Super Lawyers - Pennsylvania and Delaware 2012

EDWARD P.
SHAUGHNESSY

LAW OFFICES OF ED WARD P. SHAUGHNESSY

731 Lehigh Street Easton, PA 18042

Tel: 610-258-9955

Fax: 610-258-9498 edshau@earthlink.net www.edshau.com Edward P. Shaughnessy, Esquire has been practicing law with a concentration on personal injury law in Lehigh Valley since 1988. Initially associated with his mentor, the late Gus Milides, Esquire, he has been a sole practitioner since 1991 and has offices in both Easton and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Attorney Shaughnessy’s practice has concentrated on the areas of motor vehicle litigation, medical malpractice, products liability, workers’ compensation, and Social Security disability. He is available as an arbitrator in motor vehicle cases and has extensive experience as an arbitrator in UM and UIM cases. He is the editor of the Northampton County Reporter.

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

JOHN A. CAPUTO

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN A. CAPU TO

100 Ross Street Suite 104

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Tel: 412-246-4775

Fax: 412-246-4778 jac@jcaputo.com www.johncaputo.com Mr. Caputo is Certified by both the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. He is an invited fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and The National Trial Lawyers. He has appeared in The Best Lawyers in America for personal injury law since 1995 and in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for many years. Mr. Caputo has taught Trial Planning and Strategy at the University of Pittsburgh Law School as an adjunct. He has practiced since 1972.

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL GENERAL LITIGATION

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE

DEBRA G. SPEYER

LAW OFFICES OF DEBRA G. SPEYER

Two Penn Center Plaza Suite 200

Philadelphia, PA 19102

Tel: 215-238-1980

Fax: 215-238-1383 debra@speyerlaw.com www.speyerlaw.com Debra represents individuals and pension funds nationally and internationally against brokerage firms and investment advisers who have sold fraudulent or unsuitable investments to recover their money. She also handles elder law and estate matters. She has been quoted in over 250 periodicals throughout the world and is a legal commentator for radio and television such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, and The Wall Street Journal Radio. Debra’s recognitions include Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in America, NAWBO’s Women Making History Award, and Arrive Magazine’s Women to Watch. She is a member of the Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, D.C., and Florida Bars, and the British Law Society. She is a Professor at Drexel Law School. ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE ELDER LAW

SECURI TIES LI TIGATION

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DOUGLAS V. STOEHR

ATTORNE Y AT LAW

3600 Fifth Avenue Altoona, PA 16602

Tel: 814-946-4100

Fax: 814-946-4116 dougstoehr@atlanticbbn.net www.stoehrlaw.com Doug Stoehr has represented injured people in Blair and the surrounding eight counties for 18 years. He is a former claims representative which gives him great insight into how insurance companies settle claims. Doug handles automobile cases, claims against nursing homes and hospitals, and general personal injury litigation. Doug is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, settling two difficult claims in very conservative venues for $2 million and $1.65 million. He is former lecturer of business law at Penn State. Doug also writes and publishes a magazine with circulation to over 30,000 households, called Just Cause: A Magazine About Accidents, Injuries, and the Law. He is a Temple Law graduate.

PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL
MARC G. BRECHER WAPNER, NEWMAN, WIGRIZER, BRECHER & MILLER 2000 Market Street Suite 2750 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215-569-0900 Fax: 215-569-4621 brecherm@wnwlaw.com www.wnwlaw.com
Marc G. Brecher is the managing partner of Wapner,
Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller. For the past 25 years,
Mr. Brecher’s practice has been devoted to representing victims
of medical negligence. He has represented clients throughout
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. He has extensive
experience representing children who have suffered brain injury
during the labor and delivery process from trauma or lack
of oxygen. He also has experience in cases involving failure
to timely diagnose cancer and other medical conditions and
intra-operative errors. For the last three years he has been
selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association to Top
100 Trial Lawyers.

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUC TS

PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE

MARTIN S. KARDON

KANTER, BERNS TEIN & KARDON, P.C.

1617 JFK Boulevard Suite 1150

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel: 215-568-5885 Fax: 215-568-1294 kardon@kbklaw.com www.kbklaw.com Kanter, Bernstein & Kardon has been representing seriously injured persons for over 50 years. Over the past 30 years Marty Kardon has handled cases involving birth injuries, inadequate security, hospital/surgical malpractice, and catastrophic motor vehicle accidents. The primary focus of his practice for the past 20 years has been representing the families and victims of abuse or neglect in nursing home and other long-term-care facilities throughout the State of Pennsylvania. As an active member of the American Association for Justice he frequently lectures both in Pennsylvania and across the country to other attorneys engaged in long-term-care litigation.

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE
JOSEPH C. MURRAY LAW FIRM OF ALLEN L. ROTHENBERG Rothenberg Center 1420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Tel: 215-732-7000 Fax: 215-732-2758 jcm@injurylawyer.com www.injurylawyer.com
Joseph C. Murray is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame
Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. He
serves as the Director of Litigation at the Law Firm of Allen L.
Rothenberg, a premier plaintiffs’ firm that has fought fiercely for
the rights of seriously injured plaintiffs for more than 35 years.
Joe limits his practice to major civil litigation in catastrophic
injury cases. He has tried and settled many multimillion-dollar
cases in the fields of product liability, trucking and automobile
accidents, premises liability, and medical malpractice. He is a
former Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney who served as
Chief of the Homicide Unit and as Deputy of the Trial Division.
He is a frequent lecturer and has taught trial advocacy at
Temple University School of Law.

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PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS

LENARD A. COHEN LAW OFFICES OF LENARD A. COHEN, P.C. 1800 JFK Boulevard Suite 1500 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215-765-8181 Fax: 215-765-8081 len@lenardcohen.com www.lenardcohen.com
Lenard A. Cohen handles a wide variety of civil litigation
cases, but is best known for his practice in the field of workers’
compensation. He has been a sole practitioner for 27 years. He
is past co-chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Workers’
Compensation Section. He was the 2004 recipient of the
prestigious Martha J. Hampton Memorial Award, in recognition
of his strong advocacy and commitment to injured workers
and honoring his years of service to the section and the bar
association. He was recently appointed to Judge Alexander F.
Barbieri Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court. He is a
graduate of Delaware Law School. Selected to the Top 100 list
in Pennsylvania in 2009 and the Top 100 list in Philadelphia in
2009 and 2010 by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers magazine.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

HALMON L. BANKS, III

MARTIN BANKS

1818 Market Street 35th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel: 215-587-8400 Fax: 215-587-8417 hbanks@paworkinjury.com www.paworkinjury.com Halmon L. Banks, III, has represented injured workers exclusively for the past 25 years. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Banks is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations and is active in their Workers’ Compensation Sections, promoting the rights of injured workers. Mr. Banks is past Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and currently serves on the Program Planning Committee. He frequently lectures and writes articles in the area of workers’ compensation. His firm also represents disabled persons in Social Security disability claims.