finance law, as well as general business transactions.
Mr. McConnell has extensive experience in a wide range of real estate matters including development, sales, acquisitions, financings, joint ventures and commercial leasing. He has advised real estate clients in numerous sophisticated transactions involving office buildings, raw land, mixed-use projects, warehouses and industrial sites through every phase of a real estate transaction, from drafting and negotiating the listing, to financing and purchase and sale agreements, through due diligence and settlement.
Mr. McConnell blends his business and finance practice with his keen legal...
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Jennifer L. Zegel
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer
(267) 443-4126
Three Logan Square
1717 Arch Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Business, Employment and Real Estate
Rutgers University - Camden
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Bradley J. Vance
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 35 years of experience
(215) 495-6503
Cira Centre, 13th Floor
2929 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Insurance Defense and Products Liability
Dickinson School of Law
Bradley J. Vance concentrates his practice in the areas of bad faith, products liability, construction litigation, professional negligence, premises liability and insurance coverage. He has tried both jury and non-jury cases across multiple counties in Pennsylvania, and routinely tries cases in state courts in Pennsylvania and the Eastern and Middle District of Pennsylvania Federal Courts. He has been called upon to provide coverage opinions on a wide array of coverage issues and topics for both first-party and third-party claims. He has also represented insurance companies and claims administrators in class action litigation in various state courts and the Eastern and...
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Nicholas Platt
York, PA Attorney with 5 years of experience
Free ConsultationWidener University Commonwealth Law School
Attorney Nicholas G. Platt, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Attorney Platt earned a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, with a minor in Computer Forensics, from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in 2012. After graduating from Bloomsburg University, Attorney Platt began working for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services as an Income Maintenance Caseworker in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. In 2015, Attorney Platt enrolled in law school at Widener University Commonwealth Law School as an Evening Division student and continued serving Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens with the Department of Human Services' Office of Medical Assistance Programs.
During law school, Attorney Platt continued his...
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Gregory Boles
Allentown, PA Attorney
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Villanova University School of Law
Mr. Boles, a certified specialist in Pennsylvania workers’ compensation, has been elected a SuperLawyer every year since 2007, which means he is one of the best Pennsylvania workers’ comp lawyers. He is graded AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, which demonstrates that his peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. He has a 10.0 rating, the highest possible, by AVVO, the independent lawyer rating service. Mr. Boles is a graduate of Georgetown University and Villanova Law School. He has written extensively on Pennsylvania workers’ compensation and has lectured before attorneys, labor unions and advocacy groups for the disabled.
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Diane Fenner
Bala Cywnyd, PA Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Diane has been practicing law since 1983, and has an AV rating from her colleagues, as determined by Martindale-Hubbell. After 4 years at the prestigious Philadelphia-based defense firm of Pepper Hamilton, Diane switched to a practice exclusively devoted to the representation of injured individuals. As such, she has practiced in various areas of personal injury, including medical malpractice, automobile accidents, premises liability, product liability, and workers’ compensation, and has lectured for the American Association of Justice and the Philadelphia Bar Association.
At the present time, Diane is concentrating her law practice in the field of pharmaceutical litigation, where she specializes in...
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Carl E Meyer
Carlisle, PA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Administrative
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Nearly two decades of experience as in-house counsel, litigation attorney, fraud investigator and law enforcement officer with certification in public law and policy, providing the assets necessary for the successful legal analysis and execution of operational procedures in legislation, compliance, fraud investigation, contractual agreements, and litigation of client needs in resolving various matters. Successful as team leader over various projects. Holds a proven record of achieving the highest cost/benefit results in the representation of government agencies, providing counsel to Flag Officers and SESs through oral advice in meetings and written memoranda with detailed analyses and recommended solutions. Has an intimate...
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Nigel S Scott
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Immigration
Delaware Law School
At Aegis Law we are committed to equal access to justice for all clients. This impacts not only how we approach threats to Constitutional protections, but also threats to affordability as well. We tailor solutions to meet the needs of every client individually, thereby ensuring efficient, honest, earnest and effective advocacy. Call us today to schedule your free consultation.
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Joel Albert
Bala Cynwyd, PA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Insurance Claims, Insurance Defense and Real Estate
Widener University Delaware School of Law
I serve as general counsel to various companies, assisting with contractual, employment, insurance, litigation, real estate and other business issues. I strive to provide prompt, sound and rational legal advice and services.
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Andrew Sacks
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Environmental and Insurance Claims
Dickinson School of Law
Attorney Andrew Sacks received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Grinnell College and his Juris Doctorate from Dickinson School of Law. He began his legal career practicing personal injury law in Philadelphia. Later, he began administrating legal service plans for large labor unions, servicing a collective membership of over 50,000 members and their families.
In 1994, Mr. Sacks purchased his employer's assets and launched Sacks Weston, LLC. The firm handles personal injury, medical malpractice, maritime matters, and significant efforts were devoted to toxic tort and environmental contamination litigation.
Sacks Weston, LLC pioneered N.O.R.M. litigation, which resulted in the largest, single-landowner verdict in...
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Joseph Messa
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer and Products Liability
Temple University
Joseph L. Messa, Jr. is the founding partner of Messa & Associates, P.C. He is an AV-rated attorney (highest rating available), listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Mr. Messa handles cases involving medical malpractice, products liability, transportation accidents, construction and workplace injuries, fire, medical device, drug products liability, and other fields of complex personal injury litigation. He has represented clients from around the country and received seven and eight-figure verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice, products liability, fire, and construction/work injury matters. Mr. Messa also serves the legal community by presenting lectures on medical malpractice, products liability, managed...
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William Vinsko Jr.
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Practicing law for more than two decades, William Vinsko has built up an impressive portfolio of successful cases. He has a wide-ranging legal background, handling cases involving real estate law and litigation, government law, business litigation, estate planning and probate, divorce and child custody issues. His dedication to his clients, and getting them positive results in their legal cases, has not gone unnoticed. Attorney William Vinsko has been selected for inclusion on the Super Lawyers' Rising Stars list every year from 2005 through 2018, and a Super Lawyer in 2019. No more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in Pennsylvania ever...
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Alison Fosky Soloff
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Temple University
For over 30 years, Alison F. Soloff has represented medical malpractice victims and families within Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Recognized as one of the top 1% of attorneys in the United States by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, her distinguished expertise, integrity, and professional stature has helped wrongfully injured victims receive the strong protection and advocacy they deserve.
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Bruce Martin Ginsburg
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of San Diego School of Law
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Taylor A Gerchman
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 7 years of experience
(484) 604-9488
30 South 15th Street
Suite 1550, PMB #37287
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims
Drexel University School of Law
I am a Plaintiff's Life Insurance Attorney which means I represent insured persons and beneficiaries in delayed or denied claims for individual life insurance, ERISA life insurance, critical/chronic insurance, accidental death and dismemberment benefits. I take cases from across the United States and I represent my clients on a contingency fee basis.
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Richard Moss Golomb
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Consumer and Products Liability
Attorney Richard Golomb, one of the founding partners at Golomb & Honik, P.C., has been representing clients in catastrophic personal injury cases and consumer class action lawsuits for more than 30 years. In this time, he has successfully recovered million-dollar and multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements in more than 50 separate cases for individual and class action clients. Mr. Golomb has also served in leadership positions for more than a dozen consumer class action and anti-trust matters. As an active member of the bar, Mr. Golomb previously served as President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and currently sits on...
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Marc Goldich
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Consumer, Employment, Products Liability and Securities
Temple University Beasley School of Law and Arizona State University
After spending over a decade at a large international law firm representing the world’s leading companies in high-stakes disputes and complex commercial litigation, Mr. Goldich switched sides and founded Axler Goldich LLC, a class action and personal injury firm devoted to helping consumers, employees, and investors from all across the nation who have been harmed by corporate negligence or wrongdoing. At Axler Goldich, Mr. Goldich maintains a robust practice focused on representing clients in class action and individual cases against corporate defendants such as pharmaceutical manufacturers, financial institutions, automobile manufacturers, and national and international corporations in a variety of industries....
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Jared Slipman
Philadelphia, PA Attorney
(215) 665-3227
Centre Square West
1500 Market Street, Suite 3400
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Business, Environmental and Tax
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Rated among the top three tax practices in Philadelphia for 2024 by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Jared practices business, corporate, and tax law. Jared focuses his practice on all manner of corporate transactions and matters, including formations, liquidations, mergers, negotiating commercial agreements, non-profit entity and S Corporation compliance, and more. He particularly enjoys helping start-up clients navigate legal hurdles. Aside from general corporate expertise, his niche specialty lies in transactional tax matters, and includes tax structuring and analysis attendant to corporate transactions as well as advising clients on tax considerations in connection with debt financing, choice of entity questions, and M&A....
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D. Scott Wiggins
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 37 years of experience
(267) 833-0200
1500 Market Street
East Tower -12th. Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Free ConsultationEmployment
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
D. Scott Wiggins is a Senior Attorney wielding over two decades of game-changing approaches to client representation in different law areas including criminal and school law hearings, personal injury, and employment law.
A former elementary and secondary independent schools senior-level administrator and teacher, he blends his unique experiences and expertise to protect liberties and rights, resolve disputes, and ensure justice.
Mr. Wiggins received the Dean's Outstanding Service Award during his time in Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University, his passion for law and how it is dispensed saw him through hurdles and years of learning to uphold law...
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Chad Guevara Boonswang
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 28 years of experience
Insurance Claims and Products Liability
Villanova University School of Law
Based in Philadelphia and serving clients across the country, Boonswang Law focuses on life insurance and catastrophic personal injury claims. Led by Attorney Chad G. Boonswang – a nationally acclaimed life insurance lawyer - Boonswang Law helps clients who have had their life insurance claim denied or delayed and those who are looking to receive the compensation they deserve after a personal injury resulting from a variety of accidents, including automobile accidents and medical negligence
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Mark Mailman
PHILADELPHIA, PA Attorney
Free ConsultationConsumer
Temple University
MARK D. MAILMAN, is the managing partner of FMS and one of the firm’s founders. He is a tenacious and passionate consumer litigator who has for more than 26 years helped secure over $350 million dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of more than 8,500 victimized consumers across the nation. Mark concentrates his practice primarily in federal courts, in the areas of Fair Debt Collection, Fair Credit Reporting, False Employment/Background Checks, Identity Theft, Unwanted Auto Calls and Texts, and Consumer Class Actions.
In October 2018, Mark was awarded the 2018 Consumer Attorney of the Year award from the National Association...
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Joshua Grimes
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
(215) 529-8700
One Liberty Place, Suite 3600
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Administrative and Business
The George Washington University Law School
Joshua L. Grimes, Esq. is principal attorney at Grimes Law Offices, LLC based in Philadelphia. Mr. Grimes has a national practice focused on business and real estate law, as well as the association, nonprofit, meeting, and hospitality industries. He has particular expertise in legal matters relating meetings and conventions, including contracting and dispute resolution. Mr. Grimes also has extensive experience with zoning matters.
Mr. Grimes is a sought-after speaker on legal issues relating to meetings, conventions, and hotel law. He has appeared at over 100 programs sponsored by Meeting Professionals International (MPI), Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), the American Society of...
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Daniel J. Sherry Jr.
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Villanova University School of Law
Daniel is a Philadelphia personal injury attorney and partner in the firm, who concentrates his practice almost exclusively on products liability and professional malpractice actions. He has helped the firm secure multi-million dollar personal injury settlements and verdicts in his career, including some of the largest in history for Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. Mr. Sherry is a 2005 graduate of Villanova University School of Law, where he chaired the Health Law Society. He is a 2002 graduate of Lafayette College where he majored in Political Science and was the captain of the men's swim team. Daniel has...
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Zaman Eid
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 7 years of experience
1700 Market Street
Suite 1005
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Free ConsultationBusiness, Communications, Immigration and Trademarks
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
I protect people and businesses.
Almost like a fortune teller, I foresee the issues before they happen. I help create efficiencies by putting policies in place that allow your business to grow safely.
Solutions, not problems.
Startups, small businesses, and established businesses need actionable solutions to their problems. Most lawyers can spot the issues, it is what we are trained to do, but in business, you need solutions that you can live with in order to grow.
I give back.
Being a part of the Hispanic community, I use my ability to speak Spanish to bring families together.
A bit about my education.
I am a...
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Reid Weinman
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Workers' Comp
Ohio Northern University
Born in the Bronx, NY and raised in Central Jersey, Mr. Weinman has dedicated himself and his legal practice to defending the rights of the accused. Ensuring that individuals that wrong other people through their negligence are made to pay appropriately. Each and every case is handled with patience, dedication, meticulous attention to detail, compassion and the highest degree of professional and personal integrity.
Mr. Weinman graduated from Montclair State College and then attended Law School at Claude Petit College of Law and University of San Diego (Magdalen College, Oxford University) and attained his Doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1985.
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Nicholas J Guiliano
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Securities
Temple University Beasley School of Law
We have a national practice and exclusively represent investors in claims against brokerage firms for securities fraud, the sale of unsuitable investments, defective financial products, breach of fiduciary duty, and the failure to supervise. FINRA Securities Arbitrations. We handle all cases on a contingency fee basis meaning that there is no cost or obligation, unless we are able to make a recovery for you, and there is never any charge for a free consultation. Contact Us.
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Eric Bradford Pearson
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Widener University
Pennsylvania workers’ compensation lawyer Eric B. Pearson of Pearson Koutcher Law has dedicated his practice to helping injured workers get the benefits they deserve through compassionate and competent legal representation. Along with his partner, Jon Koutcher, Eric has assisted injured workers in the Great Philadelphia area.
US News and World Report highlighted Pearson Koutcher as a “Best Law Firm in workers’ compensation Law” for over 5 years.. The firm also is designated AV Preeminent. Both attorneys are Certified Workers Compensation Specialists, passing the test the first year it was offered.
Eric’s peers have recognized him (every year since 2011) as...
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David Colin Bennion
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 20 years of experience
David has been a practicing immigration attorney since 2006. He provides quality, affordable representation in a wide range of immigration matters, including deportation defense, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), green cards, citizenship, family unification, and asylum.
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Edvard Lars Wilson
Doylestown, PA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Business
Villanova University School of Law
Mr. Wilson practiced law in Philadelphia for almost 15 years before opening his own firm in the Bucks County seat of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He has litigated hundreds of complex cases, both with and against some of Philadelphia's best lawyers. Edvard started his career defending medical malpractice cases, from which he gained invaluable experience as a litigator, as well as a healthcare lawyer. He later shifted his practice to representing injured individuals and small business. Finding the change in his practice so rewarding, Ed started his own firm with the goal of providing superior legal...
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Jeffrey Allan Drake
Doylestown, PA Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Real Estate
Capital University Law School
As one of the firm’s two founding attorneys, Jeff Drake practices in the areas of real estate, tax assessment appeals, zoning, municipal law, estate administration, family law, and personal injury law. He also represents non-profit corporations such as churches, Christian schools and mission boards, in addition to handling cases involving the preservation of religious liberties.
Jeff received his law degree in 1980 from Capital University Law School and his undergraduate degree from Gordon College in 1977. He has been an adjunct professor at Philadelphia Biblical University (now Cairn University).
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Virginia Lee Hardwick
Doylestown, PA Attorney with 10 years of experience
Business and Employment
New York University School of Law
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Stephen M. Zaffuto
Doylestown, PA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Business, Environmental and Real Estate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Stephen Zaffuto concentrates his practice on real estate law, environmental law, and business and commercial law. He has extensive experience with commercial and residential tax assessment appeals, real estate title opinions, easement agreements, and environmental compliance issues. Stephen has also counseled small businesses and start-ups on various matters, including business formation, trademark issues, and fundraising.
Stephen has an interest in entrepreneurship and startup culture, and is himself a co-founder of a custom menswear brand, ModaMatters, based out of Philadelphia.
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Joshua B. Goldberg
Bethlehem, PA Lawyer
Workers' Comp
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Attorney Goldberg concentrates his practice in the areas of Workers' Compensation, personal injury and general litigation. However, Attorney Goldberg does practice in the areas of family law, wills and estates, and landlord/tenant matters for both landlords and tenants.
Attorney Goldberg has handled all aspects of Workers' Compensation matters; including throughout the appeals process. He also has handled a variety of personal injury matters ranging from automobile accidents to slip and falls. His general litigation experience has taken him to numerous arbitrations and several trials. He also argued on several occasions before the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
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Jenifer Dana Kaufman
Abington, PA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Kaufman Workers' Compensation Law is committed to outstanding legal representation of injured workers and exceptional client service. You can count on us to promptly return calls and to answer the questions you have, when you have them. There is nothing more frustrating and anxiety-provoking than leaving message after message for your attorney and wondering what is happening in your case. Our promise is to provide frequent updates and to always respond within 24 hours to your inquiries. Hate to talk on the phone? We will keep in touch via e-mail and our secure on-line client portal.
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Marla A. Joseph
Jenkintown, PA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
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Elizabeth Clare Surin
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 28 years of experience
Immigration
University of Pennsylvania Law School
As an accomplished Philadelphia immigration lawyer and an immigrant who has personal experience with the U.S. Immigration Service, Elizabeth has worked extensively with businesses and individuals on immigration issues in all settings. Before establishing her current practice as an immigration attorney in Philadelphia, she was a Labor & Employment Litigator and lawyer at the main office of the law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP. While there, Elizabeth developed the firm’s business and employment immigration practice, advising corporate clients on current legal issues in business immigration and the practical application of the law in various employment situations. In addition...
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Joshua D. Shulman
Northampton, PA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationDickinson School of Law