Best Lawyers Near You in Media, Pennsylvania for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
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...
Annually ranked as one of the Top 10 lawyers in Pennsylvania in the SuperLawyers voting, Tim Lawn is recognized as one of the leading trial attorneys in the state. He has spent more than 30 years litigating complex injury and death cases throughout the Commonwealth. Tim was selected as the “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation in Philadelphia by U.S. News & World Report’s publication Best Lawyers in America in 2021. He has secured numerous multimillion-doll...
Daniel Jeck, a founding partner in the law firm of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., has achieved remarkable results for his clients in a broad range of catastrophic injury cases, including numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, for over 20 years in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Clients he has represented include children with cerebral palsy due to birth injuries, women who have suffered a delay in their diagnosis of breast cancer, and i...
Elizabeth Crawford’s career as a trial lawyer started at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as a clerk for a justice for a year before beginning at Kline & Specter. Five and a half years later, in 2019, Crawford was promoted as partner at Kline & Specter after winning hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients and obtaining a record verdict as lead counsel. Most recently, Crawford achieved over $100 million in settlements on behalf of her client...
Samuel Dordick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Samuel, 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 Samuel is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Bethany R. Nikitenko is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Bethany R., 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 Bethany R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michael Pileggi is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Construction and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Michael, 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 Michael is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Prior to joining Raynes & Lawn, Daniel Lawn was a litigation attorney in the Center City Philadelphia office of a large, regional law firm. In his more than 3 years at that firm, Dan gained invaluable experience in all aspects of pre-trial, trial, and appellate practice. He has litigated claims for personal injury, fraud, and breach of contract in federal and state courts. He has experience in all aspects of litigation, including drafting pleadings, conducting large-scale document review,...
Timothy A. Burke has experience in a wide variety of practice areas – from personal injury to criminal defense, and corporate securities fraud to class actions. At Kline & Specter he focuses on mass torts and catastrophic personal injury. Most recently in March 2025, Burke secured a $12 million settlement from a cement company for the widow of a contract ironworker who fell to his death while attempting to install wood planking across an open walkway during maintenance work on a cem...
Helen A. Lawless finishes first. She ranked No. 1 in two majors at University College Dublin; was named champion and best speaker in debate competitions across both Europe and the United States, and won a Best Oral Advocate award in the Supreme Court Moot Court Competition while at Stanford Law School, among other things. In 2023, Lawless was co-counsel in litigation that produced a $9 million settlement with a ride company and a Days Inn hotel on claims they enabled a man to rape an 11-year-...
Paola Pearson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Paola, 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 Paola is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jillian Bello is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Jillian, 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 Jillian is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
At just 30-years old, Noah Goodman successfully argued his first appeal before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Then, at just 34-years old, Mr. Goodman’s advocacy in delivering an opening statement and in examining critical witnesses during trial resulted in a seven-figure verdict in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Mr. Goodman’s advocacy skills were honed at Temple University Beasley School of Law where he was recognized as the two-time barrister award winner for the...
Meghan A. Mills is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Meghan A., 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 Meghan A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Catelyn McDonough is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Catelyn, 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 Catelyn is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Reginald Streater is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Reginald, who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Reginald is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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