Laporte Lawyers

Mr. Swain has investigated and recovered millions in compensation for those who have been catastrophically injured or who have died as a result of their injuries. He has successfully litigated claims involving medical malpractice, nursing home malpractice, work-related accidents, motor vehicle accidents, and other wrongful death and permanent disability matters. The Swain Law Firm specializes in the following areas of practice: * Catastrophic Personal Injury Matters * Medical Malpractice * Motor Vehicle Accidents * Work Related Injuries & Worker's Compensation * Construction Accidents ...

The Firm of Karpf, Karpf, & Cerutti, P.C. focuses on informing employees and former employees about their legal rights concerning the workplace and helping them to take swift legal action on their behalf when necessary.

Have you been wrongfully fired?
Are you being treated unfairly at work?

In these tough economic times, it may seem that your employer has all the power. You may think that you have few, if any, rights against the actions of your employer. But this is simply not true. Federal, state, and local laws protect workers and regulate various aspects of the employer-employee relationship. Our employment attorneys in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York can advise you how these various laws apply to your situation.

Wages and overtime
Leave time
Hiring and firing
Discrimination and hostile work environments
Pensions and employee benefits
Workplace safety
Accommodations...

Aggressive representation in and out of the courtroom. As a member of the litigation department at Greg Prosmushkin, P.C., I focus on ensuring my clients have zealous representation in all their matters. My primary practice focuses on; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; DUI/DWI; Motor Vehicle and Traffic Offenses; Contract Disputes; Employee Wage Disputes and Unemployment Appeals. I am a member of several legal associations such as the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association.

Patrick Delaney is a Senior Partner at MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the area of Commercial Litigation. During the course of his career, Mr. Delaney has litigated disputes in the federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania and in various other jurisdictions. He has also handled numerous complex commercial disputes before arbitration tribunals, including panels convened through the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Delaney has years of experience handling contract disputes, including those involving professional services, the sale of goods, real estate sales, stock purchase agreements, commercial and industrial construction, and executive employment. He...

Amy B. Levenson Jones, Esq., brings extensive litigation expertise spanning criminal and complex commercial cases accumulated over decades. With a background in practicing law for over ten years in New York and Washington, DC, Amy has now returned to her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. Her legal representation has reached clients nationwide, appearing before federal and state courts, as well as participating in arbitration and administrative tribunals. Amy is known for being a determined and adept advocate, particularly for clients facing serious criminal charges.

Alan Natalie is a private solo practice attorney practicing in Northwestern Pennsylvania since 1989, committed to protecting the rights of thousands of individuals and families in times of loss; concentrating in the areas of Personal Injury (automobile accidents, wrongful death claims, dog bite injuries, medical malpractice, property owner liability claims), Criminal Defense (DUI, DWI, all misdemeanors, all felonies), Estate Litigation (suits prosecuting or defending estate executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries), Estate Planning (wills, living wills, advanced directives, powers of attorney), and Estate Administration (probate or settlement of any size estate, insolvent estates, trusts). All matters include a free consultation....

Mr. Shamburg is a partner with MacDonald Illig where he is a member of the Business Transactions, Trusts & Estate and Tax Practice groups. His practice comprises a vast array of personal and business transactions, that can be broken into five general practice areas: estate and trust planning and administration; tax compliance and planning matters; Orphans' Court litigation; nonprofit formation; and corporate formation and transactions.

Mr. Shamburg received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus in 2005. In 2009, he graduated cum laude from the University of Dayton School of Law, where...

Terry Jones is a trial lawyer who has spent his entire career representing both plaintiffs and defendants in significant personal injury cases and wrongful death actions. He has litigated hundreds of cases, including automobile liability, product liability, medical malpractice and premises liability matters, many of which have involved catastrophic personal injuries or deaths. Mr. Jones also has been involved in the defense of a number of class action cases. He enjoys a Martindale Hubbell rating of AV Preeminent, the highest available rating for professional competence and ethics.

Mr. Jones has completed the ADR training program in the U.S....

Mr. Pagliari's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, bankruptcy related litigation and collection matters. He primarily represents corporate debtors, secured creditors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, and other entities involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Attorney Pagliari is also an approved mediator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Pagliari graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History in 1998. In 2001, he graduated from The University of Dayton School of Law,...

Roger H. Taft is a trial lawyer at MacDonald Illig whose primary areas of practice are employment litigation, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases, and complex commercial litigation.

In his litigation practice, Mr. Taft represents clients in federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, as well as in federal courts throughout the United States.

Mr. Taft enjoys travel, golf, and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Mr. Spoden is a senior partner at MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the area of corporate, commercial and business law, with a special emphasis on taxation and estate planning for small business owners. He is also active in the area of business formation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. Spoden is experienced in small business counseling including industrial, professional and service corporations.

Mr. Spoden is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Owen spent nearly a decade working for big firms and became frustrated with their way of doing business that leaves clients frustrated, confused, and anxious. Enough. You don’t have to live like that. Owen founded McGrannLAW with a singular mission: build a forward-thinking law firm that blows up all of your preconceptions of what it’s like to work with a lawyer. At the core of Owen’s vision are a simple set of principles: * Make every step of the journey as stress-free and pleasant for our clients as possible. * Provide white-glove customer service unlike anything our clients have experienced from...

With a wealth of experience exceeding 50 years, Stanton D. Levenson, P.A., specializes in comprehensive criminal defense. As a distinguished fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, Attorney Levenson has held prestigious roles such as past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and former chairperson of the Allegheny County Bar Association Judiciary Committee. Currently, he actively participates in various local, state, and national bar and civic organizations, contributing to the legal community. Notable accolades include being listed in Best Lawyers in America and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Attorney Levenson is also a frequent lecturer on substantive, trial,...

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...

Attorney Charbel Latouf has been diligently serving the Erie, PA and surrounding counties since 1999. He has a passion for representing those charged with a crime such as DUI/DWI, felony and misdemeanor charges. Attorney Latouf also handles serious injury claims ranging from car accidents, slip and fall, injury at work, and any other injury that was caused due to the negligence of another person. Over his career, he has been ranked to the top 100 criminal defense attorneys and has also been rated by Strathmore's Who's Who International in Law for both personal injury and criminal defense. It is our...

I live in Pittsburgh, PA. I am married with two children. I graduated from Syracuse Law School in 1992. I opened my own practice in August, 2001. I sue abusive debt collectors.

Dallas Hartman of Dallas W. Hartman P.C., Attorneys at Law serves clients from six office locations throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania and Ohio in injury matters. He has been named one of the Top Lawyers in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers for the five years in a row.

John is a member of the Real Estate, Estate Planning and Administration, Corporate and Business Planning practice groups at Ament Law Group, P.C. He advises clients on real estate transactions, estate planning and administration, and offers corporate structure and planning insights from his extensive real-world experience. John graduated summa cum laude from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Operations Management. He began his career at Respironics (now Philips/Respironics), working in International Logistics, and later in management at Del Monte Foods' Integrated Business Planning Department. Concurrently, he completed Duquesne University’s evening JD/MBA program and was a senior staff member...

Attorney Cindy Stine, founder of Stine & Associates, P.C., specializes in personal injury, workers' compensation, and Social Security Disability cases, with a focus on motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, and wrongful death. Based in Greensburg, PA, her firm provides a personalized approach to clients. Before establishing her practice in 2007, Cindy gained expertise at a prominent Pittsburgh law firm, focusing on personal injury, workers' compensation, asbestos, and Social Security Disability. A graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and Pennsylvania State University, Cindy is dedicated to delivering compassionate and tailored legal services. With a background at Goldberg, Persky & White,...

Vincent J. Quatrini, Jr. is a founding partner and managing partner of the law firm of QuatriniRafferty. Vince represents injured workers, exclusively. A graduate of Duquesne University Law School, Mr. Quatrini has more than 44 years of experience in state and federal courts and has served as counsel in a number of prominent cases, including Pawlosky v. WCAB (Latrobe Brewing Co.), voted the third most significant case in Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation in the past 100 years. Mr. Quatrini has received numerous national, state, and local awards and recognitions for his outstanding legal work. A dedicated community servant, Mr....

Bryan focuses his practice in the areas of Oil & Gas Law, Estate Planning & Administration and Real Estate Law. Bryan has 15 years experience in private practice and working as in-house counsel for oil and gas-related companies. In the last 5 years, Bryan has acquired approximately 30,000 acres of oil and gas properties, divested some 10,000 acres of oil and gas rights and placed a 100-mile potential pipeline right-of-way for divestiture. Additionally, he has completed the transfer of more than 1,000 properties and been responsible for the performance of due diligence and title analysis on more than...

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...

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. In 2024, after a decade of...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

John A. Lauer is a Senior Partner with the law firm of MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP, where he is Chairman of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. He is also a member of the firm's Business and Tax Groups. John's practice consists primarily of Estate and Tax Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Elder Law, and Business Law.

John received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from Gannon University in 1986 and his Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1996. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to beginning...

Attorney Richard J. Joyce and his law firm represent injured people throughout the Western Pennsylvania region. Attorney Joyce and the law firm of Joyce & Bittner represent persons injured in a wide variety of situations including automobile, truck and other vehicle accidents, trip and falls, injuries caused by household products or tools and injuries caused by nursing home neglect or abuse. Attorney Joyce has also been engaged in criminal defense litigation involving a range of criminal matters including Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and license suspension matters. Attorney Joyce formerly held the position of Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Pittsburgh...

Eric is a Partner with Yablonski, Costello & Leckie, and for his entire career has focused on workers' compensation cases representing injured workers.. He is a1987 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and has practiced since then with Yablonski, Costello & Leckie. Mr. Betzner is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section Council, which consists of only 25 workers compensation attorneys statewide. He has been recognized every year since 2006 by Best Lawyers in America for his expertise in the workers compensation field. This recognition is based primarily on surveys of...