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Joel S. Luber
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 48 years of experience
(215) 495-6519
Cira Centre, 13th Floor
2929 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Business, Real Estate and Tax
New York University School of Law and University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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Robert W. Small
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 51 years of experience
(215) 495-6541
Cira Centre, 13th Floor
2929 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Business, Employment and Workers' Comp
Temple University Beasley School of Law
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Daniel Edward Mueller
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 31 years of experience
(215) 248-0989
40 W. Evergreen Avenue, Suite 101
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Consumer and Trademarks
University of South Carolina - Columbia
We represent individuals and business owners in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy, civil litigation, debt settlement, debtor defense, foreclosure defense, mortgage modification, business law, and intellectual property. Our goal is to find the right solution for each client.
In addition, we represent clients in several areas of consumer law, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and other federal and state statutes intended to protect consumers from abusive debt collectors, creditors, and scammers.
Our business practice includes business formation, strategic planning, contracts, business debt negotiation, regulatory compliance, trademarks, copyrights, and outside general counsel...
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Ross J. Switkes
Bala Cynwyd, PA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Bankruptcy
Seton Hall University School of Law
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Vincent Colianni
Wexford, PA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Products Liability
Santa Clara University School of Law
Vincent Colianni is a graduate of Santa Clara University’s School of Law, and he began his legal career as a federal judicial law clerk for the Hon. Robert P. Aguilar of the Northern District of California. After his clerkship, Vince worked as a commercial litigator for Bingham McCutchen in San Francisco and Cooley LLP in Palo Alto, California.
Vince’s practice focuses on representing individuals in personal injury, products liability, employment, and civil rights matters. He has tried over 20 cases to verdict in federal and state courts.
Vince is a member of the American Bar Association and the Allegheny County Bar Association....
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Debra Speyer
Bala Cynwyd, PA Attorney with 39 years of experience
Securities
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Has the thought of putting together an estate plan, trust , will, living will or power of attorney drain you?
Do you need a guardianship for a loved one and don't know where to turn?
Is the estate you need to administer or are about to probate
making your life hectic?
Has your family put you in charge of sorting a difficult family situation
and you don't know where to turn or even the questions to ask?
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you have been putting off until now?
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Margaret A. Morris
Philadelphia, PA Attorney
(215) 495-6524
Cira Centre, 13th Floor
2929 Arch St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Business and Employment
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Mark Aaron Hinrichs
Center Valley, PA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(215) 450-0502
3477 Corporate Parkway
Suite 100, - #619
Center Valley, PA 18034
Free ConsultationAppeals
Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
As a criminal defense lawyer, Attorney Mark Hinrichs represents and protects individuals facing serious consequences in the criminal justice system. Mark is privileged and honored to stand with the individual citizen to “level the playing field" against the Commonwealth - an adversary with vast resources and advantages. Every case is important and gets nothing less than a 100% effort and focus in order to get the best result possible for each client.
Following graduation from college, he secured employment as a paralegal working alongside Roy Black, Esquire, and other attorneys at Black, Srebnick, Kornspan, and Sumpf, P.A., one of...
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Aman 'Tip' Barber III
Harleysville, PA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law
I offer reasonable rates for all legal matters and a no charge initial consultation. Call today at 610-462-1452 --- I represent personal and corporate clients throughout southestern Pennsylvania in matters involving personal injury; driving under the influence, DUI; driving while ability impaired, DWAI; driving after imbibing, DAI, corporate law; commercial litigation; estate planning and estate administration. Call or email me to arrange a no charge consultation. Evening and weekend hours available. Reasonable rates for all legal matters
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Jason Louis Karavias
Pittsburgh, PA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Boston University School of Law
Jason Karavias, Esq. provides personalized legal representation for family-based Immigration cases including Green Card Marriage, Fiance Visas, Green Card Petitions for Parents and Children of US Citizens, and applications for US Citizenship.
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Kim Gillen
Lehighton, PA Lawyer
(484) 613-0011
613 Blakeslee Boulevard East, Suite 103
Lehighton, PA 18235
Employment
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Attorney Kim Gillen received her Juris Doctor degree from Widener University School of Law — Harrisburg Campus in 2007 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar the same year. Through many years of practice, she has acquired deep experience in essential legal disciplines, with particular concentrations in family law, estate planning, labor law, landlord/tenant law and contracts. On the criminal side, her caseload includes defense for traffic offenses, misdemeanors, felonies, DUI offenses, and juvenile cases.
She is appointed as Conflicts Counsel in Carbon County for criminal cases and is also a court-appointed arbitrator, having served as chair on arbitration panels. In...
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Gregory Spadea
Folsom, PA Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Tax
Widener University
Mr. Gregory J. Spadea is a former IRS Agent and Pennsylvania Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Spadea has over 25 years of tax and estate planning experience. Mr. Spadea graduated from Widener University School of Law in May 1999. Mr. Spadea started the Law Firm Spadea & Associates, LLC in June 2001 and has offices in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, and Westmont, New Jersey. Mr. Spadea is also a Pennsylvania Notary Public. Spadea & Associates, LLC focuses on estate and tax planning, estate administration. Mr. Spadea probates estates and drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and health care directives. The...
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Richard C. Sokorai
Norristown, PA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Business, Employment, Environmental and Real Estate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Rich Sokorai is a Partner at High Swartz LLP. Rich concentrates his practice in trials, appeals and related advice on behalf of business entities, municipalities and individuals in municipal, commercial, and tort matters. Significant cases that Rich has handled include disputes over control of closely held corporations, franchise disputes, claims for breach of fiduciary duty for both non-profit and for profit corporations, construction disputes, ordinance validity challenges, and large tort cases.
Rich has tried cases in state courts, federal courts and boards of view, as well as administrative courts such as the Environmental Hearing Board and the Public Utility Commission. He...
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Paige Delia
Norristown, PA Attorney
Administrative
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Paige Delia, Esq. supports townships, boroughs, and zoning hearing boards across Eastern Pennsylvania through her work in High Swartz LLP’s Municipal Law practice group. Local governments turn to Paige for guidance on zoning, land use, code enforcement, and municipal employment matters. Her approach balances legal precision with practical solutions—particularly when helping township managers, zoning officers, and municipal staff navigate evolving regulations.
Townships and boroughs rely on Paige for clear answers in time-sensitive matters, whether drafting zoning opinions, advising on conditional use hearings, or assisting with compliance during property disputes. She also helps municipal employers manage workplace issues, including employee discipline, hiring...
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Shawn Neely Wright
Pittsburgh, PA Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Tax
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Helping individuals and small businesses with financial and IRS problems since 1993. If you are having sleepless nights about your financial or tax troubles, then call for a free consultation. I can help put together a game plan for you to resolve your troubles and to get back on track. My associate, Audrey Rasmusson, also handles estate settlement and Social Security Disability cases.
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Joshua James Knepp
Conshohocken, PA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(610) 825-0500
161 Washington Street, Suite 900
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Free ConsultationBusiness and Products Liability
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Joshua J. Knepp is a partner and shareholder at the law firm of Morris Wilson Knepp Jacquette, P.C. Josh is an experienced trial attorney who handles medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability, and automobile accidents. He represents clients in Pennsylvania state and federal courts. He uses his past experience as a defense attorney for hospitals and doctors to inform his strategy as a plaintiffs' attorney when suing healthcare providers. Over the last 2 years alone, Josh has worked to secure several multi-million dollar awards on behalf of his clients, such as:
-$4 million settlement for the estate of a man who...
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Charles Laputka
Allentown, PA Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Immigration and Real Estate
Duquesne University School of Law
Charles Laputka is the owner and manager of the Laputka Law Office, LLC:
My clients often want to know how they should handle burdensome debt obligations and get a fresh start towards a better financial future. Since 1997 I have helped thousands of people overcome mountains of debt in one way or another. As the owner of the Laputka Law Office, I regularly counsel clients regarding mortgage foreclosure, asset protection planning, and collection issues as well.
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Joshua Rudolph
Plymouth Meeting, PA Attorney with 12 years of experience
(267) 282-1033
600 West Germantown Pike
Suite 400
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Free ConsultationAdministrative, Business and White Collar Crime
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Josh Rudolph is a creative problem solver thriving in the dynamic legal environment. Mr. Rudolph focuses his career on criminal defense and civil litigation.
Known for honesty and integrity, Mr. Rudolph prides himself on his ability to help navigate the complex legal world. He takes the time to get to know his clients, understand their challenges, and passionately fight for them; always keeping client’s best interest in mind even if it means a less favorable outcome for the firm.
A skilled negotiator, Mr. Rudolph is equally comfortable negotiating or in trial. He is highly effective at developing creative strategies. Outside experiences...
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David B. Shulman
Palmerton, PA Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationRutgers School of Law-Camden
The lawyers of Shulman Law Office PC have been serving the legal needs of our neighbors throughout the Lehigh Valley and beyond for over 30 years. Practicing primarily in Northampton, Lehigh, and Carbon Counties, we are here for you. We are a general practice firm covering many areas of law, with particular focus on estate administration, estate planning, real estate, business law, wills, powers of attorney, and advance healthcare directive (living wills), and family law. Please see our areas of practice for a more comprehensive list. With an office in Northampton and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, we are conveniently located and offer...
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Alexis Berg-Townsend
Whitehall, PA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Ohio Northern University
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Jonathan Warren
Blue Bell, PA Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Temple University Beasley School of Law
During his 35 years in private practice, Jon Warren has achieved spectacular results for his clients. He has focused his work on representing seriously injured clients in complex personal injury claims. These types of claims have included: medical malpractice claims, work-place injuries, motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, construction accidents, falls, and more. Examples of his substantial results can be reviewed on this site.
I am dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those who become disabled or injured, as well as those who are the survivors of the victims of wrongful deaths.
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Jacklyn Fetbroyt
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Rutgers University - Camden
Jacklyn Fetbroyt is a founding member of Kang Haggerty LLC. Jackie focuses on counseling companies and business owners through all stages of their ventures from conception to dissolution, assisting her business clients in all of their needs for maintenance and growth. Such counseling includes selecting a business entity type and forming the business, drafting the internal documents necessary for the governance of the new entity to help the company achieve its goals and prevent internal disputes among owners and employees, registering the business in appropriate jurisdictions and obtaining licenses to operate, assisting in negotiating and documenting various transactional needs (including...
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Thomas Griffin
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Immigration
Suffolk University Law School
Selected as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine for the past two years, Philadelphia immigration lawyer, Tom Griffin, specializes in complex immigration matters in which individuals and families are in difficult situations.
Tom is unique among immigration attorneys in Philadelphia in that he speaks Spanish and Haitian Creole. Taking a personal interest in his cases, Tom’s clients know he will guide them through the maze of immigration and fight for their rights. A litigator at heart, Tom thrives in the courtroom, in appeals before the USCIS and the Board of Immigration Appeals, and in the federal courts. He takes on...
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Dino Privitera
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Mr. Privitera is the founder of The Privitera Law Firm LLC and concentrates his practice on the representation of catastrophically injured victims.
Before launching his own solo practice, Mr. Privitera successfully handled a broad range of complex personal injury and wrongful death cases at the law firm of Privitera and Hurley LLC (2015 – 2019) and at the law firm of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, PC (2007 – 2015). Mr. Privitera’s formidable trial advocacy skills have resulted in multi-million dollar and other significant recoveries on behalf of his injured clients and their families. From 2000 through...
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Gary Green
Philadelphia, PA Attorney with 53 years of experience
(215) 574-0600
Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, P.C.1101 Market St
2700 ARAMARK Tower
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Free ConsultationAntitrust, Appeals, Business and Employment
Villanova University School of Law
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Noah Paul Fardo
Sewickley, PA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Noah Paul Fardo, Esq. is the managing partner of FLAHERTY FARDO, LLC. Noah Paul Fardo, Esq. is a Pennsylvania trial lawyer and the managing partner of Flaherty Fardo, LLC. He routinely handles a variety of civil litigation cases in both the state and federal courts. His practice primarily focuses on medical malpractice and personal injury law. However, he also has extensive business and real estate litigation experience. Born and raised in the North Hills area of Pittsburgh, Mr. Fardo graduated from Avonworth High School in 1991. He received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A), cum laude,...
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Vanessa M. Nenni
Bethlehem, PA Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationTemple University
I have been practicing law in the Lehigh Valley since 1986. When I first arrived in Bethlehem, I took the larger firm route and was employed by larger firms for the first half of my legal career. When I opened my private "solo" practice, for the first time, I truly understood what it meant to be an attorney and "counselor" at law. I understand that retaining the services of an attorney can be emotionally exhausting and an incredibly trying time. I know and understand that your legal matter is of great importance to...
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Mark Preston Albright
Hellertown, PA Attorney with 42 years of experience
Real Estate
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Mr. Albright accepts retainer in matters involving wills and powers of attorney; probate and administration of decedents' estates; elder law, including incapacity proceedings and medical assistance planning; and real estate law, including residential purchase and sale transactions, easements and rights-of-way, boundary disputes, real estate assessment and exemption appeals.
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Eric Nicholas Mahler
Kingston, PA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
Widener University
I am a business, real estate and litigation attorney in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I serve clients mainly in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties.
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Ashley Woods
Coraopolis, PA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Experienced business start-up attorney and consultant.
Ashley dedicates her experience and skills to those clients wishing to achieve their own independence through entrepreneurial endeavor. She has formed business entities, drafted operating agreements, negotiated purchase and sale agreements, vendor contracts, and employee documents. She not only understands the legal requirements and ramifications of various transactional relationships, but also the practical necessities typically required to close.
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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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Brandon M. Eberle
Pittsburgh, PA Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Business
Duquesne University School of Law
I graduated from Robert Morris University in 2011 with a degree in Accounting and continued my education at Duquesne University, where I completed the Juris Doctor program in 2016. The following year, I passed the Pennsylvania Bar Exam.
I take great pleasure in practicing law for individuals and small businesses throughout the Western Pennsylvania region. My career has been focused on business creation, consultation, and management, as well as family law and criminal defense. I have maintained a reputation as a tenacious litigator for all my clients, regardless of their size. In my spare time, I am an avid golfer and...
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Lisa Mary Doran
Wilkes-Barre, PA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Duquesne University School of Law
The focus of my law practice is Bankruptcy Law, representing individuals, businesses, and creditors in Chapters 7, 11, and 13 cases.
Our firm represent clients in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, primarily those assigned to the Wilkes-Barre and Williamsport court locations.
In addition to client representation, I have served on the Attorney Advisory Panel for the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; Board of Directors of the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar Association; Local Rules Committee for the Bankruptcy Court; and Judicial search committees, as both Chair and member; and volunteered for the Luzerne County, PA consumer debt and...
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Justin Stefan Moriconi
ELKINS PARK, PA Attorney
Business and Insurance Defense
Widener University Delaware School of Law and Clemson University
Justin Moriconi appears in Court’s all over Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He represents parties in adversary proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Districts of Delaware and Pennsylvania, concentrates in oil and gas litigation, trust petitions, and lease disputes in the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania and New York, handles business and personal disputes small and large. He routinely defends insurance carriers in casualty liability litigation and parties in transactional matters. Most recently, Justin successfully tried and resolved an eight-year litigation against an insured with a multi-million dollar demand for nickels on the dollar.
Justin formed Moriconi Flowers...
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Nandakumar Palissery
Kingston, PA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Attorney Nanda Palissery earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University in 1989. After and during a career as an engineer and associate professor of engineering technology at the Luzerne County Community College, he earned his Juris Doctor at the Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia in 1994.
Returning to his native home in Northeast Pennsylvania to raise his family, Mr. Palissery opened his private practice in 1994, focusing on criminal defense litigation. Mr. Palissery is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the...
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Ralph Ferrara
Philadelphia, PA Attorney
Free ConsultationSeton Hall University School of Law
My legal practice is centered around general litigation, with a strong focus on construction and complex commercial litigation. I have a wealth of experience in the courtroom, having been involved in over 200 trials, hearings, and arbitrations.
I began my career by founding and managing the Princeton, NJ office of Richardson & Patel. Subsequently, I served as the Managing Partner at the Cherry Hill, NJ office of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel. I also chaired the Construction Industry Group at Wolf Block and led the Litigation Department while serving on the executive committee at Flaster Greenberg.
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Daniel D. Haggerty
Philadelphia, PA Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Real Estate
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Daniel D. Haggerty concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and transactional matters.
A significant portion of Dan’s practice is devoted to the representation of banks and financial institutions in complex workout matters. This representation includes reviewing and revising loan documents, negotiating and preparing forbearance agreements, securing debt via additional collateral, entering judgments though confession and foreclosure, executing on personal and real property, and pursuing debtors both inside and outside of bankruptcy. Dan has successfully sought and obtained approval of Chapter 11 creditors’ plans, and has successfully liquidated assets under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Dan also represents...
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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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Aaron Louis Peskin
Philadelphia, PA, PA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Business
University of Virginia School of Law
I maintain a diverse legal practice that encompasses complex commercial litigation, employment law, and general corporate matters. Within the realm of commercial litigation, I have both prosecuted and defended class actions concerning consumer rights across multiple industries, including telecommunications and housing. My litigation experience extends to handling disputes among partners, construction-related cases, and civil rights issues, among others.
In my role as a legal advisor, I support both employees and employers. For employees, my services include reviewing employment and severance agreements, and I actively pursue litigation based on violations of federal and state laws. On the other hand, I represent employers...
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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....