Mary Cushing Doherty

A partner in Willig, Williams & Davidson’s labor department, Bruce M. Ludwig has been representing unions and working individuals for more than 30 years. He counsels and represents clients in state and federal courts and administrative matters ranging from discrimination and civil rights disputes to pension, retirement, unemployment compensation and wage and hour issues. Resident in the firm’s Philadelphia office, Bruce is a skilled litigator and strategist who has served as c...

Janice G. Dubler is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Janice G., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Janice G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Bernard Kolodner is a partner in the Business and Finance Department and the Practice Leader of the Real Estate Group. He practices in the areas of development, design and construction, purchase and sale, leasing ( landlord and tenant representation), joint ventures and partnerships, financing, zoning, permitting, tax assessment appeals, and charitable exemptions. Bernie has extensive experience in developing shopping centers and other commercial developments, from acquisition through permitt...

David Senoff is a founding member of First Law Strategy Group, LLC and has focused his career on class action lawsuits in important public policy fights for the public and plaintiffs. Senoff represents clients in class actions, appellate advocacy, insurance bad faith, bet-the-company litigation, affirmative litigation for governmental entities, and campaign and election law problem solving and litigation for candidates, political parties, and other political action committees. When Senoff and...

Timothy D. Rau is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Timothy D., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Timothy D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

As head of the Business Law Department at Gawthrop Greenwood, Michael F. Merlie concentrates his practice in the areas of finance, secured transactions (including creditors’ rights), mergers, acquisitions, admiralty/maritime law, real estate law and startup businesses. Representing institutional, corporate and entrepreneurial clients in a wide variety of business matters, his experience includes negotiating and documenting mergers, acquisitions and real estate transactions. He has also ...

Alan Nochumson is the founding and managing attorney of the boutique law firm Nochumson P.C. He prides himself on providing his clients with practical and creative solutions to even the most complex of issues. As an attorney, author, and lecturer, he practices, makes, and teaches the law. In conjunction with his substantial land use and zoning practice, Alan assists his clients on every stage of the real estate acquisition and sales process–from purchasing to potentially developing a pr...

Joanne E. Matusko’s practice involves complex litigation, mass tort personal injury litigation including pharmaceutical and product liability cases, class action litigation and antitrust litigation . Education Ms. Matusko received her Bachelor of Science from Beaver College and her Juris Doctorate from the Widener University School of Law, where she received a Certificate of Achievement Award for Insurance Law and was a member of the Moot Court team. She also holds a Masters degree in B...

David N. Hofstein is the Founding Shareholder and President of Hofstein Weiner & Meyer, P.C. David is a pioneer in modern family law, having begun his practice in domestic relations contemporaneously with the adoption of the Pennsylvania Divorce Code in 1980. His practice today focuses on complex divorce and custody matters, representing, in a discrete manner, many high net worth individuals and prominent members of the community, including professionals, corporate executives and entrepre...

Helene S. Jaron is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trusts and Estates. Helene S., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Helene S. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.