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Philadelphia, PA

Larry Bendesky

Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky PC

One Liberty Place, 52nd Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Civil Litigation
    • Product Liability
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Thomas A. Bergstrom

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Two Liberty Place, Suite 3200
50 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102-2555
  • Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Michael Conley

Offit Kurman

Ten Penn Center, Suite 2300
1801 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Insurance Law

Insurance Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Henry J. Donner

Jacoby Donner P.C.

1700 Market Street, Suite 3100
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Construction Law

Construction Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Stuart F. Ebby

Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller

One Logan Square, 27th Floor
18th & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law
    • Commercial
    • Finance
    • Tax Certiorari
    • Transactions

Litigation - Real Estate
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Abraham J. Gafni

ADR Options, Inc.

Two Commerce Square, Suite 1100
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7044
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

Arbitration
(2013, Philadelphia)

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John G. Harkins, Jr.

Harkins Cunningham LLP

4000 Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
    • Appellate
    • Defendants
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Antitrust
  • Litigation - ERISA
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Securities
  • Mediation

Bet-the-Company Litigation
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Dale M. Heist

Woodcock Washburn LLP

Cira Centre, 12th Floor
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2891
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent

Litigation - Intellectual Property
(2013, Philadelphia)

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David N. Hofstein

Hofstein Weiner & Meyer, P.C.

1760 Market Street, Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Family Law

Family Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

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David H. Marion

Archer & Greiner, P.C.

One Liberty Place, 32nd Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Appellate Practice
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • First Amendment Law
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants

First Amendment Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

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George Martin

Martin L.L.C.

1818 Market Street, 35th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
    • Veteran's Disability

Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Gerald A. McHugh, Jr.

Raynes McCarty

1845 Walnut Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
    • Automobile Collision
    • Aviation Litigation
    • Brain Injury
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Civil Rights
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Premises Liability
    • Product Liability
    • Wrongful Death
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Patricia V. Pierce

Greenblatt, Pierce, Funt & Flores, LLC

123 South Broad Street, Suite 2500
Philadelphia, PA 19109
  • Employment Law - Individuals

Employment Law - Individuals
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Alaine S. Williams

Willig, Williams & Davidson

1845 Walnut Street, 24th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Labor Law - Union

Labor Law - Union
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Barry M. Abelson

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square
18th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
    • Securities
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law

Mergers & Acquisitions Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Bonnie Allyn Barnett

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

One Logan Square, Suite 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6996
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Litigation - Environmental
(2013, Philadelphia)

Lawrence R. Cohan

Anapol Schwartz

1710 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
(2013, Philadelphia)

Dianne B. Elderkin

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Two Commerce Square, Suite 4100
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7013
  • Litigation - Patent

Litigation - Patent
(2013, Philadelphia)

Michael E. Fingerman

Two Penn Center Plaza, Suite 1040
1500 John F Kennedy Boulelvard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • Family Law
    • Child Custody
    • Divorce
    • Equitable Division
    • Marital Settlement Agreements
  • Family Law Mediation

Family Law Mediation
(2013, Philadelphia)

Lawrence F. Flick II

Blank Rome LLP

One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
  • Banking and Finance Law
    • Acquisition Finance
    • Asset-Based Lending
    • Bankruptcy and Workouts
    • Commercial Finance
    • Finance
    • Leveraged Finance
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Equipment Finance Law

Equipment Finance Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Hope S. Freiwald

Dechert LLP

Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
    • Mass Tort

Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
(2013, Philadelphia)

Barry H. Genkin

Blank Rome LLP

One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
  • Corporate Law
    • Banking
    • Corporate Finance
    • Demutualizations
    • IPO
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Securities
    • Venture Capital
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
    • Banking
    • Capital Markets
    • Corporate
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Corporate Governance
    • Insurance
    • Transactions
    • Venture Capital
  • Securities Regulation

Securities / Capital Markets Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Amy B. Ginensky

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square
18th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
  • Litigation - First Amendment

Litigation - First Amendment
(2013, Philadelphia)

Patrick J. Hagan

Dann, Dorfman, Herrell and Skillman

1601 Market Street, Suite 2400
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2307
  • Patent Law

Patent Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Neil J. Hamburg

Hamburg & Golden PC

1601 Market Street, Suite 3310
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1443
  • Education Law
    • Higher Education
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment
    • Employment

Litigation - Labor & Employment
(2013, Philadelphia)

Henry E. Hockeimer

Ballard Spahr LLP

1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
  • Corporate Compliance Law

Corporate Compliance Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Peter J. Hoffman

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Two Liberty Place, 22nd Floor
50 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
    • Arbitration and Mediation
    • Brain Injury
    • Catastrophic Injury
    • Civil Litigation
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Product Liability
    • Professional Malpractice
    • Toxic Tort
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
    • Legal Malpractice
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Professional Liability

Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
(2013, Philadelphia)

Roberta Jacobs-Meadway

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Two Liberty Place, 22nd Floor
50 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • Copyright Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trademark Law

Copyright Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Howard M. Klein

Conrad O'Brien PC

Centre Square, West Tower, Suite 3900
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102-2100
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
(2013, Philadelphia)

Thomas R. Kline

Kline & Specter, P.C.

1525 Locust Street, 19th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Product Liability
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs

Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
(2013, Philadelphia)

Philip B. Korb

Ballard Spahr LLP

1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
  • Real Estate Law

Real Estate Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Christine C. Levin

Dechert LLP

Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Antitrust

Litigation - Antitrust
(2013, Philadelphia)

David B. MacGregor

Post & Schell PC

Four Penn Center
1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2808
  • Energy Law

Energy Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Barbara W. Mather

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square
18th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
  • Antitrust Law
  • Arbitration
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
    • Antitrust
    • Trade Regulation
  • Mediation

Antitrust Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Jeffrey B. McCarron

Swartz Campbell LLC

Two Liberty Place, 28th Floor
50 South 16th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
    • Appellate
    • Lawyer Ethics

Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
(2013, Philadelphia)

Lawrence G. McMichael

Dilworth Paxson LLP

1500 Market Street, Suite 3500-E
Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Bennett G. Picker

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

Mediation
(2013, Philadelphia)

Manny D. Pokotilow

Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

1635 Market Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2212
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Trademark Law

Trademark Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Howell J. Reeves

Duane Morris LLP

30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
  • Gaming Law

Gaming Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Andrew J. Rudolph

Pepper Hamilton LLP

3000 Two Logan Square
18th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Raymond L. Shapiro

Blank Rome LLP

One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
    • Chapter 12
    • Commercial
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy

Litigation - Bankruptcy
(2013, Philadelphia)

Alan Singer

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
  • Corporate Compliance Law
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation

Corporate Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Marc J. Sonnenfeld

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
  • Litigation - Securities

Litigation - Securities
(2013, Philadelphia)

Joan N. Stern

Blank Rome LLP

One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
  • Banking and Finance Law
    • Bond Finance
    • Conduit Lending
    • Debt Finance
    • Economic Development
    • Finance
    • Securities
    • Structured Finance
    • Transactions
    • Utility Finance
  • Public Finance Law

Public Finance Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Karl A. Thallner, Jr.

Reed Smith LLP

One Liberty Place, Suite 2500
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Health Care Law
    • Transactions

Health Care Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Regina O'Brien Thomas

Ballard Spahr LLP

1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7599
  • Litigation - Trusts & Estates
  • Trusts and Estates

Trusts and Estates
(2013, Philadelphia)

Gary M. Tocci

Reed Smith LLP

One Liberty Place, Suite 2500
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Employment Law - Individuals
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Union
  • Litigation - Labor & Employment

Employment Law - Management
(2013, Philadelphia)

Robert I. Tuteur

Blank Rome LLP

One Logan Square
130 North 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law
  • Litigation - Banking & Finance
  • Public Finance Law

Banking and Finance Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

Robert E. Welsh, Jr.

Welsh & Recker

2000 Market Street, Suite 2903
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Criminal Defense: White-Collar
(2013, Philadelphia)

Barton J. Winokur

Dechert LLP

Cira Centre
2929 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2808
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
(2013, Philadelphia)
Cherry Hill, NJ

Denise M. Keyser

Ballard Spahr LLP

210 Lake Drive East, Suite 200
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-1163

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  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management

Labor Law - Management
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Denise has a wealth of hospital labor experience which we are able to leverage as we address our labor needs and issues.

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James H. Landgraf

Dilworth Paxson LLP

LibertyView, Suite 700
457 Haddonfield Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

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  • Construction Law
  • Litigation - Construction

Litigation - Construction
(2013, Philadelphia)

Carl D. Poplar

Carl D. Poplar, P.A.

1010 Kings Highway South, Building Two
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

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  • Appellate Practice
  • Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • DUI/DWI Defense
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
(2013, Philadelphia)
Haddonfield, NJ

Steven K. Mignogna

Archer & Greiner, P.C.

One Centennial Square
33 East Euclid Avenue
Haddonfield, NJ 08033

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  • Litigation - Trusts & Estates

Litigation - Trusts & Estates
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Steven Mignogna is excellent on both a professional and personal level. I wish I would have found him 20 years ago.

Wayne Ligato
CMI Promex, Inc.

Lloyd H. Tubman

Archer & Greiner, P.C.

One Centennial Square
33 East Euclid Avenue
Haddonfield, NJ 08033

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  • Environmental Law
    • Administrative/Regulatory
    • Environmental Permitting
    • Land Use and Zoning
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Land Use & Zoning Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Arthur A. DiPadova

Kulzer & Di Padova, PA

76 East Euclid Avenue
Haddonfield, NJ 08033-2342

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  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates
    • Partnership and Limited Liability
    • Tax

Tax Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

James B. Evans, Jr.

Kulzer & Di Padova, PA

76 East Euclid Avenue
Haddonfield, NJ 08033-2342

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  • Litigation & Controversy - Tax
  • Tax Law
    • Business and Succession Planning
    • Corporate
    • Family Businesses
    • Limited Liability Companies
    • Partnership
    • State and Local Tax
    • Subchapter S Corporations
    • Tax Disputes
    • Tax Planning
    • Transactions

Litigation & Controversy - Tax
(2013, Philadelphia)
Ardmore, PA

Peter Goldberger

50 Rittenhouse Place
Ardmore, PA 19003
  • Appellate Practice
    • Criminal Appeals
    • Federal
    • Green Development
    • Sentencing
    • Supreme Court
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
    • Appellate
    • Federal
    • Fraud
    • Tax-Evasion Defense

Appellate Practice
(2013, Philadelphia)
Bala Cynwyd, PA

Michael M. Meloy

Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP

401 City Avenue, Suite 500
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
  • Environmental Law

Environmental Law
(2013, Philadelphia)

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Ann T. Loftus

Zateeny Loftus, LLP

Two Bala Plaza, Suite 604
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
  • Non-Profit / Charities Law
  • Trusts and Estates
    • Art
    • Estate Planning
    • Fiduciary Duties
    • Gift Planning
    • Nonprofit Organizations and
      Charitable Giving
    • Tax
    • Trust Administration

Non-Profit / Charities Law
(2013, Philadelphia)
Eagleville, PA

William J. McKee

The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP

Valley Forge Corporate Center, Suite 300
970 Rittenhouse Road
Eagleville, PA 19403
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
(2013, Philadelphia)
Jenkintown, PA

Jane W. Goldblum

Goldblum & Hess

Jenkintown Plaza, Suite 380
101 Greenwood Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046
  • Immigration Law
    • Business
    • Employer Sanctions
    • Employment
    • Entrepreneurial
    • Family Based
    • Labor
    • Physicians

Immigration Law
(2013, Philadelphia)
King of Prussia, PA

Stephen A. Ryan

Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin

620 Freedom Business Center, Suite 300
King of Prussia, PA 19406
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
(2013, Philadelphia)

Daniel J. Sherry

Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin

620 Freedom Business Center, Suite 300
King of Prussia, PA 19406
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Professional Malpractice

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
(2013, Philadelphia)
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