Fishertown Lawyers

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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Kathleen M. Thomas concentrates her practice in the areas of municipal law, small business, non-profit law, and civil litigation. Kathleen is also experienced in other areas of municipal law, including Right to Know, land development, zoning, code enforcement and litigation.

Recognized as an expert in the areas of Pennsylvania Act 511 taxation, Kathleen serves as Special Act 511 Tax Counsel to the Townships of Lower Merion and Abington, among others. She also serves as the Act 511 Hearing Officer to multiple municipalities in Montgomery and Delaware Counties. She also serves as Special Tax Consultant for ordinance and Regulation Revision and litigation...

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...

Susan Maslow, a Co-Founder and Partner of Antheil Maslow & MacMinn LLP, is an experienced business attorney with a focus on complex transactional corporate law. Throughout her career, Sue has enjoyed working with clients and their other advisors as an integral part of a comprehensive working group focused on solving business challenges. Armed with both good humor and excellent negotiating skills, she concentrates her practice primarily in the documentation of Business Transactions, Corporate Governance, Private Finance, Service and Supply Contracts, and Non-Profit Operations. Committed to delivering precisely drafted documents, Sue believes getting parties with conflicting interests to agree in writing...

Attorney Paul Bucci has nearly 20 years of experience as a work injury and personal injury lawyer. He has spent his entire career championing the rights of those injured due to the negligence of others. He focuses on work accident cases (third party liability), as well as premises liability, medical malpractice and defective product injury cases. Over the course of his career, Mr. Bucci has handled 100s of work accident cases including forklift accidents, complex construction accidents, and electric shock accidents. More recently, Mr. Bucci was involved in the litigation of one of the largest work-construction accident lawsuits in U.S....

Fabian has over a decade of experience in complex individual immigration matters. After graduating from Haverford College with a degree in English in 1999, Fabian attended Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and graduated in 2002. He worked for a small criminal defense, immigration, and family law practice for four years; and has had his own practice since 2006. Fabian focuses his practice on family-based immigration petitions, including consular processing, adjustment of status, and asylum cases. Fabian’s extensive trial and criminal law experience allows him to combine his knowledge of criminal and immigration law in his handling of complicated...

John D’Intino, Jr. is a Trial Attorney and served individuals in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania counties for over 10 years. His practice consists of Criminal Law, Personal Injury, and Real Estate Law and he has successfully defended more than a hundred cases.

Mr. D’Intino received his Bachelor of Arts & Science from Temple University and later earned his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University in May 1997. He is also a Pennsylvania Licensed Realtor who has represented buyers and sellers in both residential and commercial sales. Mr. D’Intino has also represented clients in landlord/tenant matters, drafting and reviewing contracts, resolving foreclosures,...

Mr. Narine received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in 1984, and received his law degree from The Georgetown University Law Center in 1987. He is one of the founding partners of Meredith & Narine. Mr. Narine is a former partner at Schiffrin & Barroway, and was the manager of its antitrust department. Before his work with Schiffrin & Barroway, Mr. Narine was a partner at Meredith, Cohen, Greenfogel & Skirnick, P.C., a firm which specialized in complex antitrust litigation.

Ross represents clients in a wide range of complex commercial and consumer disputes, including consumer and insurance fraud, whistleblower actions, healthcare disputes, securities, class actions, and general business litigation. Ross has extensive experience litigating complex matters in federal district and appellate courts across the country and has consistently achieved positive results for his clients. Ross graduated from the George Washington University Law School, with honors, and the Catholic University of America with a B.S. in Business Administration, majoring in Finance. While in law school, Ross worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Chief Counsel for its Division of...

I am an experienced Attorney at Kang Haggerty LLC. My practice areas include Bankruptcy, Real Estate, and Business Law. I am dedicated to helping business and individuals achieve the best possible legal outcomes. I received a B.A.S.W. and B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. In 2004, I earned my J.D. Cum Laude, from Fordham University School of Law. I am admitted to practice law in both Pennsylvania and New York.

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.

Jim Beasley Jr. is the Managing Member of The Beasley Firm, LLC, a Philadelphia law firm with over a 50 year tradition of excellence and with awards of over $2 billion dollars in all aspects of complex civil litigation. Jim is also a M.D., and has worked on or tried some of the Firm’s largest cases. These include the $104 million 9/11 verdict as well as the largest medical negligence verdicts in the history of Pennsylvania. Jim has both his medical degree and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Trial Advocacy from Temple...

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...

Brian received his bachelor's degree in political science from Rutgers University College Camden where he graduated summa cum laude, earning the Jack Marvin Weiner award and the Armitage award for highest overall grade average. He graduated from Rutgers School of Law Camden in 2008. While in law school he performed pro bono work for the Community Dispute Resolution Pro Bono Mediation Project and completed a pro bono research project for a local maritime non-profit. Brian has over twenty years experience as a licensed mariner and over fifteen years in marine management positions, including Port Captain. He has extensive experience in...

Paul Lauricella has been a trial attorney since 1982. Out of law school, he worked as an assistant district attorney, where he tried and convicted violent criminals. In 1987, Paul brought his trial experience to the Beasley Firm, where he spent twenty-four years as an associate and as a partner. Trained by the late legendary trial attorney James E. Beasley, Paul has secured million and multimillion dollar verdicts in malpractice actions involving a wide variety of medical specialties, including obstetrics/gynecology, emergency medicine, radiology, psychiatry, orthopedic surgery, urology, family practice, and even oral surgery. He has also won verdicts in products...

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).

Mr. Goldner’s practice is devoted to relieving sources of conflict and stress in the workplace. He handles employment discrimination claims on behalf of both employees and employers from filing of claims through trial, verdict and appeal. He prepares human resources policies and procedures for employers as well as offering training to employers and even fellow lawyers on employment claim avoidance. He drafts and interprets restrictive covenants and other professional contracts both on behalf of those businesses seeking to secure their assets and for employees looking to make career changes, and enforces and defends these contracts in state and Federal courts....

Mr. Hwang is a shareholder and president of the firm. He concentrates in business & corporate law, commercial & international transactions, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, banking law, bankruptcy, trusts & estates and asset protection.

He serves as corporate general counsel to numerous small and medium size corporations in United States and Korea. He is an experienced general counsel to corporations with global subsidiaries, network and transactions.

Mr. Hwang brings a unique blend of experience, insight and creativity to his clients. He has had a wealth of experience as a lawyer, leader, entrepreneur, mentor, coach, consultant and advisor to business owners...

Bob Gillespie is a second generation Plaintiff's lawyer +with a distinguished record of service to the public. He served eleven years in the Luzerne County District Attorneys Office, the last four as District Attorney. In 2007 and 2008, Pjiladelphia Magazine proclaimed him to be a "Super Lawyer"* an awrd only available to the top 5% of lawyers. He is also a "Million Dollar Advocate"* having obtained Million's of Dollars in Awards for his clients. Attorney Gillespie was recently named a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, a society limited to 3,500 lawyers less then 1/2 % of those practicing...

Since he started his law practice in 1997, Attorney Melaragno has worked with individuals who were injured, through no fault of their own, in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, tractor trailer accidents, slips and falls and a variety of other circumstances. Attorney Melaragno and his partners have tried or settled cases with a success rate of over 99%, recovering more than $3.2 Million for their injured clients in the last 4 years alone.


Attorney Melaragno was selected to serve on the Panel for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 6, 2004 and from that...

Attorney John P. Winicov received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University, with honors. He received his J.D. in 1986 from Catholic University School of Law. Following law school Mr. Winicov worked as an Assistant Public Defender in Chester County, Pennsylvania from 1987 until 1991 where he handled hundreds of criminal cases and appeals. After leaving the Public Defender's Office, Mr. Winicov practiced criminal law and personal injury law with a firm in Philadelphia. In 1993 Mr. Winicov returned to Chester County and established his own law firm dedicated to providing quality representation in personal injury matters.

Mr. Tupitza has been an attorney since 1976. His practice is primarily in the area of real estate and business law. He is experienced in oil and gas leases, title insurance matters, commercial/industrial real estate, residential real estate and farm issues. He handles transactions and litigation. He teaches numerous CLE courses including courses on the following topics: Boundary Law, Litigating Failure to Disclose Issues, Lien Priority, Lien Divestiture, Tax and Sheriff's Sales, Deeds, Trial Tactics, Title Insurance, Tax Issues Impacting Real Estate and more.

Terence earned his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1998. Terry began his legal career soon after garduating from Penn State. His professional experiences prior to and during law school include positions as a trial technology technician at a national litigation support firm in Washington D.C, as a paralegal for a Philadelphia defense firm, as a paralegal for staff counsel for one the largest insurers in North America, and as a law clerk at a Plaintiff’s firm in Chester County. While working full time as a paralegal, he attended the Widener University, School of Law, where he earned...

John Fessler has been a civil litigator for more than 25 years. His practice is concentrated primarily in the areas of insurance defense, commercial litigation and personal injury. John has represented insurance carriers in a variety of cases over the years, including those involving automobile policies, commercial general liability policies and homeowner policies.

Attorney Fessler also has an extensive real estate practice, providing counsel to buyers, sellers and lending institutions, as well as regularly participating in Sheriff Sales.

He is AV Preeminent peer-review rated,* the highest rating, through Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Fessler was awarded the 2007 President's Award from the Erie County Bar...

Attorney Toohey's practice is concentrated in the areas of business and real estate law, and estate planning and administration. He was involved with the formation and initial operation of Spectrum Control, Inc., Lake Erie Institute of Rehabilitation and Growing Places, Inc. He has represented clients and been personally involved in the development of condominium projects and other real estate developments. He has also represented several municipalities and authorities. Attorney Toohey is deeply committed to civic causes and has served on the boards of several civic, educational, and religious institutions.

I am a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of litigation experience. I represent individuals in matters involving personal injury litigation, estate planning and administration, real estate sales and development, domestic issues, and business litigation. During my professional career, I have had the opportunity to litigate in multiple state and federal courts, and have handled matters ranging from those merely about money and property, to those involving more vital issues such as civil rights, personal liberty, child welfare, and eldercare. At times, I have been disappointed with our admittedly flawed and cumbersome legal system, but more often I am...

Barry Rabin has been practicing law in Chester County since 1983, representing clients all over Pennsylvania. His practice is concentrated in the areas of Auto Accidents and Personal Injury, Estates, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Real Estate Law. He was awarded the Chester County Bar Association's President's Award and Pro Bono Award in 2013.

Private practice of law for 30 years.

Katie Yingling Schellenger is a freelance attorney who has developed exceptional legal research, writing, and analytical skills through almost a decade of experience as a federal law clerk and litigation associate at two international AmLaw 100 firms. Katie’s broad legal experience allows her to support her clients: solo practitioners, law firms, and general counsel, in a variety of ways. She provides perspective and insight to every matter, while shouldering part of the burden to meet deadlines. No project is too big or too small; Katie attacks every matter with diligence and fervor, and delivers her services in...

Attorney Kessler has been practicing law in Southeastern Pennsylvania since 1998 and was the founder of the Law Offices of Matthew R. Kessler, L.L.C., located in Douglassville, PA, in 2005.