Defiance Lawyers

Danielle M. Parks is an Associate in Post & Schell's Workers' Compensation Department, defending employers, third-party administrators (TPAs), and insurers in workers' compensation claims throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining Post & Schell, Ms. Parks was an associate with a regional firm and represented employees in labor and employment-related claims. Prior to that, she was a legal assistant and paralegal for several Pittsburgh area law firms for almost ten years.

Ms. Parks graduated from Duquesne University's School of Law in 2016. Before law school, Danielle graduated in 2007 from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown with a Bachelor’s...

Matt is a trial attorney focusing on business, construction, collections, and probate, estate and trust litigation matters. Matt routinely represents his clients in both federal and state court, along with private arbitration and mediation.

As part of his business litigation practice, Matt frequently handles breach of contract claims, tort litigation claims, non-competition/non-solicitation matters, and shareholder disputes. As part of his construction law practice, Matt frequently represents architects and engineers in design defect cases, and assists all his construction clients, including design professionals, contractors, and suppliers in filing, when applicable, mechanic’s lien claims or making claims through the CASPA and...

Attorney Bill Copetas has been practicing law since 1993 after completing both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Pennsylvania. Over the span of his nearly 25 year career, he has chosen to focus his work in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, and litigation.

After many years of representing defendants in workers’ compensation and personal injury cases, Mr. Copetas now represents plaintiffs exclusively. His prior experience on the other side of the courtroom affords him a well-rounded perspective of how these cases, and insurance companies, work. When you choose to work with Mr. Copetas, you can rest assured that he...

Attorney Timothy Conboy is the Founder of ConboyLaw. ConboyLaw has offices in Mt Lebanon and Pittsburgh Pennyslvania. He has been selected as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in Pennsylvania by the American Trial Lawyers Association. He earned a Bachelor of Science from Allegheny College in 1979 and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1982. He has been named by Best Lawyers in America every year since 1999. He has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer every year this honor has been bestowed. He was also named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Top 50...

Roopal Luhana is one of the founding partners of the Chaffin Luhana LLP law firm. The Chaffin Luhana law firm has offices located in New York, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, and West Virgina, WV. Roopal Luhana focuses her law practicing on successfully representing victims of all types of product liability, personal injury, and auto accident victims. Mrs. Luhana has extensive successful experience handling a wide range of personal injury cases, including table saw injuries. She is dedicated to providing every single one of her clients who have suffered injuries or emotional distress because of the negligent actions...

Sean Ruppert, a business law and litigation attorney, merged his independent practice with KM&A in 2015, becoming a core member of the team. He now focuses on two main areas of law: business law and civil litigation. Sean guides business owners in avoiding costly mistakes and making good decisions with their contract negotiation, insurance decisions, employment practices, and entity formation. When employers mistreat employees, he fights for the fair compensation of the employees. Sean is a strategic thinker and a savvy negotiator when advising small businesses and fighting in court.

Sean is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of...

Vanessa’s extensive legal training began at the University of Duquesne School of Law, where she graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctor (J.D.). Vanessa’s strong academic credentials gained the attention of numerous employers eager to capitalize on her legal talents. Over the years, she has served as a Law Clerk at Steele Schneider, an Attorney Advisor for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, an Associate Attorney for McMorrow Law, and as an Associate Attorney for May Law Group. Today, Vanessa focuses her practice exclusively on United States immigration law. She has achieved numerous successful outcomes and will fight...

Mark Wendaur serves as counsel in the firm’s Business Law & Transactions practice group. Mark maintains a broad corporate and transactional practice focusing on mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements, corporate governance, venture capital transactions, and corporate restructurings. He also represents clients in commercial real estate and energy matters, including transactions, financing, land use, and zoning issues. Mark represents clients of all sizes, including individuals, closely held companies, investor groups, publicly traded companies, and government entities. He regularly provides strategic business counseling to these clients to help them achieve their goals and business objectives. Prior to joining Offit Kurman, Mark owned and operated...

Stephen H. Lebovitz, Esquire, graduated from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1986 with a B.S. in Economics concentrating in finance, and from the Law School at the University of Pittsburgh in 1989. Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1989, he joined Lebovitz & Lebovitz, P.A. practicing with his father and grandfather. He was admitted to the Maine Bar in 1992 and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1993. Mr. Lebovitz is active in litigation. He also handles family matters, estate planning and tax work being admitted to the U.S. Tax Court. He has experience in...

William P. Douglas handles cases involving serious personal injury, death, insurance claims, insurance contract disputes, and insurance bad faith. His experience includes dangerous and defective products, Pennsylvania motor vehicle underinsurance and uninsurance matters, airplane, boat, motor vehicle, motorcycle and pedestrian accidents, as well as injuries resulting from dangerous machinery, industrial equipment, fires and boiler explosions. He also handles wills and estate planning.

Jim was born in Binghamton, New York, but has lived in Cumberland County since age 3. He graduated from Trinity High School in 1973 and studied in the pre-law program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for two years. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities from Penn State University in 1977, Jim joined the work force at various large corporations, including ITT, Hershey Chocolate Company and Mellon Bank, working in the credit, collection and finance fields. While employed at Harsco Corporation,...

Attorney Timothy Czekaj (pronounced check-eye) is a dedicated litigator with a never-say-die attitude. He considers it an honor and a privilege to provide services to people when they need it most. He has represented clients in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, focusing on family law, divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, PFAs, Children & Youth matters, dependency, bankruptcy, mortgage foreclosures and debt negotiations, tax assessment appeals, landlord/tenant law, criminal law, and general civil litigation. He has represented clients in more than 20 counties throughout Pennsylvania, and he currently serves as solicitor to the Dauphin County Clerk of Courts.

Mr. Toohey's practice over the years has included representation of Hospitals, Healthcare Systems, Banks, School Districts, Townships, Boroughs, Zoning Hearing Boards and Private Corporations; as well as private individuals and entities. In addition to representing clients, Mr. Toohey has also been a Hearing Officer in the areas of Civil Service, Tax Appeal, Employment, Divorce, and School law.

Judson is a graduate of The University of Tennessee and The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University. After completing his studies, Judson served as a Law Clerk to the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board where he wrote legal opinions and advised the Commissioners on the Board. For seven years prior to forming Perry & Baumbach, Judson exclusively represented injured workers in workers' compensation cases, as well as claimants in Social Security Disability/SSI matters. Judson is a member of the Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, and Cumberland County Bar Associations. Judson is currently the Chairperson of the...

Ethan K. Stone was born and raised in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania prior to moving to Mechanicsburg where he attended Cumberland Valley High School. He is a 2004 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Smeal College of Business. He subsequently received his law degree (Juris Doctorate) from the Dickinson School of Law and is currently admitted to practice law in all jurisdictions in Pennsylvania including the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Cumberland County Bar Association, the Dauphin...

Matt Zwick is a founding partner of Zwick Law. After gaining valuable experience at a prestigious law firm in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Matt was very eager to bring his legal skills and client-centered approach back to his hometown. While working in Pittsburgh, Matt fought for businesses, municipalities, and individuals, alike, in state and federal courts, throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Matt is passionate about helping others and he is dedicated to solving his clients' legal problems, big or small, through innovative and mindful legal practices. Matt grew up in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the DuBois Area...

Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Emanuel A. Cassimatis, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, York County, Pennsylvania 1982-1983; Stetler & Gribbin (Associate 1983-1990; Partner 1991-2005) Blakey, Yost, Bupp & Rausch, LLP (Partner). Areas of practice include: Estate litigation: will contests, guardianship proceedings. Estate planning: wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills, and health care powers of attorney. Insurance defense litigation.

Charles’ strategy of representation is based on a commitment to engaging clients and insisting they participate in their legal cases. Charles believes and practices an ideology that an attorney’s role is to educate the client on the law and procedure, assist in weighing the options, and to encourage clients to make their own decisions. The Law Offices and Attorney Hobbs believe the key to successful representation is to promote communication between attorney and client, act ethically, morally, and to pursue our client’s interests with zealous advocacy.

Charles is a general practitioner specializing in Criminal Defense, Family Law, and Bankruptcy.

Attorney Hobbs attributes...

Rosina C. Stambaugh, Esq.
Experienced York Immigration Attorney
Before she started The Law Office of Rosina C. Stambaugh, Rosina was an associate at The Law Office of Christopher A. Ferro, LLC where she handled the firm’s immigration services. She also was responsible for handling a variety of criminal cases, many of which included complex immigration issues. Rosina focuses her practice on removal defense in the detained and non-detained settings.
Proven Immigration Practice in York
She has extensive experience with all forms of relief from removal, and she has successfully litigated cases in different Immigration Courts throughout the U.S. and the Board of Immigration...

Larry A. Weisberg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Harrisburg. He is a graduate of Susquehanna Township High School and earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he participated in the school’s Naval ROTC program. Following his military tour, Mr. Weisberg’s career path focused within the insurance industry where he attained positions of increasing responsibility, including President of Volvo’s North American insurance operations. While working full time within the insurance industry, Mr. Weisberg also earned his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law, graduating summa cum laude as class valedictorian. Mr....

Matt Logue is the founder of Logue Law Firm LLC, with offices in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Focusing his practice on litigation, he represents clients in civil matters, including business disputes, medical malpractice, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents and other personal injury litigation. Mr. Logue also provides criminal defense counsel to those who have been charged with felonies or misdemeanors, including driving under the influence and white collar crimes. In addition to his civil and criminal trial practice, he has represented clients in hearings before state and federal agencies, including the United States Merit Systems Protection Board, the United States...

Thomas D. Berret has been a personal injury and wrongful death attorrney since he graduated from the University of Akron School of Law in 1995. In those nearly three decades, he has represented thousands of Pennsylvania residents who were injured or killed as the result of the carelessness of others. Over the past twenty eight years, Tom has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of personal injury or wrongful death suits such as ATV accidents, tractor-trailer collisions, car crashes, motorcycle collisions, construction accidents, dog bites, and slip and falls. Although Tom has successfully resolved most of his client’s...

Eric Davis is one of the founding members of Elliott & Davis, PC. His experience in structuring transactions, including joint ventures, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, business trusts and corporations makes him a valuable resource to businesses in need of a "strategic lawyer." Mr. Davis concentrates in providing corporate, business and tax counseling to privately-held companies, including representing clients in transactions involving equity and debt financing, formation and start-up, venture capital, sales, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, and information technology. He also drafts asset purchase agreements, by-laws, articles of incorporation, and operating agreemeents. In terms of contract drafting,...

Blaire Patrick, an employment litigation attorney at KM&A in Pittsburgh, grounds her practice on her experience representing clients who need Social Security disability benefits. Her humanitarian work in Boston and Pittsburgh solidified the knowledge that the law is vital in offering relief and aid to workers in difficult circumstances. Blaire pierces to the center of every legal issue and strategizes to obtain the best possible outcome.

Real life experience of the difficulty of employment issues spurs her to champion the needs of her clients. Blaire listens to her clients. She knows that being unable to work, facing employment discrimination, or being...

Mike established the firm in 2002 after 15 years in the field of Health Care and Insurance law.
As former Special Counsel at Tucker Arensberg.P.C., Now principal of Laffey & Associates and Other Party Liability Inc. Mike has established one of the premier law firm subrogation departments in the country dedicated to serving Employee Benefit Plans subrogation interests. As former in-house counsel for Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Mike has assisted in the design and delivery of several managed health care systems from design of the benefit package, through contracting, regulatory approval, and the marketing of the new programs. Mike...

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, I focus my practice on representing injured persons in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, premises liability, dog bites and other types of personal injury claims. I have also represented business clients in litigation matters, assisted families in estate administration proceedings and handled the firm’s criminal practice and zoning cases. I am licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania courts, including U.S. District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh attorney Mark F. McKenna has over 35 years of trial experience with a concentration in the area of Civil Litigation, including products liability, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence and personal injury litigation.

John J. Ferry, Jr. earned an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree in Poultry Technology and Management at the Pennsylvania State University in 1986. After working for several years in the poultry industry, he went on to pursue his legal education at the Dickinson School of Law, where he earned a juris doctorate degree in 1995. Mr. Ferry was admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and other courts in Pennsylvania, in 1995. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania...

Mr. Chaffin is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and West Virginia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of West Virginia. He is additionally confessed to practice under the watchful eye of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits.