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Matthew J Lager
Erie, PA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Matt is a lifelong Pennsylvania resident, having lived in Bucks, Centre, and Erie counties. As an undergraduate, he attended The Pennsylvania State University’s main campus, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. Afterwards, he went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree from The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law, where he graduated in the top third of his class. While at Penn State Law, Matt was a member of the Rural Economic Development Clinic and was recognized as a Public Interest Advocate for providing free legal assistance to small businesses in rural...
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Matthew J. Parini
Erie, PA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
American University Washington College of Law
I represent individuals and families in Erie, Crawford and Warren counties in Pennsylvania. I focused on civil litigation helping victims navigate the legal process.
I have over 20 years-experience handling personal injury cases. I have personally been lead trial counsel in over 50 personal injury trials. I have been selected as a Top 10 Attorney for Client Satisfaction by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys awarded to attorneys demonstrating exceptional and outstanding client service. I have been selected by Super Lawyers on several occasions and have been rated as “excellent” by Avvo a lawyer rating service.
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Timothy Dean McNair
Erie, PA Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationCivil Rights, Employment, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Tim McNair is an attorney admitted to practice in 1981. He concentrates his practice in the field of litigation, representing people who have been injured physically, as in car crashes, at work, or financially through unfair and discriminatory job termination or refusal to hire. He also closes real estate and handles estate settlements.
Attorney McNair is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly, Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association), Pennsylvania and Erie County Bar Associations. He has served as the Chair of the PAAJ Workers Compensation Section, the Erie...
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J. W. Alberstadt Jr.
Erie, PA Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Administrative, Bankruptcy, Business and Estate Planning
Dickinson School of Law
Jay Alberstadt is a senior partner with MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, commercial and economic development ,and conventional and tax-exempt financing. He provides legal services to individuals, business entities, lending institutions, municipal authorities and development agencies. Mr. Alberstadt handles matters ranging from residential real estate transactions to detailed title and development issues. He also provides representation in commercial financings and tax-exempt municipal, industrial development and 501(c)(3) bond issues. He is co-chair of the Firm's real estate practice group and chair of the firm's marketing committee.
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Michael P. Thomas
Erie, PA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
Dickinson School of Law
Michael P. Thomas is a Partner with MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP. He assists individuals, closely held companies, and larger entities on a wide variety of estate planning, estate and trust administration, wealth transfer, succession planning, tax, and business matters.
Mike routinely assists clients with the design and implementation of both basic and complex estate plans that focus on accomplishing the client's individual objectives and minimizing the related tax consequences. He works closely with individual and corporate fiduciaries throughout estate and trust administrations. Mike has experience advising clients on a wide variety of sophisticated business transactions, employee benefit plan matters,...
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Grant C. Travis
Erie, PA Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Duquesne University School of Law
Attorney Grant C. Travis is the founder of The Travis Law Firm. A very highly regarded personal injury and criminal defense law firm in northwestern Pennsylvania. Attorney Travis is highly respected in the motorcycle community for his work representing those injured on motorcycles. He is a tireless advocate for families who have suffered the loss of a loved due to the negligent acts of another whether in motorcycle, or car accidents, or other tragedies including medical negligence and nursing home abuse. Attorney Travis and his firm is also the go-to team for injured workers. He and...
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Adam Eugene Barnett
Erie, PA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
West Virginia University College of Law
Born and raised in Erie, Adam went on to obtain his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Clarion University, where he graduated summa cum laude. After college, he went on to earn his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown, West Virginia. While in law school, Adam was a zealous advocate in West Virginia University’s Clinical Law Program and West Virginia University’s Immigration Clinic, where he fought for immigrants’ rights. Adam has focused his practice on Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, and Social Security Disability law. Adam has earned a great deal...
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Justin Panighetti
Erie, PA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
Suffolk University Law School
The right experience matters. Finding the right criminal defense attorney isn’t an easy task or a decision to be taken lightly. You need to find an attorney who has the experience necessary to get you the best possible results. My experience is unique and significant.
In addition to considerable trial experience, I have also developed invaluable insight and professional relationships. Insight and professional relationships used, in many instances, to get results no other defense attorney can achieve. Remember, exceptional results require exceptional experience. Reach out for a free consultation to discuss why my unique experience makes Panighetti Law the right...
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James M. Antoun
Erie, PA Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Business, Construction, Health Care and Real Estate
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Mr. Antoun concentrates his practice in the areas of health care, business and governmental transactions. He is the former chair of the Business Transactions Group and the Health Law Group.
In the area of health care, Mr. Antoun advises hospitals, clinics, physician group practices and individual physicians and dentists on matters such as physician and hospital agreements, employment contracts, compensation and incentive arrangements, and group practice formation and governance. He advises health care providers on federal and state regulatory compliance, including anti-kickback, physician self-referral and HIPAA matters, and he has substantial experience representing hospitals and physicians in peer review, medical staff...
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Chad James Vilushis
Erie, PA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
Stetson University College of Law
Attorney Vilushis knows that a run-in with the law is often one of the worst days anyone could experience. That’s why he brings great understanding to his clients facing DUI or other criminal charges.
Vilushis cites his time as a law clerk with the Honorable Ernest J. DiSantis Jr. as a catalyst for his passion for law. He worked tirelessly as both an Assistant District Attorney and a First Deputy District Attorney, and is no stranger to the courtroom having personally tried over 60 jury trials.
Attorney Vilushis was honored as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers...
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Nathaniel Conti
Erie, PA Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
Nate is a lifelong resident of the Erie area. After graduating from Girard High School, Nate attended Cornell University where he earned his undergraduate degree in Industrial & Labor Relations. Afterward, he attended the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree. While at Penn State Law, Nate was a senior editor of the Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation. Since joining Bernard Stuczynski Barnett & Lager, Nate has focused his practice on Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Estate Administration, and Workers’ Compensation.
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James Stuczynski
Erie, PA Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Personal Injury
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
James J. Stuczynski is a lifelong resident of the Erie area. After graduating from Cathedral Prep in 1971, he attended and graduated from Alliance College in 1975, summa cum laude. He furthered his education at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, graduating in 1979 and returning to Erie to accept a position with Ely & Bernard. In 1985, he became a partner in Bernard & Stuczynski and has continued to practice with its successor firm, Bernard Stuczynski & Barnett. After a practice which handled a wide variety of legal claims, Attorney Stuczynski has specialized in handling insurance and...
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Shaun B. Adrian
Erie, PA Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Duquesne University School of Law
Shaun B. Adrian is a senior partner at MacDonald Illig and a member of the firm's Estates and Trusts Group. He works with individuals and families to establish estate plans tailored to the client's needs, personal goals and tax objectives during life and after death. Shaun concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration, and elder law.
Shaun's practice includes the preparation of wills, trusts, trusts for children with special needs, durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills, estate tax planning, guardianship matters, elder law and long-term care planning. He is...
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Jennifer Brostmeyer Hirneisen
Erie, PA Lawyer
Administrative, Divorce, Family and Real Estate
Dickinson School of Law
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John J. "Jack" Mehler
Erie, PA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Administrative, Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
University of Dayton School of Law
For 30 years, "Jack" Mehler has helped public and private companies, banks, developers, non-profit corporations and individuals in a wide range of legal matters. Jack concentrates in the areas of general business matters, real estate, banking, and financial transactions.
Jack also represents taxpayer-clients and developers in real estate tax assessment (value) appeals, and tax exemption cases throughout western Pennsylvania on many different types of properties as diverse as marinas, waterfront shipping facilities, hospitals, shopping centers and malls, industrial plants, truck terminals and warehouses, commercial and professional office buildings, corporate headquarters, hotels, and senior living facilities.
Jack has written numerous articles and is...
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Kimberly A. Oakes
Erie, PA Attorney with 34 years of experience
Divorce, Family, Insurance Defense and Workers' Comp
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Kimberly A. Oakes is a partner in the law firm of MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP, where she is the head of the firm’s Family Law Practice Group.
Ms. Oakes focuses her practice primarily in the area of family law. She has experience in handling divorces, adoption, alimony and spousal support, child support, child custody and visitation, domestic violence, paternity, prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements.
As a litigator, Ms. Oakes also has experience in Insurance Defense and Workers Compensation matters.
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Thomas A. Pendleton
Erie, PA Attorney
Business, Education, Energy and Environmental
Vanderbilt University Law School
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Jamie R. Schumacher
Erie, PA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Business, Employment and Insurance Defense
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Jamie R. Schumacher is an Associate in the Litigation Department at MacDonald Illig where she concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, employment litigation, insurance defense, and municipal/ordinance enforcement. She is also a member of the firm's Commercial/General Litigation Practice Group, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Government Services Practice Group, Marketing Committee, and the Recruitment Committee. Ms. Schumacher is licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts, the United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Schumacher is the former chair of the Young Lawyers Division...
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Russell S. Warner
Erie, PA Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Administrative, Business, Energy and Environmental
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Russell S. Warner is the Managing Partner of the law firm of MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP in Erie, Pennsylvania. He is the founder and past Chairman of the firm's Environmental Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business and environmental law, including matters involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, as well as matters before the USEPA Environmental Appeals Board and the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board.
Mr. Warner's practice includes representation of businesses, financial institutions, economic development organizations and municipal entities regarding business and environmental matters, as well as acquisitions, capital...
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Lisa Smith Presta
Erie, PA Attorney
Business, Employment, Health Care and Insurance Defense
University of Pittsburgh School of Law and University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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John W. Draskovic
Erie, PA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Employment, Insurance Defense and Workers' Comp
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
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Robert E. Gandley
Erie, PA Lawyer
Administrative, Energy and Environmental
University of North Carolina School of Law
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David E. Holland
Erie, PA Attorney
Business, Real Estate and Tax
Dickinson School of Law
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John A. Lauer
Erie, PA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and Tax
Wake Forest University School of Law
John A. Lauer is a Senior Partner with the law firm of MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP, where he is Chairman of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. He is also a member of the firm's Business and Tax Groups. John's practice consists primarily of Estate and Tax Planning, Estate and Trust Administration, Elder Law, and Business Law.
John received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from Gannon University in 1986 and his Juris Doctor from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1996. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to beginning...
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Daniel M. Miller
Erie, PA Lawyer
Administrative, Business, Education and Employment
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Nicholas R. Pagliari
Erie, PA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business and Collections
University of Dayton School of Law
Mr. Pagliari's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, bankruptcy related litigation and collection matters. He primarily represents corporate debtors, secured creditors, chapter 7 and chapter 11 trustees, and other entities involved in bankruptcy proceedings. Attorney Pagliari is also an approved mediator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Pagliari graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with his Bachelor of Arts Degree in History in 1998. In 2001, he graduated from The University of Dayton School of Law,...
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Matthew W. McCullough
Erie, PA Lawyer
Business, Civil Rights and Employment
Dickinson School of Law
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Mark J. Shaw
Erie, PA Attorney
Business, Construction, Energy and Environmental
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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Roger H. Taft
Erie, PA Attorney with 51 years of experience
Business, Civil Rights and Employment
Georgetown University Law Center and Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University - Medford, Massachusetts
Roger H. Taft is a trial lawyer at MacDonald Illig whose primary areas of practice are employment litigation, including employment discrimination and wrongful discharge cases, and complex commercial litigation.
In his litigation practice, Mr. Taft represents clients in federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, as well as in federal courts throughout the United States.
Mr. Taft enjoys travel, golf, and Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
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W. Patrick Delaney
Erie, PA Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Business, Construction, Energy and Health Care
Capital University Law School
Patrick Delaney is a Senior Partner at MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the area of Commercial Litigation. During the course of his career, Mr. Delaney has litigated disputes in the federal and state courts throughout Pennsylvania and in various other jurisdictions. He has also handled numerous complex commercial disputes before arbitration tribunals, including panels convened through the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Delaney has years of experience handling contract disputes, including those involving professional services, the sale of goods, real estate sales, stock purchase agreements, commercial and industrial construction, and executive employment. He...
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T. Warren Jones
Erie, PA Attorney
Arbitration & Mediation, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Terry Jones is a trial lawyer who has spent his entire career representing both plaintiffs and defendants in significant personal injury cases and wrongful death actions. He has litigated hundreds of cases, including automobile liability, product liability, medical malpractice and premises liability matters, many of which have involved catastrophic personal injuries or deaths. Mr. Jones also has been involved in the defense of a number of class action cases. He enjoys a Martindale Hubbell rating of AV Preeminent, the highest available rating for professional competence and ethics.
Mr. Jones has completed the ADR training program in the U.S....
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S. Craig Shamburg
Erie, PA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
University of Dayton School of Law
Mr. Shamburg is a partner with MacDonald Illig where he is a member of the Business Transactions, Trusts & Estate and Tax Practice groups. His practice comprises a vast array of personal and business transactions, that can be broken into five general practice areas: estate and trust planning and administration; tax compliance and planning matters; Orphans' Court litigation; nonprofit formation; and corporate formation and transactions.
Mr. Shamburg received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus in 2005. In 2009, he graduated cum laude from the University of Dayton School of Law, where...
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Alan John Natalie
Erie, PA Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Dickinson School of Law and Gannon University
Alan Natalie is a private solo practice attorney practicing in Northwestern Pennsylvania since 1989, committed to protecting the rights of thousands of individuals and families in times of loss; concentrating in the areas of Personal Injury (automobile accidents, wrongful death claims, dog bite injuries, medical malpractice, property owner liability claims), Criminal Defense (DUI, DWI, all misdemeanors, all felonies), Estate Litigation (suits prosecuting or defending estate executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries), Estate Planning (wills, living wills, advanced directives, powers of attorney), and Estate Administration (probate or settlement of any size estate, insolvent estates, trusts). All matters include a free consultation....
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Dallas Hartman
Erie, PA Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Dickinson School of Law
Dallas Hartman of Dallas W. Hartman P.C., Attorneys at Law serves clients from six office locations throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania and Ohio in injury matters. He has been named one of the Top Lawyers in Pennsylvania by Super Lawyers for the five years in a row.
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Charbel Latouf
Erie, PA Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Immigration and Personal Injury
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Attorney Charbel Latouf has been diligently serving the Erie, PA and surrounding counties since 1999. He has a passion for representing those charged with a crime such as DUI/DWI, felony and misdemeanor charges. Attorney Latouf also handles serious injury claims ranging from car accidents, slip and fall, injury at work, and any other injury that was caused due to the negligence of another person. Over his career, he has been ranked to the top 100 criminal defense attorneys and has also been rated by Strathmore's Who's Who International in Law for both personal injury and criminal defense. It is our...
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James E. Spoden
Erie, PA Attorney with 43 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
DePaul College of Law and DePaul College of Law
Mr. Spoden is a senior partner at MacDonald Illig. He concentrates his practice in the area of corporate, commercial and business law, with a special emphasis on taxation and estate planning for small business owners. He is also active in the area of business formation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
Mr. Spoden is experienced in small business counseling including industrial, professional and service corporations.
Mr. Spoden is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Jenna Bickford
Erie, PA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Administrative, Business, Health Care and Real Estate
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Jenna Bickford is a partner in the Business Transactions Group of MacDonald Illig. She represents clients across a number of practice areas including Business Transactions, Real Estate, Government Services and Public Finance, and Health Care.
Ms. Bickford routinely represents business clients of all sizes with a variety of legal needs including business formation, contract matters, corporate and regulatory compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. She has also taught mergers and acquisitions as an adjunct instructor at Mercyhurst University.
As a member of the Real Estate Group, she regularly handles both residential and commercial real estate transactions and assists clients with title matters. She...
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John Melaragno
Erie, PA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Personal Injury
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Since he started his law practice in 1997, Attorney Melaragno has worked with individuals who were injured, through no fault of their own, in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, tractor trailer accidents, slips and falls and a variety of other circumstances. Attorney Melaragno and his partners have tried or settled cases with a success rate of over 99%, recovering more than $3.2 Million for their injured clients in the last 4 years alone.
Attorney Melaragno was selected to serve on the Panel for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 6, 2004 and from that...
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Lydia Horan Caparosa
Erie, PA Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Business, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Lydia Horan Caparosa is an Associate in the Litigation Department at MacDonald Illig. She is a member of both the firm's Commercial/General Litigation Practice Group and the Insurance/Personal Injury Practice Group. Ms. Caparosa is licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Caparosa graduated from Pennsylvania State University with degrees in Finance and International Politics in 2011. Thereafter, Ms. Caparosa earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. While at the University of Pittsburgh, Ms. Caparosa worked as...
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James R. Walczak
Erie, PA Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Administrative, Bankruptcy, Business and Construction
Georgetown University Law Center and The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Mr. Walczak concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate governance, business transactions and finance, and creditors' rights.
Mr. Walczak acts in the capacity of general counsel for a number of business, non-profit and governmental organizations, providing legal advice on corporate, transactional and tax matters. Mr. Walczak is listed in the Bond Buyer Municipal Market Place Guide (commonly known as the municipal bond attorney's Red Book), and regularly provides tax advice and board counsel tax opinions with respect to tax-exempt financing transactions.
Mr. Walczak also represents creditors in complex creditor-debtor matters, including the negotiation of workout agreements and the representation of creditors...