Akron Workers' Compensation Lawyers

A seasoned personal injury lawyer and litigator, Ms. Knickerbocker brings her passion and dedication to Ciccarelli Law Offices. The firm takes on tough cases and fights for clients when they need it the most. - Lee Ciccarelli has over 25 years of litigation experience; and recognized: by AVVO with its highest rating 10.0; as a Main Line Top Lawyer; as one of the Top 100 lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 lawyers by the American Society of Legal Advocates; as Top 10 best dui lawyers by the American Institute of DUI Attorneys; and...

30 years experience representing claimants in workers' compensation and social security disability cases throughout southeastern PA.

Since 1991, I have been a trusted and professionally-recognized attorney offering an array of legal services in areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury and consumer bankruptcy. For more than 27 years, my practice has helped clients in the Philadelphia area (Montgomery, Chester, Bucks and Delaware counties) as well as throughout the Commonwealth, obtain justice as well as millions in damages for compensation.

Attorney Gabriel Levin is known as a tenacious fighter who protects his client's interests as though they were his own; he has tried hundreds of cases and handled all types of personal injury matters and prides himself on helping victims. Every case is meticulously prepared for trial. Trying cases to juries is what Mr. Levin enjoys the most. Clients know that Gabriel Levin is a very responsive attorney, keeps client fully informed, and always gets back to them in a timely manner. Mr. Levin has continuously been named as a Super Lawyer and was also named to the...

A Fellow of the prestigious American College of Real Estate Lawyers and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Mr. Schwager maintains an active general business, commercial litigation, and transactional practice with particular emphasis in the areas of real estate, property tax assessment appeals, mortgage foreclosure and creditors' rights, business formation and governance, and business litigation. Mr. Schwager served as the 126th president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and as chair of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He has been named a Super Lawyer each year since 2010, the only real estate practitioner in Northeastern Pennsylvania...

One of Philadelphia’s best known and well respected Workers’ Compensation attorneys, Richard A. Jaffe has been representing injured workers and other disabled individuals for over 35 years. He concentrates his practice on Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane Law School, he is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He started the firm in 1994 and since then has aggressively fought for the rights of the injured worker in hundreds of cases in the Southeastern Pennsylvania area. He is an active member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of PaAJ,...

JOSEPH C. HUTTEMANN is a partner at Martin Law and has concentrated his practice in the area of workers’ compensation litigation since 1992. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Huttemann defended workers’ compensation claims for insurance carriers and employers. In addition to the litigation of many workers’ compensation claims, he has also written extensively on the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. The author of “The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act: An Employer’s Guide” and “Act 57: A Legal Analysis,” he has also written multiple articles published in The Legal Intelligencer. In the spring of 2013, Mr. Huttemann became a certified specialist in...

Ryan Zavodnick is an experienced personal injury attorney who has handled a wide variety of personal injury matters in Philadelphia, PA and the surrounding counties, including, slip and fall accidents, motor vehicle accidents, products liability accidents and workers' compensation claims resulting from work-related injuries. Mr. Zavodnick is an aggressive and creative attorney who prides himself on going the extra mile for his clients. He is a hands-on attorney who will handle your case personally from start to finish. Mr. Zavodnick earned his Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law in 2003 and his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State...

Joel J. Kofsky has been successfully representing personal injury cases since 1991. He has assisted victims of car accidents, bike accidents, and slip and fall accidents, among many others. He has obtained numerous settlements for his clients over the years, including some in the six figure range: Auto Accident Victim: $985,000 Burn Accident Victim: $475,000 Pedestrian Accident Victim: $285,000 Mr. Kofsky received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law and his MBA from George Washington University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and has been admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and for U.S. District...

Leon Aussprung M.D., J.D., LL.M. is a former physician and an experienced trial attorney, who now exclusively practices law in the areas of medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury, including nursing home abuse/negligence, car/truck accidents, premises liability, workplace injuries, and product liability. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Dr. Aussprung obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from the University of Virginia, a medical degree (M.D.) from Jefferson Medical College and then completed a residency program in pediatrics at the duPont Hospital for Children and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and was board-certified in pediatrics for 14 years....

GEORGE MARTIN is the founding partner of Martin Law and practices exclusively in the area of workers’ compensation law since 1979. In 2012, Mr. Martin was appointed by the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) as the workers’ compensation panel attorney to represent players on the Philadelphia Eagles. He was also appointed as a panel attorney for the Professional Hockey Players Association (PHPA). In the spring of 2013, Mr. Martin became a certified specialist in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation by the PA Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the PA Supreme Court. Mr. Martin is active in the...

Kaitlin Files is experienced in representing injured workers throughout all of Pennsylvania while primarily based in Philadelphia and Bucks County. She has focused solely on this area of the law since she was in law school. Since graduating law school, Kaitlin Files has been serving injured workers throughout Pennsylvania with proven success. Representing her clients with grit and grace, Kaitlin gives each new case her undivided attention whilst walking you through each step of the process. Kaitlin spent the last six years working at a high volume law firm practicing workers’ compensation. She now runs a small law office continuing...

Gary Heslin was born and raised in the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Northeast Catholic High School and recieved his bachelor's degree from LaSalle University. After recieving his law degree from Loyola University in 1977, Gary worked for Judge William Lederer of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and then moved on to practice law in a small general practice law firm in the city of Philadelphia where he concentrated in personal injury law. In 1986, he started a law firm with a law school classmate handling exclusively personal injury, workers compensation and medical malpractice cases. In 1997,...

FRANK J. UDINSON is an associate with Martin Law and focuses his practice primarily on Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law while also developing a Veterans’ Benefits practice. In the Spring of 2013, Mr. Udinson became a certified specialist in Veterans’ Benefits. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Udinson practiced at a Philadelphia defense firm representing employers across Pennsylvania in the areas of workers’ compensation. After completing law school, Mr. Udinson was an Assistant District Attorney for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted criminal cases in Municipal Court. Mr. Udinson obtained his law degree from the Widener University School of...

Pennsylvania lawyer Joseph Hanyon has 20 years' experience in vehicle accident and personal injury litigation, including all aspects of first party insurance claims, wage and medical benefits, third party claims, under-insured and uninsured motorist's claims and bad faith claims. His experience also includes land use issues, home owner's insurance claims, and construction, general and commercial litigation. Attorney Hanyon has experience in all types of general and commercial litigation, representation of individual purchasers and large builders in the Pocono Mountains, litigation of estates, property damage, breach of contract, bad faith of insurance companies commercial land use, etc. In the area of real estate...

The skilled & trusted lawyers at TopDog Law strive for excellence in the representation of people who have suffered a personal injury, been hurt at work, or been a victim of medical malpractice. With locations throughout the state, TopDog Law services all 67 counties in Pennsylvania. We pride ourselves in hearing your story no matter how you were injured. The types of accident and injury cases we handle include: Personal Injury, Workers Compensation and Medical Malpractice. TopDog Law works on a contingency fee basis. Our contingency fee arrangement means that you don’t pay a penny up-front. Our personal injury lawyers don’t...

Caroline has represented hundreds of individuals and their families in complex personal injury litigation and worker’s compensation cases. If you want an attorney who will stand with you and fight for you, call Caroline today for a consultation.

Brian A. Coverdale has been working with the firm since 2010 and is a partner with the firm, practicing in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

A staunch advocate of his client's rights, Brian is prepared to represent his client's interests to the maximum extent possible. Brian takes a customized approach to handling all of his cases and formulates a targeted legal strategy to fit each client's individual needs. With his divorce and family law clients, Brian takes a pragmatic approach to help his clients reach the best result possible, without paying unnecessary legal fees. By way of this approach, Brian ensures...

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I have represented hundreds of individuals and their families in personal injury cases. If you want an attorney who will stand with you and fight for you, call me today for a consultation.

Tom is the managing partner of McMenamin & Wing, a boutique Claimant's workers' compensation law firm with offices in Philadelphia and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, serving injured workers in the eastern two-thirds of the state. Tom focuses his entire practice on fighting for injured workers and recovers millions of dollars on their behalf every year.

Attorney Timothy D. Belt is the son of Reverend James and Patricia Belt, and he has resided primarily in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area since 1985. Tim graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School and is a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of the University of the Ozarks. Tim graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 1999 and shortly thereafter began practicing law in the Wilkes-Barre area. Tim’s practice focuses on workers compensation, social security disability, unemployment compensation and auto injury claims. Tim is a frequent speaker in regard to workers compensation issues...

JOHN P. DOGUM is a partner at Martin Law. He has concentrated his practice on litigating Pennsylvania workers’ compensation cases since 1992. Before joining the firm to protect the rights of injured workers, he was a partner for a major Philadelphia defense firm where he represented Fortune 500 companies and major insurance carriers in workers’ compensation litigation for more than a decade. In the spring of 2014, Mr. Dogum became a certified specialist in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation by the PA Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the PA Supreme Court. Mr. Dogum often gives presentations...

Anthony “Tony” Leonard, a trial lawyer, represents his clients in all personal injury and workers compensation matters. Tony invests in each case personally, knowing that this work can greatly impact each of his clients’ lives. Tony takes the time to explain each step of the case to his clients in a way that is easy to understand. His clients benefit from his integrity, experience, and drive to win. Tony has successfully handled serious injury cases of all kinds, including slip and falls, automobile and trucking accidents, product liability, and medical malpractice. Tony is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as...

David F. Stern has concentrated his practice in the area of Workers' Compensation litigation since graduation from The University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Mr. Stern is one of the founding partners of Stern & Cohen. He was also a partner at previous firms and has been representing injured workers since 2004. Before becoming a trial lawyer, Mr. Stern defended Workers' Compensation actions at one of the leading defense firms in Philadelphia. Mr. Stern has been published in the area of Workers' Compensation law and has spoken at numerous seminars in this field. Mr. Stern is highly decorated having been...

Brian S. Chacker concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, premises liability and medical malpractice litigation, as well as all aspects of police brutality, civil right claims and prisoner injury law. He received his Juris Doctor from Villanova University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chacker was listed as a Rising Star in the December, 2005 issue of Philadelphia Magazine. Mr. Chacker is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

No one expects that a life will end or be forever changed in an instant because the careless or negligent act of another. But bad things can happen to anyone at any moment. If it happens to you or your loved one you need the skill and experience that only comes with 40 years of litigation experience handling all levels of personal injury cases. Someone who cares as much about what you have been through and how you will get through what is to come even after your case is concluded. When you have to have...

Thomas E. Panzer’s practice areas focus on administrative litigation, including zoning and workers’ compensation. Mr. Panzer has represented multiple zoning hearing boards over the past 20 years. He also represents both claimants and defendants in workers’ compensation matters, which has made him a sought-after and frequent lecturer on Pennsylvania workers’ compensation topics.

Mr. Panzer joined High Swartz in 2016 as a result of a merger with McNamara, Bolla & Panzer, Attorneys at Law, a firm for which he served as Managing Partner. Mr. Panzer has been practicing law in southeastern Pennsylvania for nearly 25 years.

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AMIT J. SHAH is a partner at the firm and focuses his practice exclusively on Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law. Mr. Shah has been with the firm since 2007 and has handled hundreds of workers’ compensation cases in the past eight years. In the spring of 2014, Mr. Shah became a certified specialist in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation by the PA Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the PA Supreme Court. Mr. Shah was a speaker at the CLE program titled “Workers’ Compensation Issues Involving the Large Employer” in 2011. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shah...

Born and raised in northeastern Pennsylvania, Attorney Comitz grew up in the Heights section of Wilkes-Barre and graduated from G.A.R. Memorial High School. He then attended Juniata College and Widener University Commonwealth Law School (formerly Widener University School of Law) in Harrisburg, PA. In 2003, Attorney Comitz returned to northeastern Pennsylvania to begin his law career. It was very important for Attorney Comitz to return home. His family has long had its roots in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area, and their stories are likely familiar to many of you. One of his grandfathers was a coal miner, and his other grandfather drove a...

LEAH CILO joined Martin Law in September 2006 and focuses her practice exclusively on Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Cilo was an associate with two workers’ compensation firms, handling workers’ compensation defense litigation in Pennsylvania. She brings more than ten years of workers’ compensation experience to the firm. Ms. Cilo also served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Doris A. Smith for the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In 1997, Ms. Cilo earned her law degree from Temple University School of Law. During law school, she worked as an executive...

MATTHEW L. WILSON is a partner at Martin Law and has practiced Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law exclusively for more than 25 years. He started his career representing agencies with the City of Philadelphia, major insurance carriers and self-insured corporations. After Mr. Wilson’s affiliation with two major defense firms, he was recruited by his partners in 1993 to protect the rights of injured workers. In the spring of 2015, Mr. Wilson became a certified specialist in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation by the PA Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the PA Supreme Court. He frequently lectures...

Tom Gibbons is a nationally acclaimed trial attorney and managing partner of Gibbons Legal, P.C. He has been recognized as one of the Top 10 personal injury attorneys in Pennsylvania by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys and has received several other awards. Gibbons Legal, P.C. is a personal injury law firm located in Philadelphia and serves all surrounding counties. Common injury cases include Auto Accidents, SEPTA Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Dog Bites, Work Related Accidents, and Slip and Fall Accidents. Many of Tom's cases have been featured on Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, MSNBC and many other...