Litigation
Our experience
We have decades of experience achieving clients' goals.
This includes trying cases to verdict in federal, state, civil, criminal, jury, and non-jury trials.
Our experience includes complex civil and criminal matters, in corporate and individual representations, for plaintiffs and defendants, in trials and hearings, appeals, arbitration, administrative proceedings, grand jury proceedings, class and collective actions, mediation, and settlement negotiation.
Who we work for
We have represented businesses, business owners, corporate officers, physicians, lawyers, public figures, officials, clubs, families, pro bono clients throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania, and individuals harmed as well as those accused of doing harm.
How we work
Our work is pragmatic. We use experience from many cases and industries, including manufacturing, distribution, health care, physicians, banking, construction, real estate, railroad, gaming, insurance, restaurant, retail, law firms, and non-profits.
Employment litigation
Our lawyers have substantial experience handling employment and EPLI disputes and court cases by jury verdict, motion, administrative proceedings, mediation, and settlement. Cases include discrimination, harassment, hostile environment, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), First Amendment speech and religion, defamation, wage and hour, class action, and collective action.
Complex litigation including health care law
Complex cases have involved health care law, non-compete disputes, torts, subrogation, indemnification, RICO, federal computer fraud statutes, trade secrets, insurance coverage issues, shareholder disputes, breach of contract, and related areas of the law.
Real estate litigation
firm lawyers have handled complex commercial real estate tax appeals, commercial real estate transactions, litigation, mediation, and negotiation.
Estate and trust litigation
Firm lawyers have experience litigating guardianship proceedings on behalf of petitioners with a family member alleged to be incompetent. We've also represented parties who have a stake in guardianship litigation such as creditors, potential heirs, and family members other than the guardianship petitioner. Our firm has handled complex issues related to the validity of wills, estate fraud, collections, competency, guardianship, and trusts. We have an appropriate sensitivity to the family connections often involved in these disputes.
Personal injury
The firm handles a limited number of carefully selected personal injury cases, for injured persons and for those accused of injuring someone. This work includes the ongoing defense of a multibillion dollar global business client as personal injury cases arise in Scranton and Northeastern Pennsylvania.