TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUPER LAW YERS / PENNSYLVANIA 2011
COVER STORY
12 THE RACONTEUR
When Shanin Specter speaks, med mal
juries listen.
BY NICK DIULIO
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FEATURES, DEPARTMEN TS OR SUPER LAW YERS LIS TS
PRESEN TED ON THIS TABLE OF CON TEN TS PAGE.
COVER AND CON TEN TS PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUIGI CIUFFETELLI
FEATURES
16 THE HONOR OF
THE FORCE
State trooper-turned-attorney David J.
MacMain now serves and protects his
former comrades.
BY MICHAEL Y. PARK
20 THERE AND BACK
AGAIN
Employment lawyer Martha Hartle
Munsch’s journey from the courtroom to
the classroom and back.
BY ELEANOR LEBEAU
THE ANNUAL LIST
28 SELECTION PROCESS
PENNSYLVANIA SUPER LAWYERS
30 THE TOP LISTS
38 LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
50 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
PENNSYLVANIA RISING STARS
92 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
DELAWARE SUPER LAWYERS
104 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
24 THE TAKEOVER KING
David McBride has played a part in some
of the biggest mergers and acquisitions in
U.S. history.
BY AIMÉE GROTH
6 WORD FOR WORD
Stephen A. Sheller, James A. Swetz and
Michael J. O’Connor offer advice to young
attorneys.
COMPILED BY BETSY GRACA
8 BRIEFS
Interviews with two attorneys on our
Rising Stars list.
BY NYSSA GESCH AND AMY KATES
10 Q&A: ROBERTA
JACOBS-MEADWAY
The Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott IP
attorney found her strength on the water
during her recovery from breast cancer.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AND EDITED
BY ROSS PFUND
106 BY THE NUMBERS
Some details in the numbers from the
Annual List.
DEPARTMENTS
