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| | Address | | 120 West Tenth Street | | Erie, Pennsylvania 16501-1461 | | (Erie Co.) | | | |
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| Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice, Insurance, Workers' Compensation, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Banking and Corporate Law, Taxation, Securities, Public and Corporate Finance, Estate Planning and Probate, Real Estate, Management Labor Law, Bond and Underwriter's Counsel, Family Law, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Elder Law, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Environmental Law, Finance, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labor and Unemployment, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Sciences, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, and Zoning, Planning, and Land Use. | Firm Profile:
Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. began as a partnership among William W. Knox, Gerald J. Weber, Conrad A. Pearson, and John M. McLaughlin in 1958. The founding attorneys practiced principally litigation; government and finance law; business and tax law; and workers' compensation law. A merger with Magenau and Gornall in 1976 and the addition of numerous experienced attorneys in other practice areas have contributed to the growth of the firm. Today, Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. consists of 40 attorneys, 10 paralegals, and 40 support staff. Practice areas have expanded to include real estate law; labor and employment law; estate planning and administration; and bankruptcy and creditors' rights law; and family law. In the 50 years we have been practicing law, from northwestern Pennsylvania to the U.S. Supreme Court, we have become one of the region's largest, most experienced firms. We've done that by combining our knowledge of the law with practical business sense, innovative thinking, talent, and responsiveness. | | Firm Size: 40 | Representative Clients:
American Meter Company; Anesthesia Consultants of Erie, Inc.; Automotive Association of Erie County; Baldwin Brothers Inc.; Better Baked Foods; Betts Industries, Inc.; Borough of Cranesville; Borough of Edinboro; Broadsfire Services; Builders Hardware and Specialty Company; Carlisle Engineered Products, Inc.; Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Chicago Title Insurance Company; Chubb Group of Insurance Companies; Cincinnati Insurance Company; Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania; City of Erie; City of Warren; CNA Insurance Companies; Colonial Machine Company, Inc.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Community Health Net; Corry Area School District; Crawford & Company; Crawford Central School District; Dad' s Products Company, Inc.; Dawson Metal Company, Inc.; Dean Dariy Products; Dentists Insurance Company; Electralloy Corporation; Ellwood National Crankshaft; Ellwood National Forge; Erie City Water Works; Erie Coke Corp.; Erie County Technical School; Erie Insurance Group; Erie Municipal Airport Authority; Erie Plating Company; Erie Sewer Authority; Erie Strayer Company; Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority; Fairview School District; Federated Rural Electric Insurance Exchange; Finish Thompson, Inc.; First Energy; First National Bank of Pennsylvania; Frith Maple Products, Inc.; Gateway Risk Services, Inc.; General Motors Acceptance Corporation; Giant Eagle, Inc.; Girard School District; Girard Township; Girard Township Water and Sewer Authority; GPU Service, Inc.; Great Lakes Manufacturing, Inc.; Greene Township Zoning Hearing Board; Guard Insurance Group; Hamot Health Foundation; Harbor Creek School District; Hardinger Transfer Company; Highlands Insurance Group; Housing Authority of the City of Erie; Hydro-Pac, Inc.; Ideal Tool Company, Inc.; Iroquois School District; Jamestown Area School District; Johnsonburg School District; Kane Area School District; Key Bank; Lake Erie Women's Center; Larson Texts, Inc.; Lawyers Title Insurance Company; Lord Corporation; McBrier Properties; Meadowbrook Dairy; Medical Protective Company; Mercyhurst College; Mill Village Borough; Millcreek Community Hospital; Millcreek Township; Millcreek Township School District; Modern Industries, Inc.; Motion Control Industries; National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; North Coast Processing, Inc.; North East School District; Northwest Human Development, Inc.; Northwest Savings Bank; Northwestern Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Oil City Area School District; Old Republic Insurance Company; Owens-Illinois; Paradise Insurance Company; Penn National Insurance; Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Fund; Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Company (PMSLIC); Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association; Penntech Employees Federal Credit Union; Perry Construction Group Inc.; PHB, Inc.; PMA Insurance Group; PNC Bank, National Association; Prenatt Manufacturing, Inc.; Presbyterian Homes, Presbytery of Lake Erie; Progressive; ProNational Insurance Company; Reed Manufacturing Company; Rick Griffith Properties; Rldg-U-Rak; RSKco; Saegertown Manufacturing Corp.; Sarah A. Reed Retirement Center; School District of the City of Erie; Scott Enterprises; Scott's Development Company; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company; Stairways; Stargate Services; Summit Township; Tecnica Development Company; Times Publishing Company; Titusville Area School District; Torpedo Specialty Wire; Trunco, Inc.; Tuscarora Wayne Mutual Insurance Company; Uniflow Manufacturing Company; Union City Area School District; Union City Borough; Uniplast International, Inc.; United Refining Company; Urick Foundry; Utica National Insurance Company; Valeo, Inc.; Visiting Nurse Association of Erie County; Warren County School District; Warren Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Warren General Hospital; Washington Mutual Bank, F.A.; Wattsburg Area School District; Wells Fargo & Company; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.; Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc.; Westminster Place Partnership; York Insurance Company; Yorktown Giant Eagle. |
Other Office Locations of Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C.
Jamestown, New York, U.S.A.
| | Richard H. Zamboldi (Shareholder) born Kittanning, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1963); Villanova University (J.D., 1966). Order of the Coif. Comment Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1965-1966. Law Clerk to Hon. Herbert P. Sorg, U.S. District Court for Western District of Pennsylvania, 1966-1967. Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1967-1968. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Collective Bargaining; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employer Liability; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Claims; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Mediation; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Harassment; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Labor Relations; Labor Strikes; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; National Labor Relations Act; Outsourcing; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Employment Law; Public Sector Labor Relations; Reductions in Force; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Union Contract Negotiations; Union Organization; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Wrongful Termination Defense. Email: Richard H. Zamboldi | | Jack M. Gornall (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1967); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1970). Member, Moot Court Board, National Moot Court Team. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Mortgages; Mortgage Finance; Mortgage Refinancing; Probate; Probate Administration; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Residential Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Powers of Attorney; Wills; Living Wills; Inheritance. Email: Jack M. Gornall | | Harry K. Thomas (Shareholder) born Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1941; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania; 1989, Florida. Education: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1963); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1970). Law Clerk to Hon. Gerald J. Weber, U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania, 1970-1971. Administrative Assistant to Hon. Joseph P. Willson, U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania, 1971-1972. Member, Workers' Compensation Judges' Rules of Procedure Committee of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chairman, Workers' Compensation Section, 1987-1988) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Mediation; Workers Compensation Self Insurance; Workers Compensation Subrogation. Email: Harry K. Thomas | | Michael A. Fetzner (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 2007, New York. Education: Gannon University (B.S., 1969); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1972). Assistant District Attorney, Erie County, 1975-1976. Member: Erie County (Past President, Treasurer, Executive Board Member), Pennsylvania (Executive Council Member, Workers' Compensation Section, 1991—) and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Fellow, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation; Northwest Pennsylvania Inns of Court; Representative of Pennsylvania House of Delegates. (Also at Jamestown, New York Office). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration. Email: Michael A. Fetzner | | Michael J. Visnosky (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.A., 1969); Notre Dame University (J.D., 1972). Distinguished Pennsylvanian Award, Gannon University, 2000. Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1992—. Instructor, Gannon University, 1976-1978. Associate Professor, Mercyhurst College, 1985-1987. Solicitor to Sheriff of Erie County, 1975-1977. Law Clerk for Judges for the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County, 1972-1974. Member: Erie County (Secretary, 1981-1983; Chairman, Family Law Committee), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Family/Matrimonial Law; Divorce; Equitable Distribution; Real Estate Tax Assessment; Child Custody; Child Support; Spousal Support; Adoption Law; Visitation Rights; Personal Injury; Family Law; Alimony; Cohabitation Agreements; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Torts; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Bankruptcy Law; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders; Separation Agreements; Health Care; Health Care Legislation; Health Care Litigation; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care Regulation; Health Insurance Coverage; Managed Care Contracts; Hospital Law; Hospital Administration; Hospital Collections; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Secured Lending; Real Estate Settlements; Real Estate Tax Appeals; Real Estate Title Examination; Residential Real Estate. Email: Michael J. Visnosky | | Donald E. Wright, Jr. (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, May 10, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1970); University of Akron (J.D., 1974). Member: Moot Court; Scribes. Editor-in-Chief, University of Akron Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania School Boards Solicitors Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law. Email: Donald E. Wright, Jr. | | Richard W. Perhacs (Shareholder) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: St. Vincent College (B.A., cum laude, 1971); Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Decisions Editor, Duquesne Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Hon. Harry A. Kramer, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 1974-1976. President, Board of Directors, Northwestern Legal Services, 1977-1980. Assistant County Solicitor, Erie County, 1979-1982 and 2006—. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law; Aged and Aging; Age Discrimination; Civil Rights; Race Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Disabilities; Americans with Disabilities Act; Education Law; Academic Employment; Employee Benefits; Unemployment Compensation; Labor and Employment; Collective Bargaining; Employment Arbitration; Harassment; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Employment Law; Public Sector Labor Relations; Municipal Law; Municipal Labor Law. Email: Richard W. Perhacs | | Robert G. Dwyer (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania. Education: Georgetown University (B.S.B.A., 1970; J.D., 1974). Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1976. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Taxation; Real Estate. Email: Robert G. Dwyer | | Christine Hall McClure (Shareholder) born Seymour, Indiana, June 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania. Education: Chatham College (B.A., 1973); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Start-Ups; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Education Law; Academic Employment; Public School Law; School Law; Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Government; Township Law; Mortgages; Mortgage Lien Foreclosure; Municipal Law; Municipal Contracts; Municipal Finance; Public Finance; Economic Development; Quiet Title; Real Estate Contracts; Real Property; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Sales; Taxation; Inheritance Tax; Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Trust Law; Trust Planning; Wills; Living Wills; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Subdivisions; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances. | | R. Perrin Baker (Shareholder) born Orange, New Jersey, January 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1973); Villanova School of Law (J.D., 1977). Member: Erie County (Member, Board of Directors), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Finance; Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Workouts; Workouts; Creditors Rights; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights; Banking Law; Commercial Loans; Interest and Usury; Lenders Rights; Letters of Credit; Loan Restructuring; Loan Workouts; Secured Lending; Business Law; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Secured Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Workouts; Construction Law; Construction Finance; Construction Liens; Contracts; Commercial Contracts; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: R. Perrin Baker | | Carl N. Moore (Shareholder) born Easton, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1976); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1979). Beta Alpha Psi. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania School Boards Solicitors Association; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Municipal Law; Education Law; Public School Law; Municipal Corporation Law; Workers' Compensation Defense. Email: Carl N. Moore | | David M. Mosier (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania and U.S. Tax Court. Education: John Carroll University (B.S., cum laude, 1978); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member, Cleveland Marshall Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: "Molding ERISA Plans to Qualify as Spendthrift Trusts Under Bankruptcy Law," Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, Vol. LXI, No. 3, July 1990. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Employee Benefits; Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: David M. Mosier | | Thomas A. Tupitza (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania. Education: Westminster College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Executive Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1981-1982. Member, Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc., 2003—. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers (Board of Directors, 1994-2005; President, 2003-2004); National Association of Bond Lawyers; American Health Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Commercial Real Estate; Health Care; Bond Finance; Tax Exempt Finance; Tax Exempt Bonds; Industrial Development; Industrial Development Bonds; Economic Development; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care Finance; Hospital Law; Commercial Leasing; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Organizations Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Tax Exempt Organizations; Property Law; Real Estate; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Development; Condominium Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Finance; Religious Institutions; Religious Corporation Tax; Religious Nonprofit Corporation Law. Email: Thomas A. Tupitza | | Guy C. Fustine (Shareholder) born Ridgway, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Notre Dame School of Law, London, England; Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Alden Scholar, Allegheny College, 1975-1979. Law Clerk to Hon. William B. Washabaugh, United States Bankruptcy Judge, 1982-1985. Included in The Best Lawyers in America (1993-2008). Super Lawyer 2007 and 2008. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. (Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Arbitration; Bankruptcy Chapter 7; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Chapter 12; Bankruptcy Chapter 13; Bankruptcy Collections; Bankruptcy Fraud; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Mediation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Bankruptcy Taxation; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Foreclosure; Commercial Insolvency; Commercial Recovery; Commercial Workouts; Consumer Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Debt Relief; Debtor Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Fraudulent Conveyance; Insolvency; International Bankruptcy; International Insolvency; Liquidations; Out of Court Debt Restructuring; Personal Bankruptcy; Pre-Bankruptcy Workouts; Receiverships; Repossessions; Workouts; Workouts Taxation; Creditors Rights; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Debtor and Creditor Remedies; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Debtors Rights; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; International Creditors Rights; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights. Email: Guy C. Fustine | | Brian Glowacki (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania and U.S. Tax Court; 2003, New York. Education: Gannon University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1983). Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1984. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (Also at Jamestown, New York Office). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Taxation; Alcoholic Beverages; Liquor Licensing; Business Associations Law; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Syndication; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Commercial Law; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Sale of Goods; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Syndication; Construction Law; Construction Contracts; Construction Finance; Corporate Law; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Organization; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Planning; Corporate Taxation; Incorporation; Nonprofit Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Asset Sales; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Commercial Leasing; Leasing; Office Leasing; Retail Leasing; Medicare and Medicaid; Medicaid Planning; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mortgages; Commercial Mortgages; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Tax Exempt Organizations; Partnership Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Syndication; Partnership Taxation; Probate; Probate Administration; Easements; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Real Estate Exchanges; Real Estate Joint Ventures; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Partnerships; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Taxation; Real Property; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Real Property Finance; Residential Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Acquisitions; Residential Real Estate Development; Residential Real Estate Finance; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Sales; Right of Way Easements; Securities; Private Placement; Shareholder Agreements; Employment Tax; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; Federal Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Individual Taxation; Inheritance Tax; Like Kind Exchanges; Local Taxation; Property Tax; State Income Tax; Tax Deferred Exchanges; Transfer Tax; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Living Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Trust Planning; Wills; Living Wills. Email: Brian Glowacki | | Francis J. Klemensic (Shareholder) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.A., 1981); University of Bridgeport (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice. Email: Francis J. Klemensic | | Timothy M. Sennett (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.A., 1980); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1983). Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Housing Law; Education Law; Eminent Domain; Public Finance; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Condemnation; Inverse Condemnation; Land Annexation; Property Rights; Government; Congressional Investigations; County Government Law; County Liability; False Claims Act; Federal Government Law; Federal Grants; Federal Legislative Practice; Federal Tort Claims; Government Affairs; Government Agency Practice; Government Ethics; Government Immunity; Government Investigations; Government Relations; Government Risk Management; Government Tort Liability; Governmental Defense; Governmental Law; Governmental Liability; Initiative and Referendum; International Government Relations; Legislative Practice; Local Government Civil Rights; Local Government Defense; Local Government Law; Local Government Liability; Local Government Relations; Political Subdivision Liability; Public Officials Liability; Public Policy; State Government Law; State Legislative Practice; Township Law; Government Contracts; Government Construction Contracts; Government Contract Arbitration; Government Contract Cost Accounting; Government Contract Fraud; Government Procurement; International Government Contracts; Local Government Contracts; Public Bidding; Public Contract Law; Public Works Contracts; Affordable Housing; Apartment Projects; Fair Housing; Housing Discrimination; Housing Finance; Low Income Housing; Multi-Family Housing; Public Housing; Subsidized Housing; Leases and Leasing; Evictions; Landlord and Tenant Law; Lease Terminations; Leasing; Municipal Bonds; Municipal Bonds Taxation; Municipal Civil Rights; Municipal Contracts; Municipal Corporation Law; Municipal Derivative Products; Municipal Finance; Municipal Labor Law; Municipal Leasing; Municipal Liability; Municipal License Tax; Municipal Pension Law; Municipal Prosecution; Municipal Redevelopment; Municipal Risk Management; Municipal Securities; Municipal Solid Waste; Municipal Solid Waste Resource Recovery; Municipal Taxation; Municipal Torts; Municipal Utility Law; Municipal Utility Regulation; Police Labor Law; Tax Increment Finance; Bond Finance; Community Development; Economic Development; Economic Incentive; Housing and Urban Development; Industrial Development; Industrial Development Bonds; Infrastructure Development; Project Finance; Public Authority Finance; Tax Exempt Bonds; Tax Exempt Finance; Public-Private Partnerships; Public Finance Taxation; Blue Sky Law; Government Securities; Public Offerings; Securities Arbitration; Tax Exempt Securities; Federal Income Tax; Federal Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Income Tax; Individual Taxation; Public Utility Law; Public Utility Rates; Sewer Utilities; Water Utilities; Building and Public Safety Codes; Improvement Districts; Land Conservation; Land Development; Land Entitlement; Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Land Use Permitting; Land Use Regulation; Rezoning; Special Districts; Subdivisions; Water Districts; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances. Email: Timothy M. Sennett | | Jeffrey D. Scibetta (Shareholder) born New Haven, Connecticut, June 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1982); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1985); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., in Taxation, 1992). Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Arnold Raum, U.S. Tax Court. Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1988. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning and Administration; Business Transactions; Real Estate; Business Law; Business Dissolutions; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Reorganization; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Taxation; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Family Business Successions; Limited Liability Company Law; Small Business Law; Probate; Ancillary Probate; Probate Administration; Probate Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; Federal Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Fiscal Law; Generation Skipping Tax; Income Tax; Individual Taxation; Inheritance Tax; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Living Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Trust Administration; Trust Law; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Living Wills. | | Patricia K. Smith (Shareholder) born Franklin, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 1987, Pennsylvania. Education: Mercyhurst College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1981). Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation Law; Special Education Practice; Municipal Law; Administrative Law; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Administrative Litigation; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Section 1983; Discrimination; Constitutional Law; Freedom of Religion; Disabilities; Americans with Disabilities Act; Disability Discrimination; Handicapped Rights; Education Law; Public School Law; School Board Defense; School Equal Protection; School Law; Special Education; Workers' Compensation; Workers' Compensation Appeals; Workers' Compensation Defense; Workers' Compensation Mediation. Email: Patricia K. Smith | | Mark T. Wassell (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, August 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Ohio; 1987, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1979); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1984). Staff Member, 1982-1983 and Managing Editor, 1983-1984, Cleveland State Law Review. Author: "Interboro Affirmed: N.L.R.B. v. City Disposal Systems, Inc.," Law & Fact, Vol. 58, Issue 6, 1984. Instructor, Labor-Management Relations, Mercyhurst College. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Disabilities; Americans with Disabilities Act; Education Law; Academic Employment; Public School Law; School Board Defense; Employee Benefits; Unemployment Compensation; Government; Local Government Defense; Health Care; Health Care Liability; Nursing Home Liability; Physicians Contracts; Hospital Law; Hospital Liability Defense; Medical Staff Contracts; Age Discrimination in Employment; Collective Bargaining; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Contracts; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Harassment; Labor Arbitration; Labor Law; Labor Relations; Labor Strikes; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; National Labor Relations Act; National Origin Discrimination; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Public Sector Collective Bargaining; Public Sector Employment Law; Public Sector Labor Relations; Reductions in Force; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Union Elections; Wage and Hour Law; WARN Act; Wrongful Termination Defense; Municipal Labor Law. Email: Mark T. Wassell | | Richard A. Lanzillo (Shareholder) born Baltimore, Maryland, January 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Arizona; 1988, Pennsylvania. Education: Mercyhurst College (B.A., 1983, Carpe Diem Award Recipient); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., summa cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif. Recipient: Allegheny County Bar Association Award; Alumni Scholarship; Owens Fellowship. University of Pittsburgh Law Review (Staff Member, 1985-1986, and Articles Editor, 1986-1987). Instructor of Business Law, Mercyhurst College. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Tort Litigation; Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Mediation; Unfair Trade; Civil Appeals; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Mediation; Banking Litigation; Lender Liability; Business Fraud; Business Litigation; Business Torts; Casino Law; Civil Liberties; Civil Rights Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Bribery; Commercial Constitutional Law; Commercial Fraud; Commercial Liability; Commercial Mediation; Commercial Torts; Complex Commercial Litigation; Sale of Goods; Uniform Commercial Code; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; First Amendment Law; Media and First Amendment; Construction Arbitration; Construction Claims; Construction Contracts; Construction Defects; Construction Liability; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Contractor Performance Bonds; Mechanics Liens; Breach of Contract; Commercial Contracts; Contract Fraud; Contract Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Creditors Rights; College and University Law; Independent School Law; Private Education Law; School Board Defense; School District Liability; Title IX Discrimination; Condemnation; ERISA Litigation; Entertainment Law; Entertainment Liability; Civil Fraud; Government Investigations; Governmental Defense; Governmental Law; Local Government Civil Rights; Local Government Defense; Local Government Liability; Political Subdivision Liability; Public Officials Liability; Qui Tam Litigation; Health Care Liability; Hospital Collections; Hospital Liability; Insurance Arbitration; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Mediation; Casualty Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; New Media Law; Internet Litigation; Age Discrimination in Employment; Employer Liability; Employer Rights; Employment at Will; Employment Breach of Contract; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Mediation; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Harassment; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; WARN Act; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination Defense; Defamation; Libel and Slander; Libel Defense; Media Libel; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Long-Arm Litigation; Trial Practice; U.S. Supreme Court Litigation; Municipal Civil Rights; Municipal Defense; Municipal Liability; Municipal Taxation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Personal Injury Arbitration; Personal Injury Defense; Personal Injury Mediation; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Products Liability Defense; Accountants Liability; Architects and Engineers Errors and Omissions; Directors and Officers Errors and Omissions; Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability Defense; Real Estate Litigation; Civil RICO; Securities Arbitration; Securities Fraud; Securities Fraud Arbitration; Securities Litigation; Tax Litigation; Civil Liability; Intentional Torts; Tort Defense; Theft of Trade Secrets; Trade Secret Misappropriation; Lanham Act; Trademark Litigation; Motor Carrier Defense; Motor Carrier Liability; Transportation Liability; Estate Litigation; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Trust Litigation. Email: Richard A. Lanzillo | | Joanna K. Budde (Shareholder) born St. Louis, Missouri, April 27, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1985); Duquesne University (J.D., 1988). Member, 1986-1987 and Associate Recent Decisions Editor, 1987-1988, Duquesne Law Review. Member, Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Fellow: Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance; Litigation; Civil Practice; Insurance Coverage. Email: Joanna K. Budde | | Peter A. Pentz (Shareholder) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1986); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1989). Delta Theta Phi. Author: "The Mujahidin Middleman: Pakistan's Role in the Afghan Crisis and the International Rule of Non-Intervention," Dickinson Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, No. 3, Spring, 1988. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation Law; Insurance Law; Litigation; Workers Compensation; Industrial Insurance; Workers' Compensation Appeals; Workers' Compensation Defense; Workers' Compensation Mediation; Workers' Compensation Self Insurance; Workers' Compensation Subrogation. Email: Peter A. Pentz | | Mark G. Claypool (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: The Pennsylvania State University (B.S., with distinction, 1988); Duke University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1991). Member, Penn State University's Scholar's Program. Gold Key National Honor Society. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Collections; Commercial Law; Debtor and Creditor; Bankruptcy Chapter 7; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Chapter 12; Bankruptcy Chapter 13; Bankruptcy Collections; Bankruptcy Fraud; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Foreclosure; Commercial Insolvency; Commercial Recovery; Commercial Workouts; Consumer Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Debt Relief; Foreclosures; Debtor Bankruptcy; Fraudulent Conveyance; Insolvency; Liquidations; Out of Court Debt Restructuring; Personal Bankruptcy; Pre-Bankruptcy Workouts; Receiverships; Repossessions; Workouts; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Debtor and Creditor Remedies; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Debtors Rights; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights; Commercial Collections; Garnishments; International Collections; Post Judgment Collections; Professional Collections; Retail Collections; Secured Collections; Unsecured Collections. Email: Mark G. Claypool | | Thomas C. Hoffman, II (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., Accounting, 1988); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1991). Tax Consultant with Ernst & Young, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991-1993. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Tax; Real Property and Probate) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Tax Division); Estate Planning Council (Member, Board of Directors); Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership (Member, Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Business; Corporate; Tax Law; Estate Planning; Aged and Aging; Elder Law; Business Law; Business Associations Law; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Mediation; Family Business Successions; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Trusts and Estates; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Bankruptcy; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children; Estate Planning for the Disabled; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Law; Fiduciary Liability; Fiduciary Litigation; Financial Planning; International Estate Planning; International Trusts; International Trusts and Estates; Living Trusts; Offshore Trusts; Personal Planning; Pet Trusts; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Special Needs Trusts; Surrogates Court Practice; Trust Administration; Trust and Estate Collections; Trust Law; Trust Litigation; Trust Planning; Unclaimed Property; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Contested Wills; Inheritance; Living Wills; Missing Heir Searches. Email: Thomas C. Hoffman, II | | Mark J. Kuhar (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.S., Finance, magna cum laude, 1990); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Syracuse University Law Review, 1992-1993. Member: Pennsylvania and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Mark J. Kuhar | | Timothy M. Zieziula (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.S., 1989); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Associate Member, Duquesne University Law Review, 1992-1994. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Section) Bar Associations; Federalist Society (President, 1993-1994). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Occupational Safety and Health; Real Estate. Email: Timothy M. Zieziula | | Jennifer E. Gornall (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., 1993); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1996). Articles Editor, Dickinson Law Review. Member, Woolsack Society. Recipient, American Bar Association Section of Urban, State and Local Government Law Award. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania (Young Lawyer's Division Zone 7 Chairperson Representative, 1997-1998; Zone 7 Delegate to House of Delegates, 1997-1998) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Government; Education Law; Municipal Law. Email: Jennifer E. Gornall | | Jerome C. Wegley (Shareholder) born Erie, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1967; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.S., Accounting, 1990); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1999). Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1992. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Tax Law; Elder Law; Asset Protection; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Succession Planning; Business Transactions; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Partnership Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Probate; Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; Fiduciary Income Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Inheritance Tax; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Jerome C. Wegley | | Mark A. Denlinger (Shareholder) born Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., Government and International Relations, cum laude, 1995); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1999). Editor, Dickinson School of Law, Law Review. Member: United Way of Carlisle and Cumberland County; Great Carlisle Area Chamber of Commerce; The Downtown Carlisle Association. Member: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; Alcoholic Beverages; Liquor Licensing; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Business Associations Law; Business Cooperatives; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Fraud; Business Planning; Business Organization; Business Regulation; Business Reorganization; Business Succession Planning; Business Start-Ups; Business Successions; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Business Trusts; Business Valuation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Entrepreneurial Business Law; Family Business Law; Family Business Successions; International Business Law; International Joint Ventures; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Private Business Law; Privatization; Professional Practices; Small Business Law; Sole Proprietorships; Strategic Alliances; Commercial Law; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Transfers; Commercial Trusts; Negotiable Instruments; Sale of Goods; Secured Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Computers and Software; Computer Contracts; Computer Software Law; Computer Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology Contracts; Information Technology Licensing; International Computer Law; Software Copyright; Software Licensing; Corporate Law; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Finance; Corporate Formation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Organization; Corporate Partnerships; Corporate Planning; Corporate Real Estate; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Taxation; Family Corporations; Incorporation; Nonprofit Corporations; Professional Corporations; S Corporations; Small Business Corporations; Franchises and Franchising; Automotive Franchises and Dealerships; Franchise Law; Franchise Licensing; Franchise Termination; Health Care; Continuing Care Retirement Communities; Health Care Administration; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Contracts; Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care Facility Licensing; Health Care Facility Regulation; Health Care Fraud; Health Care Insolvency; Health Care Licensing; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care Regulation; Health Care Reimbursement; Health Law; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems; Long Term Care; Managed Care Contracts; Nurses Licensing; Patients Rights; Physician Practices; Physicians Contracts; Physicians Licensing; Hospital Law; Hospital Liability; Hospital Security; Medical Staff Contracts; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; Internet Law; E-Commerce; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Leasing; Medicare and Medicaid; Medicare Fraud and Abuse; Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Acquisitions; Business Divestitures; Merger Reorganization; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Giving; Charitable Limited Partnerships; Charitable Organizations Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Nonprofit Tax Law; Private Foundations; Public Charities; Tax Exempt Organizations; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Technology and Science; Technology Joint Ventures; Technology Law; Technology Transfers; Trademarks; Trade Names; Trademark Licensing; Trademark Registration. Email: Mark A. Denlinger | | —————————— | | Peter W. Yoars, Jr. (Associate) born Mount Kisco, New York, March 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, New York, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2007, Pennsylvania. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1993); Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: Westchester County, New York State and American Bar Associations. (Also at Jamestown, New York Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Administrative Law; Professional Licensing; Appellate Practice; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Defense; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Accidents; Construction Insurance Defense; Construction Liability; Scaffolding Liability; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Contract Litigation; Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Health Care; Health Care Liability; Managed Care Liability; Nursing Home Liability; Hospital Law; Hospital Liability Defense; Insurance Litigation; Arson and Insurance Fraud; Casualty Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice; Negligence; Negligence Defense; Personal Injury; Brain Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Head Injury; Personal Injury Defense; Wrongful Death; Premises Liability; Premises Liability Defense; Premises Security; Products Liability Defense; Professional Liability; Professional Liability Defense; Sports Law; Professional Sports Law; Torts; Tort Defense; Toxic Torts; Toxic Tort Defense; Transportation; Motor Carrier Defense. Email: Peter W. Yoars, Jr. | | Tracey D. Bowes (Associate) born March 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania. Education: Virginia Commonwealth University (B.A., English, cum laude, 1997); University of Pittsburgh, School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Assoiations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Tracey D. Bowes | | Bryan G. Baumann (Associate) born Erie, Pennsylvania, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1998); Loyola University (J.D., 2002). Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Bryan G. Baumann | | Neal R. Devlin (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, November 8, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania. Education: Colgate University (B.A., Molecular Biology, cum laude, 1999); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Phi Eta Sigma. Finalist, Appellate Moot Court Competition, Fall 2000. Editor-in-Chief, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 2001-2002. Recipient, Rising Star Award, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2008. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Contracts; Uniform Commercial Code; Warranty Law; Directors and Officers Liability; Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Communications Law; Class Actions; Appellate Practice; Trial Practice; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Construction Law; Education Law; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Litigation; Government; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Business Combinations; Complex Business Litigation; Civil Practice; Commercial Law; Consumer Law; Copyrights; Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Employee Benefits; Hospital Law; Hospital Liability Defense; Insurance; Insurance Defense; Employment Litigation; Employment Mediation; Leases and Leasing; Negligence; Premises Liability; Professional Liability; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Taxation; Tax Litigation; Torts; Trademarks; Trademark Litigation. Email: Neal R. Devlin | | Joseph Gula, III (Associate) born North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1970; admitted to bar, 2002, Delaware and Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Duquesne University (B.S., 1993); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Erie County, Cambria County, Delaware, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Reorganization; Collections; Intellectual Property; Bankruptcy Arbitration; Bankruptcy Chapter 7; Bankruptcy Chapter 11; Bankruptcy Chapter 12; Bankruptcy Chapter 13; Bankruptcy Collections; Bankruptcy Fraud; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Mediation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Bankruptcy Taxation; Bankruptcy Trustees Rights; Commercial Bankruptcy; Commercial Foreclosure; Commercial Insolvency; Commercial Recovery; Commercial Workouts; Consumer Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Debtor Bankruptcy; Debt Relief; Foreclosures; Fraudulent Conveyance; Insolvency; International Bankruptcy; International Insolvency; Liquidations; Out of Court Debt Restructuring; Personal Bankruptcy; Pre-Bankruptcy Workouts; Receiverships; Repossessions; Workouts; Workouts Taxation; Commercial Collections; Garnishments; International Collections; Post Judgment Collections; Professional Collections; Retail Collections; Secured Collections; Unsecured Collections; Computers and Software; Information Technology Licensing; Software Copyright; Software Licensing; Software Protection; Copyrights; Copyright Infringement; Copyright Licensing; Copyright Prosecution; Copyright Protection; Copyright Registration; Creditors Rights; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor; Debtor and Creditor Collections; Debtor and Creditor Remedies; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor Rights; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Debtors Rights; Fair Debt Collection Practices Act; International Creditors Rights; Secured Creditors Rights; Unsecured Creditors Rights; Entertainment and the Arts; Music Licensing; Artistic Property; Chemical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Arbitration; Intellectual Property Infringement; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Portfolio Management; Intellectual Property Procurement; Intellectual Property Rights; Internet Intellectual Property; Literary Property; Mechanical Intellectual Property; Medical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Piracy; Internet Law; Content Licensing; Digital Signatures; Domain Name Infringement; Internet Licensing; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Evictions; Commercial Leasing; Industrial Leasing; International Leasing; Landlord and Tenant Law; Lease Finance; Lease Terminations; Leasing; Rent Control; Office Leasing; Leveraged Leasing; Retail Leasing; Shopping Center Leasing; Unlawful Detainer; Mortgages; Mortgage Bankruptcy; Mortgage Workouts; Patents; Biochemical Patents; Biotechnology Patents; Business Method Patents; Chemical Patent Prosecution; Design Patents; Internet Patents; Medical Patents; Metallurgical Patents; Patent Applications; Patent Infringement; Patent Licensing; Patent Prosecution; Patent Protection; Pharmaceutical Patent Prosecution; Pharmaceutical Patents; Regulatory Law; Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law; Technology and Science; Technology Contracts; Technology Protection; Trademarks; Counterfeiting; International Trademarks; Internet Trademarks; Lanham Act; Trade Dress; Trade Names; Trademark Arbitration; Trademark Infringement; Trademark Licensing; Trademark Litigation; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Protection; Trademark Registration. | | Nadia A. Havard (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania; 2005, New York. Education: Moscow Pedagogical University (M.A./B.A., German and English, with honors, 1993); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Graduate Courses in Research, 1995-1996); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member, Albany Law Review, 2002-2004. Legal Intern, Health Bureau, New York State Attorney General's Office, Albany, New York. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section, 2002-2004). (Also at Jamestown, New York Office). Languages: German, Russian. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Corporate Formation; Business Acquisitions; Business Law; Business Development; Business Dissolutions; Business Estate Planning; Business Formation; Business Organization; Business Planning; Business Reorganization; Business Start-Ups; Business Succession Planning; Business Successions; Business Taxation; Business Transactions; Business Transfers; Buy-Sell Agreements; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Closely Held Business Estate Planning; Closely Held Business Law; Closely Held Business Taxation; Limited Liability Company Law; Pass-Through Entities; Sole Proprietorships; Contracts; Commercial Contracts; Corporate Law; Closely Held Corporations; Corporate Contracts; Corporate Dissolutions; Corporate Fiduciary Law; Corporate Governance; Corporate Income Tax; Corporate Organization; Corporate Planning; Corporate Reorganization; Corporate Successions; Corporate Tax Controversies; Corporate Tax Planning; Corporate Taxation; Family Corporations; Incorporation; Nonprofit Corporations; S Corporations; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Merger Reorganization; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Giving; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Tax Law; Private Foundations; Public Charities; Tax Exempt Organizations; Partnership Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Family Partnerships; Limited Liability Partnerships; Limited Partnerships; Partnership Dissolution; Partnership Formation; Partnership Organization; Partnership Taxation; Probate; Probate Administration; Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Income Tax; Federal Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Individual Taxation; Inheritance Tax; Like Kind Exchanges; Local Taxation; State Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Contested Trusts and Estates; Decedents Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning for the Elderly; Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples; Estate Settlements; Family Trusts; Family Wealth Transfer; Fiduciary Liability; Living Trusts; Personal Planning; Powers of Attorney; Retirement Planning; Trust Administration; Trust Law; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation; Wills; Contested Wills; Living Wills. Email: Nadia A. Havard | | Elliott J. Ehrenreich (Associate) born Williamsville, New York, April 19, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.A., 2002); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Erie County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Wills; Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Health Care; Continuing Care Retirement Communities; Government Health Care Contracts; Health Care Administration; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Contracts; Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Health Law; Long Term Care; Mental Health Law; Physician Practices; Physicians Contracts; Federal Tax Controversies; State Tax Controversies; Tax Appeals; Tax Audits. | | Timothy S. Wachter (Associate) born Erie, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University (B.A., 1999); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2006). Member: Erie County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Education Law; Public Law; Government; Administrative Law; Administrative Agency Practice; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Construction Law; Public Works; Charter School Law; Public School Law; School Board Defense; School Law; County Government Law; County Liability; Government Affairs; Government Agency Practice; Government Immunity; Government Tort Liability; Governmental Defense; Governmental Law; Governmental Liability; Legislative Practice; Local Government Defense; Local Government Law; Local Government Liability; Political Subdivision Liability; Public Officials Liability; Public Policy; State Government Law; Township Law; Government Contracts; Local Government Contracts; Public Bidding; Public Contract Law; Public Works Contracts; Housing Law; Public Housing; Municipal Contracts; Municipal Defense; Municipal Redevelopment; Municipal Taxation; Tax Increment Finance; Public Finance; Community Development; Economic Development; Economic Incentive; Industrial Development; Infrastructure Development; Project Finance; Public-Private Partnerships; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Building and Public Safety Codes; Improvement Districts; Land Development; Land Use; Land Use Regulation; Rezoning; Special Districts; Subdivisions; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances. | | Jeremy Toman (Associate) born Newport News, VA, March 3, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 2004) University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Erie County (member), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate. Email: Jeremy Toman | | Timothy Iannini (Associate) born Sewickley, Pennsylvania, April 27, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2003) University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Children; Adoption Law; Child Custody; Child Custody Mediation; Child Support; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Parental Rights; Alimony; Divorce; Domestic Relations; Equitable Distribution; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Separation Agreements; Spousal Support. Email: Timothy Iannini | | OF COUNSEL | | Harvey D. McClure (Of Counsel) born Wesleyville, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1921; admitted to bar, 1949, Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (A.B., cum laude, 1942); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1949). Member, School Board, City of Erie, 1957-1963. Member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1962-1964. County Solicitor, 1968. Member: Erie County (President, 1977), Pennsylvania (Delegate, 1971-1983; Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1990) and American Bar Associations. [Lt. Col., A.U.S., J.A.G.C., Ret.]. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Wills; Probate; Estate Planning. | | William C. Sennett (Of Counsel) born Erie, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1930; admitted to bar, 1956, District of Columbia; 1957, Pennsylvania. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., cum laude, 1952); Georgetown University (J.D., 1955). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Georgetown Law Review, 1954-1955. Law Clerk to Hon. John A. Danaher, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1955-1956. Special Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1963-1966. Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1967-1970. Member, Appellate Court Nominating Commission, 1979-1985. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers (President, 1989-1990). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Corporate Law; Municipal Law; Finance; Public Finance; Bond and Underwriter. Email: William C. Sennett | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
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