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Philadelphia criminal defense lawyer Michael Fienman successfully represents individuals facing serious criminal and traffic offenses in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware and Chester counties. Fienman has a great deal of legal experience in all criminal areas. Prior to founding his law practice, he maintained a general litigation practice in business matters and disputes. He since realized, practicing criminal law was a strength of his. Whether you are charged with a traffic violation, drug crime, sex crime, theft, dui or other serious offense, Michael Fienman can help you.. Contact Fienman Defense if you are looking for a lawyer who will aggressively pursue your case while keeping you informed throughout the process. We will make ourselves available to clients most anytime day or night, including weekends. My fees are reasonable and payment plans are available for those who qualify.. Call today for a free, no obligation consultation:.
Philadelphia bankruptcy lawyer helping people in financial trouble see the light at the end of the tunnel by stopping debt collection harassment, during and after Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy.. Specialties: Chapter 7 bankruptcy; Chapter 13 bankruptcy; sue debt collectors for harassment and violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and related consumer protection laws.
Peter Klenk is the principal of a boutique law firm concentrating its practice in probate, estate planning, will challenges and estate related litigation. Peter and staff work with clients to craft estate plans that fit the given circumstances. These plans range from wills, powers of attorneys and living wills to detailed trusts and complex plans that reduce or avoid inheritance and estate taxes or create trusts to protect special needs persons. Focusing exclusively on estate planning and probate has given our lawyers the experience and knowledge to represent fiduciaries such as personal representatives, executors, agents and trustees. Beneficiaries and potential heirs of trusts and estates also retain us to represent their interests in estate related disputes such as will challenges or to force executor or trustee accountings. Estate related litigation might include tortuous interference with expectancy, will contests, elective share disputes, undue influence, lack of capacity and trust construction. If you need estate related representation you should hire an attorney who focuses on estates. Estate planning, probate and related litigation, its all we do!
Patricia V. Pierce is a partner in the Philadelphia based law firm of Greenblatt Pierce Funt & Flores, LLC (GPFF). Ms. Pierce heads the Employment Law Practice at the firm and serves as a principal in the firm’s Corporate Investigations practice. Ms. Pierce has represented individuals and groups of workers who have suffered employment discrimination and workplace harassment litigating individual and class action employment lawsuits, as well as employee benefits cases in state and federal courts in California, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Tennessee, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her practice includes multi-party wage and hour matters and Consumer Fraud litigation. Ms. Pierce frequently provides advice to executives in negotiating employment contracts and in managing sensitive trade secret and restrictive covenant/non-compete issues.. In addition, Ms. Pierce is regularly engaged by individuals, small businesses and nonprofit corporations to provide advice and counsel in litigation avoidance and the defense of all types of employment actions, including the defense of federal and state discrimination claims, whistleblower and wrongful discharge matters, and contract disputes. In her role as counselor, Ms. Pierce advises corporate clients on a host of personnel related matters including workplace policies and procedures, performance management best practices, including discipline and termination policies and decisions, and the conduct and content of supervisory training.. In addition to building on-going relationships with individual and corporate clients, Ms. Pierce has been sought out by colleagues to conduct independent in-house investigations of claims of discrimination as well as corporate malfeasance and fraud. Recently, Ms. Pierce has been engaged by insurance companies and law firms to provide expert advice and testimony on claims of attorney malpractice employment/EEO best practices, and has served as a neutral mediator.. Throughout her forty year career, Ms. Pierce has tried hundreds of matters to verdict, including jury and bench trials and has been successful in handling every kind of employment litigation matter including age, gender, hostile work environment, race, national origin and religious discrimination matters as well as claims brought by whistleblowers under state and federal laws.. In addition to managing her individual and class employment litigation practice, Ms. Pierce has teamed with GPFF’s managing partner, Ron Greenblatt, to co-manage the firm’s extensive civil rights practice handling claims of police misconduct that have resulted in wrongful arrest, prosecution and incarceration as well has traumatic injury. Since joining GPFF in 2011, Ms. Pierce and Mr. Greenblatt have successfully represented GPFF’s clients in state and federal court actions that have resulted in recoveries of millions of dollars.. Ms. Pierce has been admitted as a Fellow of the prestigious American Bar Association’s College of Labor & Employment attorneys. Ms. Pierce was honored by her alma mater, Rutgers School of Law-Camden’s Black Law Students Association with the “Champions for Social Justice and Equality Award. Ms. Pierce has been listed each year among the Best Lawyers of America since 1995. In 2013 Best Lawyers named Ms. Pierce its “Attorney of the Year” in the practice area of Employment-Individuals. Ms. Pierce has consistently been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2004 and has repeatedly been named one of Pennsylvania’s Top 50 Women Lawyers. She has also earned the preeminent AV rating from Martindale-Hubell for both her legal ability and ethical standards. Ms. Pierce has lectured extensively on issues of attorney ethics and has served as a Senior Disciplinary Committee Member for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.. Ms. Pierce is a frequent author and lecturer for the ABA-ALI Continuing Legal Education Program; the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the National Employment Lawyers Association where she served on NELA’s 2011-2012 Convention Committees and continues to act as a moderator and presenter. Ms. Pierce was a Visiting Professor of Law at Santa Clara University in the mid-1990s where she founded an Employment Law Clinic and taught Evidence. In Philadelphia, Ms. Pierce has served as an Adjunct Professor at Temple’s Beasley School of Law and taught law students in Temple’s Introduction to Trial Advocacy and Advanced Trial Advocacy programs as well as practitioners in Temple’s prestigious LLM Trial Advocacy program. Ms. Pierce also taught Employment Law Practice and Procedure at Rutgers School of Law, her alma mater and taught trial advocacy for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, which named her as a distinguished faculty member. Ms. Pierce has published a law review article which analyzed the pedagogical experience of an innovative clinical program she spearheaded : The Santa Clara Experiment: A New Fee-Generating Model for Clinical Legal Education, with Ridolfi, 3 CLINICAL LAW REVIEW 439-470 (1997). Ms. Pierce earned her bachelor’s degree from Rutgers, with High Honors and Distinction in Political Science and a juris doctor from Rutgers School of Law with High Honors where she was a 1974 Rutgers Community Scholar.
Our firm is a second generation Law Firm with over 30 years experience. Our firm started when Robert Reinherz decided to start a new career after years as a successful draftsman. Always a good listener and a compassionate person, it was clear that he wanted to help people. He found the idea of helping the average person through legal troubles was his true calling and put himself through Law School. After graduating, Robert built a practice around providing friendly, affordable and quality legal services to good people in bad situations. With his wife running the office, it was common for his son David to be there watching him practice law and solve problems. That is how David got his start in law. After graduating from Law School himself in 1998, he came on board and continues to grow the practice. It was David's vision to bring the practice to where it is today, focusing in Bankruptcy, Divorce, Divorce Mediation and Immigration. While qualified to handle all manners of cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, we have decided to dedicate ourselves to one greater cause:. Bringing Our Clients Peace of Mind and Offering Them a Fresh Start.. We chose the areas of law we regularly practice in because they are very closely related and they let us make the biggest impact on our clients' lives. Divorce and Bankruptcy often go hand in hand and can be the most stressful time of a person's life. By focusing in both these areas, we are able to bring a complete solution to many clients. Clients have Peace of Mind knowing they have caring, professional help on their side and when the case is finished, they can look forward to a Fresh Start on life. Another area of specialty is that of immigration. We turn an often confusing process into Peace of Mind for our clients as we provide them a Fresh Start.. The Law Offices of Reinherz & Reinherz are dedicated to providing clients in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey with the highest degree of integrity possible. We are proud to offer prompt, professional, and affordable legal services. Our clients are treated with respect and our attorneys are easy to contact.. We are NICE (just give us a call and see!), down to earth, and easy to deal with. We will never talk down to our clients and always promptly return telephone calls. We believe in "going the extra mile" to help people, which has contributed to our longevity and growing practice.. Thank you for visiting our website and learning more about our firm. If there is any way we can assist you, please don't hesitate to call.
My name is Rob Sink. I am the managing attorney of The Law Offices of Robert W.
Sink. I have been practicing personal injury and complex litigation law in the
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Mr. Wenge serves as a Committee Member of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and is a certified arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He has previously served as a member of the Bar Leadership Council for Philadelphia’s Community Legal Services (CLS) and a volunteer for Philadelphia VIP, which provides pro bono legal services to low-income Philadelphians.. Prior to joining Pond Lehocky, Mr. Wenge practiced at several trial firms, representing injured Pennsylvanians in state and federal jury and arbitrational matters, including construction site accidents, industrial accidents, OSHA violations, insurance bad faith, products liability, premises liability, workers’ compensation and Social Security disability.
Mr. Lehocky embarked on his legal career in 1985, focusing on Workers' Compensation and Social Security litigation. Initially, he represented employers and insurance companies. However, in 1991, he shifted his practice exclusively to advocating for claimants in the realms of Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability.
Mr. Hurd is proud to be an active Trial Attorney, practicing in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 2007. Mr. Hurd has an intimate understanding of how an accident or malpractice can affect your life. More importantly, he understands what is necessary to fight the insurance companies and obtain compensation for injuries caused by the negligence of others.. Mr. Hurd has successfully represented hundreds of injured victims in a variety of personal injury matters, including: wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents (car, tractor-trailer, bus / SEPTA, motorcycle, pedestrian and bicycle), premises liability (slip / trip and fall accidents), medical malpractice, products liability, FELA and workers’ compensation claims. He has litigated numerous claims at the municipal, arbitration and trial court levels in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.. Mr. Hurd also serves as a certified Arbitrator for the Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia Compulsory Arbitration program.. Mr. Hurd is a 2003 graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and 2007 graduate of Villanova University School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Hurd was selected to serve as an executive member of the Villanova University School of Law Moot Court board. Mr. Hurd additionally served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Rayford A. Means of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division.. Mr. Hurd has been repeatedly named a “Rising Star” in the Personal Injury practice area by Super Lawyers® magazine’s Pennsylvania edition. The “Rising Star” category consists of a selection of top lawyers who are under the age of 40 or who have been in practice for 10 years or less, as nominated and selected by their peers, in each practice area. Mr. Hurd was additionally recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Pennsylvania.. If you have been injured in an accident, you are a victim of malpractice, or if you have any questions about whether you may have a legal claim, call Mr. Hurd for a free consultation.
Mr. Haber, a co-founder of the law firm of HABER DIPAUL LLC has over 30 years of civil, commercial and personal injury experience. Mr. is an award winning attorney and lecturer and maintains memberships in various recognition societies including the Million Dollar Trial Lawyers Forum, Louis D. Brandeis Law Society, Benjamin Franklin Inn of Court, Boston University Distinguished Alumni, and the Strathmore's Who's Who Among Practicing Attorneys Registry.. Mr. Haber's history of successful settlements and trial verdicts demonstrates a clear record of excellence and achievement. With hundreds of arbitrations and dozens of jury trials to his credit, Mr. haber welcome's the opportunity to have you experience his firm's aggressive, smart, and savvy approach to legal representation.. Following his graduation cum laude from Boston University with a Bachelor's degree in History, Mr. Haber then earned a Masters degree in Urban Affairs from Boston University within one year following his undergraduate training. Mr. Haber completed his education when he received his law degree with honors (Moot Court Board Honor Society) from Temple University (Beasley) School of Law. Mr. Haber's flair for writing was apparent early in his legal career as he published to articles for The Jurist, wrote the Bench Brief for the National I Herman Stern Moot Court Competition, and was the recipient of a Temple University Law School Fellowship. Mr. Haber also reached the finals of the National Myrna Marshall Federal Moot Court Competition.. Mr. Haber has served on several Boards including as President and Treasurer of the Hamilton Townhome Association, Cedar Sands Condominium Association and the Vesper Club of Philadelphia. He currently sits on the Board of the Crown of Israel Synagogue and served on the Logan Square Planning Board.. Mr. Haber is a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and United States District Court of Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as the United States 3rd Circuit COurt of Appeals. He presently serves as a certified Federal and State Arbitrator (PA) and maintains memberships in several state Bar and local Trial Lawyer Associations in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Mr. Englert is an experienced trial lawyer who has obtained impressive results in the toughest of cases. He primarily represents clients who have been catastrophically injured as a result of medical malpractice, work accidents, automobile/trucking accidents, or defective products. Mr. Englert has served as plaintiff’s counsel in hundreds of cases, many of which have resulted in huge, sometimes record-breaking, outcomes.. Mr. Englert’s skills extend beyond the courtroom and into the classrooms at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is a Lecturer in Law and supervises the Penn Law Mock Trial Team. In 2012-2013, Mr. Englert’s team won the National Championship in the ABA Section of Labor & Employment’s Trial Advocacy Competition.. Mr. Englert does not shy away from difficult cases that other attorneys may reject because a case is difficult or settlement is unlikely. "When I take on a plaintiff's case, I have every intention of ensuring they receive their day in Court in front of a jury and prepare every case in anticipation of going to trial and unless the otherside is willing to resolve the case fairly in favor of my client, we'll see them in Court.". Mr. Englert has served as lead counsel or co-counsel in a number of cases that have resulted in huge, sometimes record-breaking, outcomes. Most recently, Englert was plaintiff's counsel in a birth injury case in Erie, Pennsylvania that resulted in a record-setting $21.6 million verdict.. Mr. Englert was also plaintiff's counsel in a $5.12 million settlement announced in October 2009 for the family of a 16-year-old boy who drowned after he was taken by a school supervisor on an unauthorized off-campus school swimming outing.. In July 2009, Englert, as lead trial counsel, won a $582,000 jury verdict for the family of a bicyclist who was struck and killed by a vehicle passing a double-parked car in Philadelphia. A settlement had been reached earlier with the owner of the parked car.. Mr. Englert began his career as a trial lawyer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was one of the founding members of the Penn Law Mock Trial Team, a student-run organization committed to providing interested students with a greater exposure to trial advocacy skills and the benefits of courtroom experience. In 2009, he was appointed to the University of Pennsylvania Law School adjunct faculty as a Lecturer in Law to supervise and develop the mock trial program. Since then, the team has grown to more than 30 student members who compete annually in competitions across the country.. As a third-year law student, Mr. Englert was the director of The Unemployment Compensation Project, a student-run pro bono clinic with more than 20 members and as well as a legal research and writing instructor.. Mr. Englert has previously worked for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Organized Crime & Narcotics as well as for the United States Attorney's Office in Camden, New Jersey.. Mr. Englert is an avid motorcycle rider and competitive marksman. He is an Endowment Member of the NRA as well as a member of the International Defensive Pistol Association, the Liberty Township Sportsman's Association, the Delaware County Field & Stream Association, and Targetmaster.
Mitnick counsels clients in criminal matters, complex litigation matters, as well as mass tort Class actions. He is highly skilled in resolving difficult litigation matters having tried dozens of cases in federal and state courtrooms.. Practice areas include:. Craig Mitnick received his BBA in finance from Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) and subsequently received his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University School of Law (Washington DC).. Mitnick began his career as an Assistant Prosecutor in two separate counties in the state of New Jersey. During the same time period, he also acted as a certified instructor of law and procedure at two countywide police academies. In January 1995 Mitnick created Mitnick Law Office. The firm specializes in litigation and trial related matters.. In 2003, Mitnick was contracted by Fox News Channel and multiple Fox affiliate stations as an on-air legal analyst. Mitnick was hired to provide commentary on topics ranging from Supreme Court decisions and presidential addresses to high profile trials and other timely legal issues. In 2005, Mitnick was additionally contracted by “Fox News Radio” and “CBS Radio”.. Mitnick currently represents over 1,000 retired NFL players who have each filed suit against the National Football League for brain related “concussion” injuries. The multi-district litigation is currently pending before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Miriam “Mimi” Newman is a skilled personal injury lawyer at HGSK who is licensed to practice in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. She handles a wide variety of claims, including those involving slip and fall accidents, motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death actions, professional malpractice, insurance bad faith, and dram shop cases. She also handles appeals cases and arbitrations.. Prior to becoming a personal injury lawyer, Mimi drafted business plans and conducted marketing research for local companies. After law school, she worked as a law clerk in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, where she drafted briefs and judicial opinions regarding trial and evidentiary matters.. Mimi is an annual volunteer instructor for Junior Achievement, a national business education program for elementary school students. In addition, she is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy and her local police Citizens Academy. Mimi is the author of “Pennsylvania Motions in Limine,” a legal text published by Thomson West.. https://www.hgsklawyers.com/ Office:
Miriam Benton Barish is a partner with the law firm of Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman & Smalley. Ms. Barish has earned a reputation for vigorously advocating on behalf of her clients, while also handling her clients with compassion. She concentrates her practice in, motor vehicle matters, premises liability including premise security liability, as well as toxic torts Asbestos, Benzene, lead paint poisoning, and other chemical exposure, products liability litigation including flammability cases. A strong advocate for consumer safety, Barish recently represented a family whose two-year old son was catastrophically injured in a mattress fire, resulting in a significant confidential settlement due to the failure to provide any flame retardants or barriers in the fabric or foam of the mattress.. She has also been a strong advocate in the development of the law regarding protecting the rights of women. She has actively litigated premises liability cases regarding the safety and security of women. She participated in obtaining a landmark verdict, in the first case of its kind, regarding a wrongful death case arising from the negligent premises security of two women. She has actively litigated many other premises liability security cases for negligent security, including the sexual and violent assault of a female inpatient of a psychiatric hospital; the robbery and assault of a female patron in a large retail store parking lot.. Ms. Barishis a board member of thePhiladelphia Trial Lawyers Associationandhas been involved in and actively participated in the Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP), which provides pro bono legal services for the poor. She also is the Philadelphia Chairman of the Widener Women’s Network, a network exclusively dedicated to developing networking opportunities for Widener Women Alumnae.. In 1988, Ms. Barish earned her Bachelor’s degree from Temple University School of Business. She received her law degree, cum laude, from Widener University School of Law in 1992. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan.. Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, P.C., is headquartered in Center City Philadelphia, and has offices in Harrisburg, New Jersey, and West Virginia and has a national reputation for skilled legal representation of victims who suffer from serious and catastrophic injuries. The firm focuses it practice on Civil and Complex Personal Injury Litigation and Commercial Litigation, and handles class actions, pharmaceutical drug cases, and securities law throughout the country.
Minos H. Galanos is an experienced personal injury trial attorney who has been vigorously representing clients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 2009. Minos has tried over 60 jury trials and countless arbitrations. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. After spending the first twelve years of his practice defending large corporations and insurance companies, he has now transitioned to helping people obtain justice. He focuses his practice on premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, construction accidents, dram shop law and workplace injuries.
Mike Assad represents individual and corporate debtors and creditors in reorganizations and liquidations in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the local bankruptcy rules committee in the Eastern District, serves as the Third Circuit leader for the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, and has lectured for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.. Mike’s approach to practicing law is enhanced by his extensive experience in public affairs. He became one of the youngest elected officials in New Jersey’s history when he was elected to the Absecon Board of Education in 2006. In addition to the seven years he served in public office, Mike’s experience includes working for the president of the New Jersey Senate and participating in legislative advocacy efforts at every level of government. He was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 by Atlantic Weekly in 2009.. Mike earned his B.A. at Thomas Edison State University and his J.D. at Widener University Delaware Law School. During law school, Mike was a research assistant for Small and Nimmer on Freedom of Speech, one of the most influential treatises on the First Amendment. He was also treasurer of the law school’s Youth Court Society, where he volunteered to teach students about restorative justice in Chester public schools. In his free time, Mike enjoys cooking and traveling with his wife, Gianna, and their pug, Nala.
Lawrence G. Metzger has earned a reputation for representing clients in high profile personal injury cases He is known for his preparation and attention to detail and for the significant verdicts and settlements he has received. Mr. Metzger practices in the following practice areas: motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, workplace accidents, class actions and medical product litigation.. Mr. Metzger was admitted to the United States District Court and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1967 and has tried cases in various federal courts, not only in Pennsylvania, but in Connecticut and New Jersey as well. He is a 1964 graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently received his Juris Doctorate degree from Temple University in 1967. He has attended the Temple University Anatomy for Lawyers class and received a certificate from Temple Medical school in 1982. He has participated in Philadelphia Bar Association activities, being a member of the Civil Judicial Committee since 1975, and he acted as chairman and vice-chairman of the Medical Legal Committee in 1986 and 1987. In 1987 and 1988 he was a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Legislative Liaison Committee. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers from 1986 through 1993 and is presently an active member of both the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Association for Justice. He maintains membership in Tau Epsilon legal fraternity and is a life member of Alpha Kappa Psi fraternity. In connection with the court systems, he presently serves as judge pro tempore and prior to that, as a mediator for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Mr. Metzger has served as a mediator in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and is presently active as an arbitrator in contested accident liability cases.
Kyle J. Keller is an accomplished trial lawyer who focuses his practice on representing clients who have suffered serious injuries from medical errors, falldown incidents, motor vehicle accidents, and various other personal injury accidents.. Kyle was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, a distinction reserved for only the top 2.5 percent of Pennsylvania attorneys 40 years old and younger.. Kyle received his B.A. in Criminal Justice in 2001 from Monmouth University and his J.D. in 2005 from Rutgers University School of Law – Camden. During law school he interned with the Honorable Lee B. Laskin, J.S.C., in the New Jersey Superior Court, Camden County. Upon graduating law school, he served as the law clerk to the Honorable Joseph E. Kane, J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court, Atlantic County. Licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Kyle is also admitted to appear before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.. Kyle grew up in Southern New Jersey and currently resides in Voorhees, New Jersey with his wife, Courtney and their two children, Delaney and Declan. In his spare time, Kyle enjoys playing golf, spending time at the shore, and supporting Philadelphia’s sports teams.
Katelyn joined Gian-Grasso, Tomczak, & Hufe, P.C. as a partner in June 2015. She is a member in good standing of the Pennsylvania Bar and the New Jersey Bar. She is also admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Katelyn focuses her practice exclusively on immigration law but also has experience in the area of family law.. Katelyn focuses a significant portion of her practice on deportation defense, litigation, appeals, and protecting clients with final orders of removal. She focuses largely on complex litigation cases. She has successfully litigated cases before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She has experience successfully representing clients in Immigration Court in Philadelphia, Newark, New York City, Minnesota, Buffalo, and Arlington. Katelyn handles various types of litigation cases including asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, waivers, motions to reopen and motions to suppress evidence. In the detained setting, she has successfully obtained bond, parole, and stays of removal for clients. She has succeeded in reopening final orders of deportation before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Courts.. Katelyn has also brought to GTH Law her knowledge and experience in the business immigration sector. She helps companies with various types of business immigration petitions such as L-1 visas for intra-company transferees, E-2 investor visas, E-1 trade visas, H-1B visas, and national interest waivers. Katelyn is an active member of the Italy America Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia and has a particular interest in working with start-ups and entrepreneurs.. Katelyn also has extensive experience with humanitarian-based relief. She has experience assisting victims of crimes and victims of domestic violence to obtain legal status through the U-visa program. She also has experience advocating for domestic violence victims through applications under the Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”). She has represented clients at marriage interviews, asylum interviews, and naturalization interviews and has experience with various other immigration applications including fiancé visas, F-1 student visas, B1/B2 visitor visas, applications for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”).. Katelyn is an active member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”) and has attended the annual conference in 2013, 2014, and 2015. She served as the Conference Committee Co-Chair in 2014, planning the Philadelphia AILA Annual Conference. Currently, Katelyn in serving as the Philadelphia Ambassador for the American Immigration Council (“AIC”). She is also a member of AILA’s Pro Bono Committee, the Berks County Pro Bono Collaborative Committee, and has mentored non-immigration attorneys in pro bono asylum cases.. Katelyn is currently the director of the Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law. In the clinic, Professor Hufe supervises students handling cases on behalf of immigrants in federal and state courts, in accordance with local student practice rules.. Katelyn is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association and serves as the Immigration Law Liaison for the Young Lawyers Division. Katelyn has served as a speaker at Temple University and Villanova University School of Law. She has also presented on a Waivers Panel at the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.. Katelyn received her BA from the University of Delaware’s Honors Program, and graduated cum laude from the Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University in 2011. During her time at Drexel, she focused her coursework in areas such as Immigration Law, Refugee and Asylum Law, and Immigration Litigation. After majoring in Foreign Languages & Literature and completing study abroad programs in Spain and Italy, she is proficient in Spanish and Italian. After graduating from the University of Delaware in 2007, Katelyn worked as a bilingual paralegal at Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz, and Bhaya in Wilmington, Delaware. She worked with Spanish-speaking clients in the Workers Compensation and Personal Injury departments.. Throughout her final year at Drexel, Katelyn interned for the Executive Office for Immigration Review at Philadelphia Immigration Court. She drafted decisions for the immigration judges on topics such as asylum, fraud, I-601 waivers, crimes involving moral turpitude and adjustment of status. She had the opportunity to work with each immigration judge and the Court’s judicial law clerk.. After graduating from Drexel, Katelyn was accepted into the 2011-2012 Law Clerk Program at Berner, Klaw, and Watson, LLP in Philadelphia. She worked primarily on family law cases involving divorce, support, custody, and protection from abuse orders. She presented on the subject of the applicability of the I-864 Affidavit of Support in spousal support cases at a joint meeting of the Family Law Section and the Immigration Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar. Following her time at Berner, Klaw, and Watson, Katelyn practiced immigration law for three years prior to joining Gian-Grasso, Tomczak, & Hufe, P.C.
Kajal Alemo is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is a member of both the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and American Association for Justice, where she serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the Social Security Disability Section.. Before joining Pond Lehocky, Ms. Alemo practiced for a large Philadelphia law firm, where she assisted senior counsel with the coding of potentially discoverable corporate documents, including privilege determinations for a high profile merger. She was also co-editor of a legal textbook regarding law and business enterprise.. A graduate of Villanova University School of Law, Ms. Alemo was the Villanova Law student director of Face to Face Legal Clinic for the Pro Bono Society. She interned at Face to Face during all three years of law school. She was also a student attorney at the Villanova Civil Justice Clinic where she handled her first Social Security case.. Ms. Alemo has been recognized by The Legal Intelligencer for her pro bono work. She has also been recognized by the Philadelphia Bar Association for outstanding work in public service and is a recipient of the Dorothy Day Public Service Award.. In 2016, she was selected as a Top Woman in Law by The Legal Intelligencer’s editorial staff and invited to participate in the Women in the Profession Roundtable that year. She was later invited to moderate roundtable discussions on the topic Breaking into the Boys’ Club at the 2018. Women in Law and Leadership Summit hosted by CenterForce. She moderated again in 2019 on the topic of Women & Self Advocacy: Damned if you Do, Damned if you Don’t.. In 2019, Ms. Alemo became the head of the ground-breaking Resolution Team at Pond Lehocky Giordano. This team’s sole purpose is to ensure that every workers’ compensation client has their case analyzed and prepared for the best resolution possible. Prior to forming the Resolution Team, she litigated thousands of Social Security Disability cases to favorable conclusions.
Judy Greenwood, Esquire. Medical Malpractice Attorney and Birth Injury Lawyer. I founded the Law Offices of Judy Greenwood, P.C. in 1993 and have been litigating serious personal injury cases, with an emphasis in women and children’s injuries, since I began my practice. Many of my cases are medical malpractice cases filed on behalf of women and children against doctors and hospitals. While I aggressively represent my clients, I offer a caring approach to their circumstances. I graduated from Temple University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree and from Rutgers University of Law in 1975 with a Juris Doctor degree. After graduating from law school I worked as a public interest lawyer litigating on behalf of indigent clients both in state and federal court. I joined the person injury firm Bernstein, Bernstein, & Harrison, where I became a partner and litigated cases involving medical malpractice, product liability, auto and trucking accidents, and workplace and recreational injury cases for the firm. Since 1993, when I founded my own firm, I have successfully litigated serious personal injury cases on behalf of my clients who are catastrophically injured.
Jonathan D. Sokoloff is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania (magna cum laude,1974) and The University of Pennsylvania Law School (1978). Mr. Sokoloff received the degree of Master of Laws in Taxation from the New York University School of Law in 1980. He joined Diamond, Polsky & Bauer in June 1980, where he concentrates in estate planning, estate administration, tax planning, and business law. He practices in both the firm’s Philadelphia office and Media office.. Mr. Sokoloff is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar and is admitted to practice and has tried cases before the United States Tax Court and the United State Claims Court.. Mr. Sokoloff is a Co-Chair of the Tax Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of the Probate Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and serves as a liaison between the Probate Section and the Tax Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He is also the former President of the Delaware County Estate Planning Council, has served three terms as the President of the Delaware County Attorney/CPA Forum and is a past Secretary/Treasurer of the Tax Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association.. The focus of Mr. Sokoloff's practice is working with individuals and families with the estate planning, including structuring family businesses, to accomplished the dual objective of proper succession planning and reduction of death taxes. In addition, Mr. Sokoloff has represented both individuals and business regarding a variety of income tax issues, including IRS audits and tax controversies. He has co-authored the Bureau of National Affairs Tax Management Portfolio on IRS tax liens.
John Mattiacci is an experienced litigator who believes that each client should be treated with the utmost respect and attention. He is a graduate of the Beasley School of Law at Temple University where he received several awards for trial advocacy. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey.. John has exclusively represented injured clients in personal injury matters for nearly nine years. He has obtained settlements and verdicts totaling millions of dollars over the course of his career in all types of personal injury matters, including auto accidents, construction accidents, defective product cases, civil rights violations, and slip and fall cases.. John lives in Moorestown, NJ with his wife Laura, also an attorney, and their two children.. Memberships and Honors. Selected as a “Pennsylvania Rising Star” by Philadelphia Magazine and Philadelphia Super Lawyers Magazine in 2008. Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. American Association for Justice. National Champion of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Trial Advocacy Competition. Two-time Regional Champion of AAJ’s Trial Advocacy Competition. Champion of Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Northeast Regional Criminal Justice Advocacy Competition. Recipient of Victor S. Jaczun Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy
John D. Simmons is an intellectual property attorney and licensed professional engineer in Delaware. His practice focuses on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret litigation, and IP transactions. He has litigated cases across more than 25 federal districts and regularly appears before the PTAB and TTAB in post-grant and trademark proceedings at the USPTO.. John is also an inventor with patents in instrumentation and software. His technical background spans electrical engineering, process control, power systems, and software systems.