Swarthmore Lawyers

Takes practical experience about the construction industry and applies legal knowledge to her practice in Arbitration, Mediation and Construction Law. Active in all aspects of the Construction Industry since 1997 on projects ranging from $ 100K to $ 300MM in value. Projects included commercial buildings, hospitals, hotels, offices, residential buildings and condominiums, sports complexes, performing arts centers, garage, retail and warehouse facilities involving new construction and renovation. Began as a generalist in a small construction firm performing duties as a contract administrator, assistant project manager and general assistant for estimating, field supervision and safety in small construction...

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...

I am a young but driven and uniquely experienced attorney dedicated solely to life insurance issues. I have worked in the area of life insurance law since my first year of law school and developed a passion for the work. I believe it is of the utmost importance to communicate clearly and effectively with clients and opposing counsel alike in an effort to resolve matters efficiently.

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...

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...

David is one of the nation’s most respected lemon law attorneys. He is an attorney in good standing and has been admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Hawaii. He is the founding attorney of the lemon law firm David J. Gorberg & Associates, P.C. and concentrates his practice in the field of Lemon Law and Breach of Warranty. His firm has represented more than 30,000 clients for lemon law claims against all auto manufacturers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Hawaii, and has recovered more than 500 million dollars in settlements. The firm maintains lemon...

Adam M. Smith concentrates his practice in real estate litigation and insurance coverage.

Throughout his career, Mr. Smith has successfully represented real estate agents and brokers in hundreds of professional negligence claims in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. Mr. Smith has also successfully tried numerous jury and non-jury cases in this unique practice area.

Craig A. Doll brings more than 40 years of experience and knowledge to his representation of clients in the transportation and utility industries. Mr. Doll concentrates his practice in transportation litigation on behalf of limousine, household goods and property carriers, paratransit companies, airport transfer carriers, and taxicab companies before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and the Commonwealth’s Courts. He also represents public utilities in proceedings before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Public Service Commission of Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and the appellate courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Doll has represented both large and small investor-owned utilities in various...

Philip W. Fisher, Partner at Reger Rizzo Darnall LLP Philadelphia Office and Chair of the Firm’s Corporate & Business Services Group, has extensive experience in a wide range of matters, including structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, private securities offerings, corporate finance, secured transactions, licensing, leasing, joint ventures and real estate transactions.

Mr. Fisher’s client base is as diverse as his experience, including start-up companies and smaller entities to large established organizations, such as software developers, private-equity companies, broker-dealers, investment advisors, distributors, banks and finance companies, manufacturing companies, technology companies, inventors and founders, and telecommunications corporations. Additionally, Mr. Fisher has...

Jason J. Sweet concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation as well as catastrophic injury litigation involving product liability, construction and trucking claims.

Throughout his career, Mr. Sweet has successfully represented clients in professional negligence claims. Mr. Sweet has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases in both state and federal courts, and has successfully argued appeals before the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court.

Mr. Sweet serves as national trial counsel for a leading truck body manufacturer and has been admitted pro hac vice in jurisdictions across the country.

Attorney Tatiana Kadetskaya is best known for collecting wrongfully delayed and denied life insurance claims fast and settling complex beneficiary disputes and interpleader lawsuits. At our law firm, our goal is to recover life insurance benefits for you as soon as possible. We represent life insurance beneficiaries and policy owners whose claims for benefits have been wrongfully denied or delayed. We offer a wide range of services ranging from filing administrative appeals to litigating bad faith insurance cases in courts.

Mr. Kennedy obtained his law degree (Juris Doctor) in 1992 from a law school rated as one of the best in the country. Mr. Kennedy there had the great honor of becoming a Law Review Editor, a distinction recognized as the mark of a truly ambitious and hard-working attorney. Tim also worked in the coveted position of research and writing assistant for the internationally known constitutional law expert who drafted the constitution of the Russian Republic in 1991 and forty other nations, and is credited as a coauthor for some of that scholar's published works of that era. Tim's law...

Lewis Sorokin practices intellectual property and technology law. He helps clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises with legal issues arising from the use and implementation of technology in their businesses. Lewis is actively engaged in both the legal community and the broader professional community around emerging technology. He currently serves as the treasurer and copyright committee head of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Law Section. He is also involved with the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property, the Copyright Society, and Water & Music. Lewis’ writings on topics surrounding technology, the arts, and law have been published in...

Michael T. Malarick, Esquire, is a licensed attorney in PA and NJ with over 25 years of experience. The law office of Michael T. Malarick, is a Delaware County law firm located in Boothwyn, PA. Michael Malarick handles civil law cases including: car accidents, landlord tenant matters, personal injury, slip and fall, subrogation, workers compensation, social security disability, and wills & estates. As a bankruptcy attorney, Michael Malarick handles Chapter 7 bankruptcy and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. Under criminal law, Michael T. Malarick handles DUI & DWI cases, record expungements, and driver license suspensions. Under family law, the law office...

Professional Background: Mr. Kodwo Ewusi initiated his prolific career in immigration law back in 2006. With a reputation for providing exceptional legal representation, he has actively worked on behalf of numerous pharmaceutical and IT companies, as well as individual clients. His experience spans before various federal agencies, immigration courts, and appellate courts. Over the years, Mr. Ewusi has become a beacon of hope for immigrants hailing from across the United States and over fifty countries worldwide. Areas of Expertise: Mr. Ewusi's vast expertise encompasses all facets of immigration law, including but not limited to: Employment-based immigration Family-based immigration Asylum applications Deportation defense Criminal deportation defense H1B visa applications Deferred Action...

Known by his clients for providing caring and dedicated legal services, attorney Michael S. Schwartz enjoys helping people in Bucks County and the surrounding counties who are struggling with unmanageable debts. Mr. Schwartz has over 20 years of legal experience, and practices exclusively in the field of debt relief services and provides legal support for individuals facing foreclosure, bankruptcy, and other financial pressures.

Larry Pitt is a well-recognized Philadelphia workers compensation attorney who handles workers’ compensation, Social Security Disability and personal injury claims in Berks, Bucks, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania.

I earned my law degree in 2006 from The Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University. While in law school, I was a member of the Minority Law Students Association and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. I was also a member of Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. Prior to attending law school, I received my Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2003 from the University of Toronto. In September of 2007, I joined Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson, where I focused my practice of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Law on the defense of injured workers. In...

Michael Adler focuses his practice on the representation of publicly-traded and privately-held corporations, developers and property and financial management companies in complex commercial and litigation matters, including insurance, real estate, transactional issues and class action defense issues. He is a Trustee of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation (currently Chair of the Grants Committee), Vice President of the Board of Directors of Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El and the Immediate Past President of the Temple Law Alumni Association. He is an active member of the Temple American Inn of Court, the International Visitor's Council of Philadelphia and the Rutgers Club of Greater Philadelphia....

Kevin E. Harchar is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and is a member of both the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Mr. Harchar is based out of Pond Lehocky’s Scranton office. Prior to joining Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano, Mr. Harchar practiced as a workers’ compensation defense attorney from August 2009 to October 2013 at a prominent Scranton, PA law firm, where he handled all aspects of workers’ compensation claims from beginning to end, including hearings, depositions and WCAB and Commonwealth Court appeals. Mr. Harchar also practiced at an insurance defense law firm from April 2008 to August...

Ms. Burke is a Partner with the Law Offices of Karpf, Karpf & Cerutti, P.C., an employment discrimination firm. The firm handles employment related matters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Ms. Burke has tried numerous federal jury trials to successful verdicts on the plaintiff’s side, and frequently litigates in federal courts throughout PA and NJ, and DE. Ms. Burke’s employment litigation background also includes appellate work, arguing before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, including one panel with retired Associate Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, sitting by designation. Ms. Burke’s appellate work in the Third...

Managing partner and owner, Lance Rogers, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University School of Law. Rogers served as a federal law clerk during a two-year clerkship for the Honorable Clarence C. Newcomer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners and served for four years. Prior to starting the firm, Lance practiced law as a litigation associate at Dechert, LLP, a Philadelphia-based international law firm, and then at Pepper Hamilton LLP, a national multi-practice law firm. Lance is CEO of...