- Divorce
- Criminal DefenseAmy graduated summa cum laude from Temple University, where she was a Presidential Scholar and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, with a degree in criminal justice in 2005. In 2008, Amy received her Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Connecticut School of Law. While at UConn, she served as a Notes and Comments Editor for the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal and was awarded the CALI Award for Excellence in Criminal Law, Lawyering Process, Evidence, Workers’ Compensation, and Surety Law, as well as the Aspen Law & Business Award. Amy received an LL.M in Insurance Law from UConn in January 2010.
- Wrongful DeathPrior to joining the firm, David McColloch worked for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department as an Attorney-Examiner. In this role, he represented the MCARE Fund in negotiating the resolution of wrongful death and other catastrophic personal injury litigation against health care providers across Pennsylvania, participating frequently in mediation and arbitration negotiations. He has additional background in class actions, consumer litigation, and environmental law.
- Business TransactionsIn her 2L and 3L years Abby interned at a general civil litigation firm representing small businesses and municipalities in commercial transactions and labor and employment matters, as well as private clients in estate matters. Abby is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Montgomery Bar Associations. Abby lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, running, cheering for the Philadelphia sports teams, and spending time with family and friends.
- Workers CompensationOur clients include Casualty, Workers Compensation and Professional Liability Insurance carriers, self-insured, hospitals, corporations and municipalities. Our firm carries Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating and is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Law Firms. Our attorneys have tried many hundreds of cases to verdict in ten Pennsylvania counties, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and have also appeared often in the Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, including the presentation of prevailing arguments in several landmark cases.
- Employment DiscriminationAmy Kirkpatrick’s litigation practice focuses on premises liability, motor vehicle accidents, employment discrimination, dram shop, and underinsured/uninsured motorist claims. Amy also maintains a robust insurance coverage practice. For over a decade, Amy has defended various venues and organizations, including Parx Casino and Racetrack, McDonalds, and the Kimmel Center.
- Employment LitigationRoss O’Neill focuses his practice in the areas of general liability defense, premises liability defense, and employment litigation.
- Sexual Harassment
- Premises LiabilityIn October 2015, prevailed in a premises liability action against a zoo, where Plaintiff and her minor child had slipped and fallen.
- Construction LitigationShe has litigated numerous matters from inception through trial and appeal for insurers and other medical institutions, including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and other long-term care facilities. Karen has defended physicians, nurse practitioners, physical therapist, nurses, and personal care aides. Karen has served as defense counsel for large insurance carriers with automotive, trucking, premise, and personal liability policies and has also served as defense counsel in construction defect lawsuits brought by homeowners against a large homebuilder and several contractors.
- Real Estate TransactionsAndrew Kramer’s litigation practice concentrates on insurance defense encompassing Premises Liability, Bad Faith, Construction Accidents, Dram Shop, Employment Discrimination, Products Liability, Defamation, Real Estate Transactions, Motor Vehicle, and Unfair Trade Practices Act Claims.
- Land Use and Zoning
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Personal InjuryOf Counsel to a firm located in Delaware County, PA. He has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in matters including various types of personal injury, breach of contract and contract formation, real property disputes, and personal injury under maritime law. He has litigated in the Pennsylvania Superior Court and in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, successfully reversing opinions of lower courts.
- Medical MalpracticeAndrew Beck, an Associate with our firm, focuses his practice on civil litigation, medical malpractice, and general liability defense. Andrew is a graduate of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. Andrew received his B.S. in Labor and Employment Relations as well as a minor in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University. As an undergraduate student, Andrew served as a member of Student Works at Penn State (SWAPS), a labor and employment student run organization focused on labor rights and improving workplaces.
- Auto Accidents
- Estate PlanningCum laude, served as Executive Editor of the Drexel Law Review, and provided pro bono legal services to the Philadelphia community through the Estate Planning Clinic. Emily received the CALI Awards for Excellence in Trial Advocacy and National Security Law, and her Note was selected for publication in Volume XIV of the Drexel Law Review. Emily was a legal intern for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a judicial intern for the Honorable Renee Marie Bumb, of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and a law clerk for a Virginia-based law firm. She worked at that same law firm as a legal assistant before attending law school. Emily earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of Richmond, where she was Captain of the Equestrian Team.
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureDistrict of New Jersey – Racial Discrimination – Dismissed. Andy’s clients, two attorneys and their firm, prosecuted and won a tax sale foreclosure action. The plaintiff-mortgagee then filed this federal suit claiming Andy’s clients racially discriminated against her in the foreclosure action. Andy argued and proved there was no plausible federal cause of action.