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| | Address | | 305 West Sixth Street | | Erie, Pennsylvania 16507 | | (Erie Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 814-452-6800 | | Fax: 814-456-2227 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.shapiralaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Shapira, Hutzelman, Berlin, Ely,
Smith and Walsh practices in the following areas of law:
Plaintiff and Defense Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Tax Litigation, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Creditors Rights, Workers Compensation, Corporation, Probate, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents and Domestic Relations. | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
American Casualty Co.; Commercial Union Insurance Cos.; Insurance Company of North America; Flex-Y-Plan Industries Inc.; Erisco Industries, Inc.; Erie Insurance; Cincinnatti Equitable Ins. Co.; Prudential Prozan Realtors; GAS Business Series, Inc.; Erie County Historical Society; Mortgage One THC Travelers Ins. Co.; Countrywide Mortgage; FNB Consumer Discount Co.; Northwest Consumer Discount Co.; Car Now Acceptance Corp. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Gary J. Shapira (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1962; J.D., 1965). Solicitor, County of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1979-1981. Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2005. Member: Erie County (President, 1989-1990) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Penna Defense Institute. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1984; Recertified, 2004. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Plaintiff Civil Trial Practice; Defense Civil Trial Practice; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gary J. Shapira | | Stephen H. Hutzelman (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, August 23, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oberlin College (A.B., 1964); Cornell University (J.D., 1967). Order of the Coif. Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1966-1967. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Law. Email: Stephen H. Hutzelman | | Stanley G. Berlin (Member) admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania. Education: Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., 1967); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1971). Email: Stanley G. Berlin | | Randy L. Shapira (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: Miami University; Pennsylvania State University (B.A., cum laude, 1972); University of Toledo (J.D., 1975). Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Civil Litigation; Domestic Law; Zoning Law. Email: Randy L. Shapira | | Edwin W. Smith (Member) born Leechburg, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1981); Duquesne University (J.D., 1984). Member: Appellate Moot Court Board; Trial Moot Court Board; Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Moot Court Competition. Clerk, Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, Homicide Division, 1983-1984. Instructor, Paralegal Certificate Program, Pennsylvania State University, 1986-1991. Chairman, Workers Compensation Committee, Erie County Bar Association, 2003, 2004. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Real Estate; Education Law. Email: Edwin W. Smith | | Theodore B. Ely, II (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 1973, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bethany College (B.A., 1968); Duquesne University (J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Solicitor, Recorder of Deeds, Erie County, 1973-1975. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial and Retail Collections; Creditor's Rights; Bankruptcy. Email: Theodore B. Ely, II | | Joseph M. Walsh, III (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania. Education: Gannon University; Edinboro State College (B.A., 1982); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1986). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant City Solicitor, Erie, 1986-1991. Mental Health Review Officer. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. [U.S. Navy, 1976-1980]. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Real Estate; Probate; Personal Injury; Automobile Accidents and Injuries. Email: Joseph M. Walsh, III | | Sue A. Beck (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania. Education: Villa Maria College (B.S.N., 1986); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1990). Registered Nurse, Pennsylvania, 1986. Member: Erie County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Automobile Law; Insurance Law; Litigation; Domestic Relations. Email: Sue A. Beck | | ASSOCIATE | | Ms. Andrea G.L. Amicangelo (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1996); Syracuse College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Former and Accuracy Editor, Syracuse Science & Technology Law Reporter. Associate Editor, The Digest. Member: Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation. |
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