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James M. Kwartnik is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law. James M., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which James M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Shanin Specter has obtained more than 300 jury verdicts or settlements in excess of $1 million and more than 75 case resolutions — of which 17 were verdicts — greater than $10 million. Among his verdicts are $153 million against a major automaker and $109 million against an electric power company. Specter's legal victories have included news-making, industry-changing cases involving medical malpractice, defective products, medical devices, premises liability, motor vehicle acciden...

For more than 40 years, Bernard Smalley, Sr. has devoted his legal career to advocating on behalf of victims of corporate or professional negligence. He has secured for his client’s scores of seven-figure recoveries through his combination of intellect, perceptiveness, and warmth. As a young man, Mr. Smalley cut hair in his father’s West Philadelphia barber shop, where he met William H. Hastie, the first African-American to become Chief Judge of a Federal Court of Appeals in the U...

Patrick W. Kenny is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants. Patrick W., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Patrick W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Thomas J. Giordano, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants. Thomas J., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Thomas J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David Langfitt has practiced complex commercial litigation and mass personal injury litigation for 32 years and focuses on litigation and trials involving numerous parties, claims, and courts, both state and federal. He has litigated a wide variety of complex cases involving mass tort claims, the federal securities laws, professional liability, legal malpractice, Pennsylvania's Dragonetti Act (an analog to the F. R. Civ. P. 11), merger agreements, pre-packaged bankruptcy plans, fraud, breach ...

Brian P. Flaherty is a trial lawyer who handles complex commercial cases. He joined the firm’s Philadelphia office in April 2009 as a member in the Commercial Litigation Group. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner with WolfBlock LLP in Philadelphia. Brian is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Commercial Litigation. Brian represents clients in a wide range of commercial litigation and other disputes, inclu...

R. Christopher Raphaely is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Health Care Law. R. Christopher, who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which R. Christopher is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Greg Mast specializes in complex insurance coverage and business litigation for domestic and international insurers. Having spent time as both a law clerk and in-house counsel, Greg has earned a reputation as a respected advocate inside and outside of the courtroom. In addition to his nationwide practice, Greg also heads up Fields Howell’s Philadelphia office. As a foundation for his legal practice, Greg spent two years working in the U.S. House of Representatives, where his legislative...

Jerry M. Lehocky is a partner at Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano. Mr. Lehocky has been a litigator of workers' compensation and Social Security since being admitted to practice in 1985. Initially, his practice involved representing employers and insurance companies. In 1991, Mr. Lehocky began representing claimants exclusively in the areas of workers' compensation and Social Security disability. A former chairman of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Workers' Compensation Section (for 12 consecutive ...