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Jay regularly represents clients in all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation matters and related fiduciary and tax concerns. Jay has extensive experience with qualified and non-qualified employee benefit plans. He represents clients before the IRS, the Department of Labor, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. He has extensive experience handling the employee benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, the fiduciary issues pertaining to plan assets, and other comm...

Simon T. Haileab is an accomplished and skilled trial lawyer at Wapner Newman, P.C. In courtrooms and communities across Pennsylvania and New Jersey he fights to ensure injured victims gets a fair shake. Mr. Haileab is a well-respected member of his profession who is known for being tenacious while advocating for his clients in all personal injury matters. He has garnered recognition for his advocacy skills from his opponents, the judiciary, and most importantly, the countless clients he has ...

Joseph E. O'Neil is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Joseph E., who practices law in Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joseph E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Priscilla E. Jimenez joined Kline & Specter after gaining experience with a federal civil rights office, a Philadelphia hospital and another city law firm while also being an active leader in the Hispanic legal community. She is also an accomplished violinist. Jimenez earned her undergraduate degree from Gordon College in Massachusetts, where she was the recipient of the A.J. Gordon Scholarship, and her law degree from the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University. She earned sev...

Philip G. Kircher handles a wide variety of complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts including securities, antitrust, shareholders' rights, business and real estate joint ventures, corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duties and general breach of contract matters. Philip has represented manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, hospitals, doctors, food service operators, software designers, architects, engineers, constructors, schools, banks, state and local governments and...

Joel Max Eads is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. Joel Max, who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joel Max is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Robert Zimmerman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Robert, who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Robert is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Roy DeCaro has tried more than 200 jury trials to verdict during his legal career, first as a prosecutor and now as a civil attorney. He has achieved on behalf of his clients over a dozen verdicts in excess of $1,000,000.00, and two verdicts in excess of $10,000,000.00. So, it is little surprise that Best Lawyers® recognized Mr. DeCaro in 2018 as the “Best Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year” for Philadelphia. Roy has been selected to the Super Lawyers Top 100 list for over 20 ...

Howard J. Davis is the Chair of the Business and Finance Department and a managing partner of the Firm. He represents clients in a broad range of transactions and acts as outside general counsel to numerous middle market and start-up companies. Howard has an extensive background in representing buyers/sellers, investors, and issuers in mergers and acquisitions; joint ventures and strategic alliances; and corporate finance transactions. During his more than 30 years of experience, he has been ...

Patrick J. O´Connor is vice chairman of Cozen O´Connor. He is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on litigation arising out of contracts, banking matters, estates, professional liability involving legal and accounting matters, health care, and aviation-related claims. Prior to joining Cozen O´Connor in 1973, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Thomas J. Clary, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and was an associate attorney at...