HOWARD D. VENZIE, JR.
VENZIE, PHILLIPS &
WARSHAWER, P.C.
2032 Chancellor Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: 215-567-3322
Fax: 215-864-9292
hvenzie@venzie.com
www.venzie.com
Mr. Venzie is a principal of Venzie, Phillips & Warshawer,
P.C., Philadelphia, where his practice focuses on ADR and
construction law. He is the former Co-Chair of the PBA
Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Committee and is a
member of various American Bar Association construction law
and litigation committees. He is a member of the American
Arbitration Association (AAA) Commercial/Construction
Arbitrator and Mediator Panels and the Large Complex Case
Panel of Arbitrators. He is a frequent speaker in CLE programs
and seminars for construction industry groups and associations
on the topics of ADR and construction law and has served
as an arbitrator and a mediator in hundreds of cases since
the mid-1980s.
CONSTRUCTION/SURETY
MARK E.
MIODUSZEWSKI
MARNEN MIODUSZE WSKI
BORDONARO WAGNER &
SINNOTT, LLC
516 West Tenth Street
Erie, PA 16502
Tel: 814-874-3460
Fax: 814-874-3476
mmioduszewski@mmbwslaw.com
www.mmbwslaw.com
Mr. Mioduszewski has been certified since 1992 by the National
Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate. Named in
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in 2005, 2007, 2008 (Corporate
Counsel Edition), 2009, and 2010, Mr. Mioduszewski’s practice
is concentrated in Western Pennsylvania with emphasis
on complex litigation, including public utility, products,
construction, governmental, and long-term-care liability claims
and fire-and-explosion, commercial, and insurance coverage
issues. He is a member of the International Association of
Defense Counsel and serves as a hearing panel member for the
Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y: DEFENSE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
L. LEONARD LUNDY
LUNDY LAW
1635 Market Street
19th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: 215-246-9200
Fax: 215-246-9239
llundy@lundylaw.com
www.lundylaw.com
L. Leonard Lundy is a principal and managing partner of Lundy
Law. He concentrates his practice on pharmaceutical litigation
and is the chairman of the firm’s Mass Tort Department.
He has won tens of millions of dollars in the successful
prosecution of Fen-phen, Baycol, Zyprexa, Vioxx, Gadolinium,
and Hormone Replacement Therapy cases. He presently serves
on the plaintiffs’ committees for Gadolinium, HRT, Yaz and
Reglan mass torts in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
He is admitted to the courts of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and District
of Columbia and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a
member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia Trial
Lawyers Associations. He serves on the boards of numerous
philanthropic and civic organizations.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION THROUGH CRIMINAL DEFENSE
SUPER LAW YERS / PENNSYLVANIA 2011
ALAN S. GOLD
GOLD & FERRAN TE, P.C.
261 Old York Road
Suite 526
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Tel: 215-885-1118
Fax: 215-885-5283
asg@goldferrantelaw.com
www.goldferrantelaw.com
Alan S. Gold is a 1973 graduate of Dickinson College, magna
cum laude, with honors in Latin, and a graduate of the University
of Virginia Law School, 1976. Gold clerked for U.S. District
Judge, the Honorable Malcolm Muir, of the U.S. District Court
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania from 1976-1978. Gold
has litigated a variety of appeals for both appellants and
appellees in the Superior, Commonwealth, and Supreme
Courts of Pennsylvania on a multitude of issues, including novel
questions of law relating to medical malpractice, premises
liability, and commercial litigation. Gold has also appeared
extensively before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third,
Fourth, and Sixth Circuits and in federal and state appellate
courts throughout the nation.
CIVIL RIGHTS/FIRST AMENDMEN T
INSURANCE COVERAGE
APPELLATE
DAVID B. SMITH SMITH GIACOME TTI LLC 1650 Market Street 36th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215-496-1910 Fax: 215-496-1915 dsmith@sgllclaw.com www.sgllclaw.com
David Smith is the co-managing partner of Smith Giacometti,
LLC, a business boutique law firm with offices in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware. David represents businesses and
business owners in a wide variety of contexts. David has
extensive experience in providing debt counseling services to
commercial clients in the context of loan work outs as well as
Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Having appeared
before a variety of state and federal courts, he also has extensive
commercial litigation experience. Rounding out David’s practice
is a wide array of general business clients with transactional
needs, ranging from business formations to general corporate
advice and counseling. David has been named to the Super
Lawyers list for each consecutive year since 2004.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
MARK L. REARDON
ELZUFON AUSTIN REARDON
TARLOV & MONDELL, P.A.
300 Delaware Avenue
Suite 1700
Wilmington, DE 19801
Tel: 302-428-3181
Fax: 302-777-7244
mreardon@elzufon.com
www.elzufon.com
Mark L. Reardon is Chair of the firm’s General Litigation and
Environmental Sections. His practice concentrates on matters
in product liability, personal injury, and toxic tort. Mr. Reardon
also advises non-profits on governance and litigation. He
currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Ministry of Caring,
Inc. He is former Vice-Chair of St. Francis Hospital Board and
Vice-Chair of the Salesianum School Board. Mr. Reardon has
previously served on the Delaware Supreme Court’s Board on
Professional Responsibility and as counsel to the Delaware
State House of Representatives. He is a member of the
Delaware and Pennsylvania Bars. Mr. Reardon graduated with
honors from Boston College (1982) and Widener University
School of Law (1985).
ENVIRONMEN TAL LITIGATION
NON-PROFIT
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
PAUL J. WALSH III WALSH COLLIS & BLACKMER, P.C. The Gulf Tower, Suite 1400 707 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Tel: 412-258-2255 Fax: 412-263-5632 pwalsh@wcblaw.net www.wcblaw.net
Paul J. Walsh III is the managing partner and founder of
Walsh Collis & Blackmer, P.C. He is admitted to practice in
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. Mr. Walsh’s practice
covers the entire spectrum of civil litigation including, but not
limited to, defending companies and individuals in wrongful
death, bodily injury, and catastrophic property losses arising
from major fires and construction, industrial, tractor-trailer,
and automobile accidents. He also concentrates his practice
on product liability claims and defense of bad faith and
employment-practices liability claims. He is a member of
the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Trucking Industry
Defense Association.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
TRANSPORTATION/MARITIME
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
MICHAEL J.
DIAMONDSTEIN
MICHAEL J. DIAMONDS TEIN,
P.C.
2 Penn Center, Suite 900
1500 JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: 215-940-2700
Fax: 215-940-2701
mjdstein@hotmail.com
www.michaeldiamondstein.com
As a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Federal
Bars, Mr. Diamondstein has handled over 10,000 criminal
cases in state and federal courts. He has defended high-profile,
media-sensitive cases and serious, but unreported, criminal
cases, having secured acquittals and dismissals for hundreds
of clients. He is well respected in the legal community, as he
routinely represents clients that have been referred to him
by judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and fellow
attorneys. His vast experience allows him to provide the highest
standard of representation for anyone who has been accused
of crimes, is under investigation, or has been recently arrested.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/D WI
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
MICHAEL K. PARLOW GALLAN T & PARLOW, P. C. 3618 Hulmeville Road Bensalem, PA 19020 Tel: 215-639-4400 Fax: 215-639-4406 mparlow@zgplaw.com www.zgplaw.com
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Michael Parlow has successfully defended individuals in trials
and motions to suppress evidence for those accused of murder,
kidnapping, robbery, rape, burglary, selling drugs, theft, driving
under the influence and many other crimes. Michael has
successfully argued before the 13 members of the Superior
Court of Pennsylvania and helped set precedent with respect to
consent searches in a case involving the evidentiary suppression
of a kilo of cocaine. He is a former deputy prosecutor and has
been practicing criminal law for 18 years. Over the years he
has handled well over 10,000 criminal defense cases. He is an
active member of the Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers
association. He has successfully defended individuals in all the
Eastern Pennsylvania counties and federal court.
