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Matthew J Lager
Smethport, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury 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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Adam Eugene Barnett
Smethport, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury 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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Nathaniel Conti
Smethport, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 8 years of experience
Social Security Disability, Estate Planning, Personal 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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Richard A. Wilson
Huntingdon, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Elder, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Temple University
Attorney Wilson's practice is primarily devoted to personal injury and malpractice litigation, social security disability, civil litigation, commercial litigation, business law, insurance coverage, D.U.I. defense, eminent domain, real estate, divorce, family law, estate planning and elder care matters. Attorney Wilson is admitted to practice law in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He has argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar...
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Douglas McCormick
Erie, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Washington University School of Law
Douglas G. McCormick is a partner at McCormick & Vilushis, LLC. He focuses his practice on personal injury, workers’ compensation, Social Security, and criminal defense. Doug is a 2000 graduate of Bucknell University, where he graduated cum laude, and a 2004 graduate of the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
He has been admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 2004, where he began as an assistant district attorney at the Erie County District Attorney’s Office under Bradley H. Foulk. While there, he was fortunate to argue several cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court involving constitutional issues.
Since 2008, he has helped injured...
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Amos Goodall
State College, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer
Social Security Disability, Elder, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Fordham University School of Law
Amos Goodall practices in the fields of elder law, estate planning and administration, special needs advice and real estate law. He is a certified elder law attorney (CELA), a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (www.actec.org) a member of the Special Needs Alliance (www.specialneedsalliance.org), and a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (www.naela.org). He has been given the highest rating by Martindale Hubbell for more than the past twenty years, listed as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in Philadelphia magazine since the beginnig of that classification and has been listed in Best...
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Jonathan Foster
Sayre, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Social Security Disability, Elder, Estate Planning and Municipal
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Nicholas Gianvito
Punxsutawney, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer
Social Security Disability, Civil Rights, Estate Planning and Workers' Comp
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Bradley Michael Ophaug
Indiana, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Social Security Disability, DUI & DWI, Family and Juvenile
The Law Office of Bradley M. Ophaug focuses on zealously advocating for clients while working through the issues that are most important to the clients' interests.
Graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad School of Law.
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Brian D. Jones
Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer
(814) 342-4100
1216 Walton Street
PO Box 587
Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, PA 16866
Social Security Disability, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Family
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Gabriel Zalman Levin
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(215) 825-5183
1500 John F. Kennedy Blvd
Suite 620
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Temple University
Attorney Gabriel Levin is known as a tenacious fighter who protects his client's interests as though they were his own; he has tried hundreds of cases and handled all types of personal injury matters and prides himself on helping victims. Every case is meticulously prepared for trial. Trying cases to juries is what Mr. Levin enjoys the most. Clients know that Gabriel Levin is a very responsive attorney, keeps client fully informed, and always gets back to them in a timely manner. Mr. Levin has continuously been named as a Super Lawyer and was also named to the...
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Whitney S Graham
Harrisburg, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Social Security Disability and Personal Injury
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Whitney S. Graham is a partner at Graham & Mauer, P.C. She earned her J.D. from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. Ms. Graham competed in Moot Court competitions in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. and was a semi-finalist in the Samuel Polsky Moot Court Competition. Ms. Graham was also a member of the Rubin Public Interest Law Honor Society for her law-related volunteer activities.
Ms. Graham has focused her career on litigation since her first summer in law school when she had the privilege to work an an intern for...
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Jason Weinstock
Harrisburg, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Dickinson School of Law
Jason M. Weinstock is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Labor Studies. He received his law degree from The Dickinson School of Law in 1993. He focuses his practice in Workers’ Compensation, Union Side Labor Law, and Employee Rights.
He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for his representation of injured workers in the field of Workers’ Compensation. He was listed as a Rising Star in the Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” Philadelphia Magazine. In 2014, he was named in Best Lawyers in America as Workers’ Compensation Law – Claimant’s...
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Joel J. Kofsky
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Insurance Claims, Nursing Home and Workers' Comp
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Joel J. Kofsky has been successfully representing personal injury cases since 1991. He has assisted victims of car accidents, bike accidents, and slip and fall accidents, among many others. He has obtained numerous settlements for his clients over the years, including some in the six figure range:
Auto Accident Victim: $985,000
Burn Accident Victim: $475,000
Pedestrian Accident Victim: $285,000
Mr. Kofsky received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law and his MBA from George Washington University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and has been admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and for U.S. District...
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Richard Alan Jaffe
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Tulane University School of Law
One of Philadelphia’s best known and well respected Workers’ Compensation attorneys, Richard A. Jaffe has been representing injured workers and other disabled individuals for over 35 years. He concentrates his practice on Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Tulane Law School, he is licensed to practice in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He started the firm in 1994 and since then has aggressively fought for the rights of the injured worker in hundreds of cases in the Southeastern Pennsylvania area. He is an active member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of PaAJ,...
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Christopher Marzzacco
HARRISBURG, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Originally from Carbondale, PA, Christopher Marzzacco got his law degree in 1996 from Widener University School of Law. Since then, Christopher has secured exceptional settlements for his clients in vehicle accident cases, including settlements of $2.15 million, $1.85 million, $1.625 million, $1.5 million, $1.015 million, and $1 million.
A Harrisburg personal injury attorney from Marzzacco Niven & Associates can use Pennsylvania laws to get the greatest possible compensation for your injuries. Contact Christopher Marzzacco throughout Pennsylvania, to schedule a free consultation with a personal injury & accident lawyer.
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Thomas Hall
Pittsburgh, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Duquesne University School of Law
I was born in Erie, PA, and obtained my undergraduate degree at Case Western Reserve University. In 1994, I graduated from Duquesne University School of Law and have since lived in Pittsburgh, representing injured people in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia alike.
My practice has focused primarily on Worker's Compensation issues. I have been the chair of the Worker's Compensation section for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and am a member of the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations, regularly practicing in various courtrooms in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
After 23 years of partnered practice, I opened my own firm...
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Alan Schoen
Scranton, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Western New England University School of Law
No one expects that a life will end or be forever changed in an instant because the careless or negligent act of another. But bad things can happen to anyone at any moment. If it happens to you or your loved one you need the skill and experience that only comes with 42 years of litigation experience handling all levels of personal injury cases.
I also handle Workers Compensation, and Social Security Disability cases. Someone who cares as much about what you have been through and how you will get through what is to come even after...
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Kaitlin S. Files
Levittown, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 10 years of experience
Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Temple University
Kaitlin Files is experienced in representing injured workers throughout all of Pennsylvania while primarily based in Philadelphia and Bucks County. She has focused solely on this area of the law since she was in law school. Since graduating law school, Kaitlin Files has been serving injured workers throughout Pennsylvania with proven success. Representing her clients with grit and grace, Kaitlin gives each new case her undivided attention whilst walking you through each step of the process. Kaitlin spent the last six years working at a high volume law firm practicing workers’ compensation. She now runs a small law office continuing...
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David F. Stern
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability and Workers' Comp
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
David F. Stern has concentrated his practice in the area of Workers' Compensation litigation since graduation from The University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Mr. Stern is one of the founding partners of Stern & Cohen. He was also a partner at previous firms and has been representing injured workers since 2004. Before becoming a trial lawyer, Mr. Stern defended Workers' Compensation actions at one of the leading defense firms in Philadelphia. Mr. Stern has been published in the area of Workers' Compensation law and has spoken at numerous seminars in this field. Mr. Stern is highly decorated having been...
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Eric A. Shore
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Employment and Personal Injury
University of Pennsylvania Law School
President/Managing Attorney, since January 1, 1999 of Law Offices of Eric A. Shore. Eric A. shore has helped more than 40,000 injured and disabled workers to receive a total of more than $250,000,000 in settlements and expected lifetime benefits. Areas of Practice: Social Security Disability, Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation
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Maria Elena Bermudez
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(267) 460-1099
Registered: 744 South St. #768
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Philadelphia, PA 19147
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability and Employment
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Maria Bermudez is an attorney and legal consultant assisting disabled individuals nationwide, including the U.S. territories. She focuses her practice on disability advocacy in the areas of Social Security disability and Long-Term disability under private policies.
Over the last fourteen years, she has held positions with the federal government, an international defense firm, plaintiff's firm and currently operates her own practice - Law Office of Maria E. Bermudez, LLC doing business as Disability Advocacy Group. Before practicing law, she served as a law clerk in the Family Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Ms. Bermudez has spent considerable...
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Benjamin Franklin Goodwin
Uniontown, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Workers' Comp
Duquesne University School of Law
Attorney Benjamin F. Goodwin, Esquire was born, raised, and educated in Southwestern Pennsylvania. For nearly a decade, Attorney Goodwin has strived to practice law with the same virtues that Southwestern Pennsylvania and its people have come to embody- integrity, tenacity, and above all things hard work. Attorney Goodwin has represented countless individuals and has a proven track record of excellence successfully trying numerous cases to a jury verdict. He is a partner of Goodwin Como, P.C.
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Shawn Patrick McLaughlin
Mechanicsburg, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 33 years of experience
Social Security Disability, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Regent University
Shawn P. McLaughlin is a graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a graduate of Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
In law school, Attorney McLaughlin served on the board of Regent University Law Review.Attorney Shawn McLaughlin of Trinity Law concentrates his practice in personal injury, Social Security Disability, employment law and civil litigation, and handles such cases in Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, and York County, Pennsylvania.
Attorney McLaughlin has personally handled hundreds of each of these types of cases in the 25+ years he’s worked at Trinity Law, and enjoys doing so. Attorney McLaughlin is...
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Queena Baumbach
Harrisburg, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Widener University
Queena Baumbach concentrates her practice in fighting for Claimant’s rights in workers’ compensation and social security disability matters. Queena is an active trial lawyer and has many years of experience representing clients throughout Pennsylvania. She handles cases from the initial filing of a clam through the appellate process, and settlement. Queena has been recognized by SuperLawyers Magazine as a Rising Star in 2012, 2013 and 2014, 2015 and a SuperLawyer in 2016. She also has been chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Dauphin County Bar Association for several years. She also has lectured on the topic...
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Michael J. O'Connor
Frackville, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Elder, Nursing Home and Workers' Comp
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
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Cyrus Shaw
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Divorce, Immigration and Probate
Temple University’s Beasley School of Law and Widener University
As the founder of Shaw Law, Cyrus Shaw believes there is only one thing that the firm should be focused on – getting the best possible results for clients. This starts from the initial client interview, where a rapport and trust needs to be established. It is common for new client intake to be limited to one a day, so as much time as needed can be spent with the new client. Each client is a person, not a file. Each client has their own story. A law firm where clients become like family is what he strives for. This...
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Alexis Berg-Townsend
Whitehall, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Ohio Northern University
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Ann Delcollo
Springfield, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Social Security Disability, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Ann has been dedicated to providing exceptional advocacy for clients, in and out of the courtroom, since 1992. She joined the litigation team at Ciccarelli Law in 2016. Her practice areas include Personal Injury, Criminal Law, Social Security Disability, DUI & DWI, Traffic Tickets, Family Law and Divorce.
Ann received her B.S. from Lock Haven University in 1989. In 1992, she earned her J.D. from Widener University School of Law. Following graduation, Ann began her litigation career defending medical malpractice, personal injury, and asbestos lawsuits. She served as Trial Counsel for Allstate Insurance Company, and Senior Trial Counsel at Nationwide...
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Howard A Rosen
Reading, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Social Security Disability, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Widener University Delaware School of Law
With strong family ties to the legal profession, Mr. Rosen had been interested in becoming an attorney since childhood. He genuinely enjoys helping people and has a passion for the law unmatched by most. After graduating with a law degree in 2005, Howard worked with a group for nearly 10 years before opening his law firm, H. Rosen Law, P.C., in 2014. Howard offers a client-centered approach to each case and takes the time to learn more about every client and situation that comes to his door. He believes that a strong attorney-client relationship is a key foundation for success,...
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Peter J Dolan
Reading, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Social Security Disability, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
Temple University
I have been serving the Pottstown area and Berks County as an attorney since 1999. I concentrate my practice in family law, (divorce, custody, support, alimony) and Estates planning and administration. My client is always the boss. I give good legal advice and follow the goals of my client. I work hard to resolve issues amicably, when possible, and through the Courts, when necessary.
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Terrence Dempsey
Scranton, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Dickinson School of Law
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George E. Mehalchick
Scranton, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Family, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Vermont Law School
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William Kovalcik
Frackville, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Elder, Nursing Home and Workers' Comp
Notre Dame Law School
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Jennifer Price
Murrysville, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(724) 519-7587
3950 William Penn Highway
Suite 6
Murrysville, PA 15668
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Civil Rights, Education and Juvenile
Hamline University School of Law
Jennifer Price is a special education attorney in the Pittsburgh metro area who has received awards for her legal skills and advocacy. She was a former prosecutor for the Allegheny County Office of the District Attorney in both the adult and juvenile divisions, where she prosecuted cases major felonies. As a special education attorney, she believes in making sure every child has an opportunity to succeed both in school and in life. Her boutique law firm provides disability law-related legal services in special educational law, guardianships, and special needs trusts. With over 10 years of experience, Jennifer Price...
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Barry C. Shabbick
Palmerton, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
I have dedicated my practice to helping clients in the areas of workers' compensation, personal injury, family law and divorce, social security disability, and general civil litigation. As the son of a coal miner from a small town, I understand the unique challenges facing many blue collar working families. I have extensive litigation experience, including argument before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. I have handled hundreds of workers' compensation cases to a favorable outcome, including successfully arguing employee status of a truck driver fatally injured on the job. I have successfully handled hundreds of simple and complex...
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Andrew Yang
Philadelphia, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability
Temple University
Andrew Lee Yang (he/him) is a Supervising Attorney in the Health and Independence Unit at Community Legal Services, and a Medical Legal Partnership attorney. He focuses on assisting clients with income supports and public benefits. He supervises MLP sites at PHMC Rising Sun and CHOP Primary Care South Philadelphia.
Mr. Yang was a legal intern with the Temple Legal Aid Clinic, where he represented clients in their disability claims. He was a legal intern at the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. During his time at law school, he was a recipient...
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Peter Pinnola
Elkins Park, PA Social Security Disability Attorney with 50 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Peter Pinnola guides clients through the confusing and frustrating process of applying for Social Security Disability benefits. A highly experienced and respected Philadelphia disability lawyer, Mr. Pinnola has represented disability claimants for over 40 years. Services at Pinnola & Bomstein, which may begin prior to the application, extend through all levels of appeal, including the administrative law judge hearing.
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Timothy M. Knowles
Blue Bell, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Temple University
Tim is a personal injury attorney at Warren McGraw & Knowles LLC. Tim handles all types of personal injury cases and civil litigation. He is active in the Montgomery Bar Association, where he is Co-Chair of the Pro Bono, Access to Justice, and Community Service Committee.
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Timothy J. Trott
West Chester, PA Social Security Disability Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationSocial Security Disability, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Divorce
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Tim brings a unique variety of legal and business experience to his practice. Since 1992, he has practiced in the following areas of law: criminal/DUI defense, social security, bankruptcy. Before becoming a lawyer, Tim had a successful business career. He was a Vice President at Ketchum Advertising in Philadelphia, and was a Marketing Vice President at CoreStates Bank of Delaware. Tim represents people in need of legal services in Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Berks and Lancaster Counties. A former Marine, Tim is a graduate of Fordham University in New York. He earned his...