Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania, United States for Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants
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Michael G. Dryden is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants. Michael G., 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 Michael G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Joseph A. Conlan is an associate with Martin Law and focuses his practice exclusively on Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Conlan practiced at a regional defense litigation firm representing employers across Pennsylvania in the area of workers’ compensation law and matters of general liability. Prior to that, he served as a legal intern in the legal department at the School District of Philadelphia.In the spring of 2014, Mr. Conlan became a cer...
Samuel H. Pond has concentrated his practice in the area of workers' compensation litigation since his graduation from Temple University School of Law in 1984. He is a founding and managing partner of Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano. Mr. Pond’s advocacy for his clients has resulted in some of the largest settlements in Pennsylvania and the nation. Mr. Pond is a member and past president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the current treasurer of the organization’s polit...
Ed Ciarimboli is a founding partner of Fellerman & Ciarimboli and one of the nation’s leading trial attorneys in complex trucking, transportation and catastrophic injury litigation. He represents individuals and families across Pennsylvania and throughout the country in high stake cases involving all aspects of the transportation cycle, bringing decades of courtroom experience to every matter he handles. Ed has successfully litigated transportation cases in courtrooms all over the U...
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...
Molly Dempsey Clark is the Managing Senior Attorney at Fellerman & Ciarimboli and Chair of the firm’s Medical Malpractice Division. With nearly 30 years of legal experience, she has built a career representing individuals and families in medical malpractice, personal injury, and civil litigation matters. Known for her sharp litigation background, thoughtful preparation, and steady guidance during difficult cases, Molly helps clients pursue answers, accountability, and justice after ...
Matthew L. Wilson is a partner at Martin Law and has practiced Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law exclusively for more than 25 years. He started his career representing agencies with the City of Philadelphia, major insurance carriers and self-insured corporations. After Mr. Wilson’s affiliation with two major defense firms, he was recruited by his partners in 1993 to protect the rights of injured workers. In the spring of 2015, Mr. Wilson became a certified specialist in Penns...
Melinda Ghilardi is a trial lawyer with nearly 40 years of experience. Prior to joining Munley Law Personal Injury Attorneys, Melinda worked with the Federal Defender’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for over three decades. Melinda began her career as an Assistant District Attorney in Lackawanna County.
The Honorable Geoffrey W. Dlin (ret.) has returned to private practice and joined KK &O after serving more than 15 years as a Workers' Compensation Judge. As a judge, he decided thousands of contested workers' compensation cases and frequently taught other lawyers, judges and private organizations about workers' compensation matters. In addition to those traditional roles of a judge, Geoff developed a statewide mediation practice. His skills in settling workers' compensation cases were hi...
Michael J. Foley is a shareholder in Foley Law Firm in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Mr. Foley is a Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Foley has been selected by Law and Politics and Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for the years 2004 - 2014 publications, every year the award was given. Mr. Foley graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1980 where he was a member of Delta ...
As a Scranton Preparatory School student, 18-year-old Brian McDonnell traveled to Mexico City for one of the most eye-opening and influential experiences of his life. As a participant in a service program called Los Hermanos (“The Brothers”), he spent a month living and working in an orphanage for boys. Attorney McDonnell’s Jesuit education at Prep, and his experience with Los Hermanos in particular, instilled in him a value for social justice and inspired him to pursue law ...
Christopher M. Fox has concentrated his practice in the area of workers’ compensation litigation since graduating from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law in 2002. Before joining Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano in September 2011, Mr. Fox practiced workers’ compensation law at a prominent national labor and employment firm, and with a top regional defense firm’s workers’ compensation department. Mr. Fox is certified as a specialist in workers’ compensation...
Steven G. Wigrizer is an experienced trial attorney who has been repeatedly recognized as one of the best in his field. His devotion to and compassion for his clients have earned him a high level of client loyalty, while his preparation and understanding of complex cases have won him the respect of his opponents and colleagues. Few lawyers can match this unique combination. Mr. Wigrizer concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation including medical malpractice , products liability , ...
Laura M. Brooke is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants. Laura M., who practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Laura M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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