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Michael Donovan
Malvern, PA Employment Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Consumer and Securities
Vermont Law School
DONOVAN LITIGATION GROUP, LLC, located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, is a law firm dedicated to providing first class litigation services to investors, consumers and small businesses. The firm’s principals have substantial trial and appellate court experience prosecuting complex commercial and consumer cases. The founding member of the firm has appeared or argued before the United States Supreme Court, various federal and state appellate courts, the state Supreme Courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and federal and state trial courts throughout the country. The firm’s nationwide practice focuses on class actions, shareholders’ rights, consumer and commercial litigation as well as employment-related disputes....
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Jared M Smith
Malvern, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Employment, Animal, Arbitration & Mediation and Workers' Comp
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Jared is part of the Ciccarelli Law Offices Litigation team.
Jared grew up in North Huntingdon, PA in Westmoreland County. He received his J.D. from Penn State Law School. Following graduation, he served as the Senior Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer Harlacher Sibum of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas. Jared developed the research, writing, and analytical skills which are required of a successful attorney. He actively participated in criminal, civil and family law, as well as civil forfeiture matters.
Jared brings his research, writing, and analytical abilities, as well as his knowledge of the inner workings of...
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David J. MacMain
Malvern, PA Employment Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Employment and Education
Temple University Beasley School of Law
David is a founding member and the Managing Partner of MacMain, Connell & Leinhauser. David has broad and extensive trial experience having tried over 125 cases to verdict in favor of his clients. David has, over the course of his twenty-five plus year legal career, focused his practice on the representation and counseling of public entities, public officials, educational institutions, religious entities, and non-profits throughout Pennsylvania, in a wide variety of civil rights and employment claims including police misconduct, zoning/land use, sexual harassment, discrimination, licensing, First Amendment, prison-based, employment, and work-place claims. David is frequently retained as a consultant and/or...
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Brendan D. Hennessy
Malvern, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
101 Lindenwood Drive
Suite 225
Malvern, PA 19355
Free ConsultationEmployment
Brendan D. Hennessy, Esquire concentrates in employment law on behalf of employees and employers. In the past decade, he has handled hundreds of cases, appearing in court and before the EEOC and the PHRC regarding discrimination and retaliation. He also represents clients at unemployment compensation hearings, reviews severance agreements and assists in drafting employment handbooks. Mr. Hennessy teaches a class on Employment Law at Villanova. He graduated from Devon Prep, St. Joseph’s University and Temple School of Law where he served on Temple Law Review and the Moot Court Board. He is licensed to practice in...
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Jason Eric Murtagh
Paoli, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Cornell University
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Joann Lynn Drust
Wayne, PA Employment Law Attorney
Employment and Health Care
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Susan Gibson Durant
Malvern, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
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Joel D. Rosen
Norristown, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Employment, Business, Patents and Trademarks
University of Florida
High Swartz Managing Partner Joel Rosen’s areas of practice include franchise law, business and commercial law, employment law, trademark/copyright law and commercial leasing. Mr. Rosen has counseled numerous businesses with regard to general corporate and commercial transactions, including formation, mergers & acquisitions, licensing, sales, and financing projects. Mr. Rosen’s corporate client base spans a broad spectrum of industries, including biotechnology, franchise, weight-loss, food and restaurant, consumer products, media and entertainment, software and technology, and nonprofit organizations.
Mr. Rosen presently serves on the Board of Directors of several nonprofit organizations, including The Hepatitis B Foundation, The Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, The Baruch S....
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Mark Fischer Jr
Norristown, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Employment, Business, Construction and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law
Mark Fischer is a business litigation attorney focusing his practice on representing businesses in breach of contract, payment collection, construction defect, and consumer protection disputes throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mark also represents local municipalities, property owners, and individuals in zoning and land development, code enforcement, real estate disputes, business transactions, and general civil litigation. Mark’s skills as an attorney center on his ability to represent the client’s best interests while maintaining a constant-eye toward efficiency and resolution.
Mark applies a business-oriented, customer service approach toward litigation. He has developed this mindset over his several years as regional counsel to a...
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Benjamin Folkman
King of Prussia , PA Employment Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Employment, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Dickinson School of Law
Ben Folkman, licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington, D.C., started Folkman Law Offices, P.C. in 1998. Ben is extremely client-focused and works diligently to ensure all client's needs are met. A highly experienced litigator, Ben is certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as well as a Board Certified Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Ben has been named a New Jersey Super Lawyer for the last ten years and a Top Lawyer in SJ Magazine for the last eight years.
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Kevin Cornish
Norristown, PA Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Employment, Business, Construction and Personal Injury
George Mason University School of Law
Kevin Cornish focuses his practice on commercial, civil, and contract & business litigation. His clients include individuals as well as local, regional, and national businesses. Kevin has handled cases involving contract disputes, the Mechanic’s Lien Law, the Contractor Subcontractor Payment Act, the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Real Estate Seller Disclosure Law, and the Landlord Tenant Act. Kevin’s experience includes resolving cases through trial, arbitration, and negotiation.
Prior to joining High Swartz LLP in November 2012, Kevin represented clients as a litigation associate for a prominent Montgomery County law...
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James Brian Shrimp
Norristown, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Employment, Business, Construction and Real Estate
Villanova University
James B. Shrimp concentrates his practice in the representation of employers in discrimination cases brought in federal court and state court, and at the administrative level (Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission). Mr. Shrimp also represents employers, including schools, in labor and employment issues. Mr. Shrimp also counsels and represents business in Franchise Law and Trademark issues.
Mr. Shrimp counsels and represents businesses in employment and commercial disputes, including employment discrimination, wage and hour, and restrictive covenants. Having worked on both the business and employee sides throughout his legal career, it gives Mr. Shrimp the unique ability to...
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Charles V. Curley
Conshohocken, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Employment
Villanova University School of Law
Charles “Chuck” Curley, the principal partner of Curley & Rothman, LLC, has been successfully trying cases for 25 years. Mr. Curley has built a career on always placing his clients’ best interests first, with a special focus on developing cost-effective and goal-oriented strategies to maximize recovery. With a specialty in employment law, Mr. Curley is respected as both a prosecutor and defender of individuals and businesses in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Mr. Curley oversees each case handled by Curley & Rothman from start to finish, priding himself in providing hands-on attention to each client.
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Richard C. Sokorai
Norristown, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Employment, Business, Construction and Personal Injury
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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Murray Eckell
West Chester, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 66 years of experience
(215) 925-4435
113 East Evans Street Matlack Bldg, Suite D-1
West Chester, PA 19380
Employment and Business
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
As head of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice, Murray began the practice of law in the City of Chester in 1959 following his graduation from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. His undergraduate work was completed in 1956 at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
After practicing at the law firm of Snyder and Snyder for three years, Murray practiced alone for a short time. Thereafter, he, along with Don Sparks, formed Eckell & Sparks in the spring of 1964 which was the genesis of the present law firm. During his first 15 years of practice, Murray engaged in the...
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Michael J. Davey
West Chester, PA Employment Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
(610) 431-4600
113 East Evans Street Matlack Bldg, Suite D-1
Suite B
West Chester, PA 19380
Employment and Medical Malpractice
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Michael is an Associate in the litigation department of Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C., where in addition to heading up the Firm’s Employment Law & Discrimination practice, he also represents plaintiffs in personal injury litigation matters. Michael currently serves as the Chair of the Auto Law Section for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ)—a state-wide trial lawyers’ organization—as well as President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Delaware County Bar Association. He is also a past-President of PAJ Young Lawyers’ Section. Michael is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the U.S....
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Timothy A. Dillon
Media, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Villanova University School of Law
When you’ve been injured or lost a loved one due to an accident on the road, in the workplace or due to medical malpractice, you want an attorney who understands your claim and the best strategy to secure compensation. At McCann & Wall, LLC, our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers bring an individualized level of attention to every case, along with a unique and valuable perspective as former legal counsel for insurance companies. We’ve successfully claimed numerous multi-million dollar settlements for clients in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey and would be happy to discuss your case.
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Stephen M. Beaudoin
West Chester, PA Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Employment, Insurance Defense and Workers' Comp
Ohio Northern University
Stephen M. Beaudoin, Partner in Reger Rizzo Darnall's Philadelphia and West Chester Offices, concentrates his practice in the areas of workers’ compensation, employment and litigation. Mr. Beaudoin has counseled and represented clients on a broad range of workers’ compensation, employment and labor-related issues for more than 20 years.
While attending law school, Mr. Beaudoin served as Associate Editor of the Ohio Northern University Law Review, and was inducted as a member of The Willis Society, membership being reserved for those students graduating in the top 10% of their class. Additionally, Mr. Beaudoin received numerous academic awards, including the American Jurisprudence...
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Peter Barbieri
Exton, PA Employment Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Animal, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
National Legal Officers College and Widener University Delaware School of Law
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Jason D. Warren
Media, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Florida Coastal School of Law
When you’ve been injured or lost a loved one due to an accident on the road, in the workplace or due to medical malpractice, you want an attorney who understands your claim and the best strategy to secure compensation. At McCann & Wall, LLC, our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers bring an individualized level of attention to every case, along with a unique and valuable perspective as former legal counsel for insurance companies. We’ve successfully claimed numerous multi-million dollar settlements for clients in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey and would be happy to discuss your case.
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David L. Black
West Chester, PA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment and Business
Villanova University School of Law
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F Arnold Heller
Norristown, PA Employment Law Attorney
Employment, Business, Education and Real Estate
Vanderbilt University
Arnold Heller has more than 30 years of experience in the area of real estate transactional and real estate development law. He advises a diverse range of clients, including healthcare providers, condominium and planned community developers, and affordable housing developers on such matters as the creation and preservation of affordable housing and luxury housing; the formation and negotiation of partnership and limited liability company agreements; the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts; and purchases and sales of many different types of properties.
He has extensive experience in counseling clients with respect to various types of financing transactions, including sale/leasebacks; conventional and...
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Lance Scott Rogers
Ardmore, PA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment, Business, IP and Real Estate
Northwestern University School of Law
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...
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Bret Michael Binder
King of Prussia, PA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Villanova University School of Law
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David Schiller
Norristown, PA Employment Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Employment, Business, Estate Planning and Health Care
Rutgers University - Newark and Villanova University School of Law
David J. Schiller, J.D., LLM is a tax attorney having received his law degree in 1984 from the Rutgers University School of Law and his Masters of Law in Taxation from Villanova University. Mr. Schiller has clients throughout the country and practices exclusively in the pension/tax/estate planning and contract areas of law for his clients. His activities include examining income division alternatives among professionals, valuing businesses for buy/sell agreements, drafting employment and shareholders' agreements and pay-out arrangements, establishing business legal structures, selection, modification and implementation of fringe benefit programs, personal management advice and similar business advice for his clients.
Mr. Schiller...
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Stephen Kunkle
West Chester, PA Employment Law Attorney
Employment and Workers' Comp
Steve Kunkle graduated from Dartmouth College in 1979 and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1982. His primary areas of practice have been in the fields of employment and civil rights litigation, veterans’ benefits, personal injury litigation, and more recently, transactional and employment risk management matters for his business clients. In the employment area, Steve handles a broad range of compensation and benefit matters, long-term disability, pension, retention bonus, and change in control matters, severance agreements, FMLA and other statutory employment claims, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, wage and hour disputes, and discrimination matters.
He represents primarily individuals these days,...
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Roxanne Zhilo
Norristown, PA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment, Business, Construction and Real Estate
Commercial litigation attorney Roxanne Zhilo’s legal practices focus on business litigation and complex civil litigation matters. She also works as a small to medium-sized business (SMB) counsel, and has experience with employment law and small contract matters. She regularly advises non-profits and businesses in risk mitigation, liability assessment, procedural and protocol framework, and employee policies.
Roxanne received her J.D. from Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law. During her time there, she authored her 3L thesis on the intersection of Social Media and E-Discovery within the realm of Litigation. This exploration delved into how the standard for invading privacy evolves within...
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Thomas D. Rees
Norristown, PA Employment Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Employment, Business and Real Estate
University of Pennsylvania
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Daniel A. Pallen
Media, PA Employment Law Lawyer
Employment, Bankruptcy, Business and IP
Daniel A. Pallen, Esq., graduated from Boston College in 2002. Prior to attending law school at the Dickinson School of Law, he earned a Masters Degree from American University in Washington, DC. He earned his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University in 2007 and became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar in the same year. Prior to joining The Benari Law Firm, Mr. Pallen formerly practiced civil litigation an associate with a insurance defense litigation firm in Blue Bell, PA. Prior thereto, Mr. Pallen had practiced law as a Public Defender in the...
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Brian Leinhauser
West Chester, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Business and Education
Duquesne University School of Law
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Casey Green
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, IP and Medical Malpractice
Villanova University School of Law
I have been an attorney for 20 years at a Philadelphia boutique law firm that offers high-quality services to individuals and businesses of all sizes.
We represent clients throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey in commercial and employment matters, contract negotiations including non-compete agreements and other restrictive covenants, litigation related to trade secrets and intellectual property, and various disputes of all types and sizes.
At Sidkoff, Pincus & Green, I'm fortunate to work alongside some outstanding attorneys and have been part of significant outcomes, including numerous multi-million dollar awards and settlements for plaintiffs, and dismissals and defense awards for defendants. We...
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Andrew S. Abramson
Blue Bell, PA Employment Law Attorney with 35 years of experience
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation and Civil Rights
Temple University Beasley School of Law and The George Washington University Law School
Andrew S. Abramson has been practicing law since 1989. In 1995 Mr. Abramson realized a life long dream to start his own law firm whree he concentrates his practice in employment law, helping employees fight unfair practices by their employers such as discrimination based upon age, race, sex, religion and national origin, sexual harassment, overtime and unpaid wage disputes and violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr. Abramson also represents clients in unemployment compensation claims, severance agreements, executive employment contracts and disability and pension benefit claims. Prior to starting his own firm, Mr. Abramson was employed by a large...
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David Mikel Koller
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Villanova University
David Koller of the Koller Law Firm in Philadelphia, PA concentrates on Employment Law, representing employees in all employment related matters including sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, wrongful termination and more. He accepts cases throughout both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
He prides himself on treating clients with respect and vigorously advocating for clients, regardless of background, race, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
Mr. Koller routinely pushes the boundaries of employment law, often making novel arguments on behalf of his clients. In a 2018 ground breaking 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals case, Minarsky v. Susquehanna County, Mr. Koller successfully argued for...
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Sidney L. Gold
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
Temple University
Sidney L. Gold is a New Jersey and Pennsylvania employment lawyer with extensive experience counseling employers regarding compliance with Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA and FMLA. Mr. Gold has significant experience in representing both private sector and public sector employers, including state universities and municipalities in employment and civil rights matters. His labor law firm was lead counsel in the nationwide class action against Abercrombie & Fitch. Mr. Gold has written extensively on issues of employment discrimination and has authored many articles for the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly. Mr. Gold has also given presentations on...
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David Matthew Cedar
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Employment, Environmental, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
David Cedar is the co-founder of Williams Cedar and prior founding member of the Cedar Law Firm, Merovitz & Cedar, L.L.P. and Merovitz, Cedar and Gruber., L.L.C. He is a graduate of Rutgers State University, School of Law, Camden (1992). He is admitted to practice in the bars of Pennsylvania (1993) and New Jersey (1992), along with various district courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. David Cedar was appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney (2001) a honor awarded to less than 1% of all attorneys...
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Bryan S. Arcé
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(215) 239-3036
1500 Market St
12th Floor, East Tower
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Free ConsultationEmployment
Brooklyn Law School
Bryan was born in Los Angeles, CA. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan where he received his Bachelors of Arts Degree. He obtained his Juris Doctorate law degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Mr. Arce is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, and Pennsylvania State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice law in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and the District of Columbia.
Prior to coming to the firm, Mr. Arce worked as a Judicial Intern for the Equal Employment Opportunities...
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Eric A. Shore
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Personal Injury and Social Security Disability
University of Pennsylvania Law School
President/Managing Attorney, since January 1, 1999 of Law Offices of Eric A. Shore. Eric A. shore has helped more than 40,000 injured and disabled workers to receive a total of more than $250,000,000 in settlements and expected lifetime benefits. Areas of Practice: Social Security Disability, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation
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Henry J. Donner
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Employment, Business, Construction and Real Estate
Villanova University School of Law
Henry J. Donner concentrates his practice in construction law. He has decades of experience counseling and representing those in the construction industry: real estate developers, condominium associations, contractors, subcontractors, architects/engineers, and construction contractor associations. Henry also applies extensive industry knowledge to the management and efficient resolution of virtually any problem that might arise in the course of construction from start to finish. He also skillfully negotiates multi-party disputes over cost estimates, design errors, defective installation and contract details. Contractors and their associations rely on Henry to represent their trustees on retirement, health, training and vacation plans. Henry’s professional network puts...
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Stephen Console
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Villanova University School of Law
Stephen G. Console is the founding partner of the firm – which was formed in 1990. He currently is the managing partner.
In 36 years of practice, Steve has been at the forefront of both fighting for, and expanding, the rights of employees who are the victims of abuse of power by their employees and who have had their civil rights violated. Examples include: trying the first case ever televised in a federal court of the United States in 1991; bringing the first case ever filed under CEPA – the NJ whistle-blower law; establishing the legal precedent that investigators in claims...
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Laura Carlin Mattiacci
Philadelphia, PA Employment Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Laura Carlin Mattiacci is a partner and attorney at Console Law Offices LLC in Philadelphia. She serves as the lead trial counsel for the law firm’s most significant employment law cases in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As a skilled employment law attorney, Laura has represent a variety of clients including those are current and former employees and applicants for employment. She also has served as an advocate for those who have been victimized by discrimination based on sex, race, religion, national origin, color, disability, age, sexual orientation and pregnancy. Additionally, Laura’s practice includes significant class actions...