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Who are the top lawyers in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties? We asked local attorneys to vote for their colleagues in a variety of specialties. Here are this year’s winners.
Alternative Dispute and Resolution
#1 Murray Eckell
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Rochelle Grossman
Family Arbitration and Mediation Center
Multiple Locations
(610) 209-1858
Mary Jo Gilsdorf
Gilsdorf Law
Glen Mills
(610) 755-7806
Alfred Gollatz, John McKenna, Jane Shields
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Stephen Rhoads
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads
Berwyn
(610) 889-2244
Nancy Gliden, Stephen Lagoy
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Banking and Finance
#1 Michael Louis
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Christine Kimmel
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 436-4400
Michael Merlie
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
Anthony Giannascoli
Giannascoli & Thomas
Exton, Mt. Laurel, N.J.
(610) 363-9333
Thomas O’Neill
Lamb McErlane
Newtown Square, Philadelphia, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Jennifer Lemanowicz
Law Office of Gregory P. LaMonaca
Media
(610) 892-3877
Leo Gibbons
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Amanda Grant
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Bankruptcy
#1 Robert Lohr
Lohr & Associates
West Chester
(610) 701-0222
Jeanne Marie Cella
Law Office of Jeanne Marie Cella
Media
(610) 505-0500
Richard Lipow
Lipow Law Office
Malvern
(610) 251-2500
Stanley Luongo, Jr.
Luongo & Bellwoar
Paoli, West Chester
(610) 430-6600
Kristen Wetzel Ladd
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
John Gagliardi
Wetzel Gagliardi & Fetter
West Chester
(484) 887-0779
Business
#1 Jay Levin
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Scott Klein
Brown McGarry Nimeroff
Philadelphia, West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 755-3311
William Garrett
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 235-2077
Duie Latta, James Urie
Clarion Law
West Chester
(484) 948-1428
Robert DiOrio
DiOrio & Sereni
Media
(610) 565-5700
Patrick Henigan
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Sandra Knapp, Gordon Prince
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225,
William Thomas
Giannascoli & Thomas
Exton, Mt. Laurel, N.J.
(610) 363-9333
Helen Mountain
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Harry DiDonato, Mary Kay Gaver, Andrew Silverman
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Jeffrey Sansweet
Sansweet, Dearden, and Burke
Wayne
(610) 687-8314Â
Janelle Snyder Peyton
Snyder Law
Radnor
(484) 801-0021
Theodore Claypoole
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Civil Litigation
#1 Jonathan Long
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 436-4400
John Aivazoglou
Aivazoglou & Mikropoulos
Eddystone
(610) 876-8880
Andrew Eckert
Brown McGarry Nimeroff
Philadelphia, West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 755-3311
Anthony Brichta, Louis Kupperman
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 436-4400
Matthew Fry
DiOrio & Sereni
Media
(610) 565-5700
John Larkin, John Rafferty, Stephen McDonnell
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
John Cunningham, Joel Frank, Maureen McBride, James Sargent, George Zumbano
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
August Ober IV
Law Offices of August J. Ober, IV and Associates
West Chester
(610) 314-7848
Brian Forgue, Patrick Gallo
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
James Dalton, John Fiorillo, Christopher Turner
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Civil Rights
#1 Guy Donatelli
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
William Wilson
Bailey & Ehrenberg
West Chester, Washington, D.C.
(484) 605-1146
Commercial
Robert Burke
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Criminal
#1 Steve Jarmon, Dawson Muth
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Jeremy-Evan Alva, David Moscow
Alva & Shuttleworth
Philadelphia, West Chester
(215) 665-1695
Anna Durbin
Anna M. Durbin Law Offices
Ardmore
(610) 649-8200
Ellen Koopman
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 436-4400
Michael DiCindio
DiCindio Law
West Chester
(610) 220-4691
Lauren Dentone
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
Kevin Coyne
Kevin T. Coyne, Esq.
Woodlyn
(610) 833-2300
Daniel Bush, Dawson Muth
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Leonard Rivera
Law Office of Leonard Rivera
Kennett Square
(610) 551-7551
William Davis
Law Office of William Davis
Media
(610) 565-6760
Arthur Donato
Law Offices of Arthur Donato
Media
(484) 441-6318
Evan Kelly
Law Offices of Kelly & Conte
Kennett Square, Pottstown, West Chester
(610) 314-7066,
Mark Much
Law Offices of Mark P. Much
Media
(610) 565-9750
Michael Dugan
Law Offices of Michael Dugan
Media
(484) 468-1154
Caroline Donato, Peter Kratsa
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Marc Lieberman
Marc J. Lieberman, Esq.
West Chester
(610) 595-9776
Curt Norcini, Steve Pacillio
Omnis Law Group
Multiple Locations
(484) 81-OMNIS
Robert Donatoni
Robert J. Donatoni & Associates
West Chester
(610) 719-0500
Hillary Sheridan
Sheridan Lawyers
Kennett Square
(484) 653-0774
Michael Skinner
Skinner Law Firm
West Chester
(610) 436-1410
Eric Strand
Strand Law
Lancaster, West Chester
(866) 267-7398
Michael Malloy
The Law Office of Michael J. Malloy & Associates
Media
(610) 565-9145
Joseph Lesniak
The Law Offices of Joseph Lesniak
Media
(484) 444-2348
Cyber Security
Scot R. Withers
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
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Divorce and Family
#1 Gregory LaMonaca
Law Office of Gregory P. LaMonaca
Media
(610) 892-3877
Brooke Ginty
Baer Romain and Ginty
Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 933-9444
Rami Bishay
Cox and Bishay
West Chester
(610) 344-0300
Robert George
DiOrio & Sereni
Media
(610) 565-5700
David Auerbach, Craig Huffman, Melanie Tunaitas
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Jacqueline Segal
Fox Rothschild
Exton, Philadelphia
(610) 458-3110
Walter Eells, Mary Ann Plankinton
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
Krista Russell, Barbara Schneider,
Laurie Wyche-Abele
Giannascoli & Thomas
Exton, Mt. Laurel, N.J.
(610) 363-9333
Donald Kohler
Kohler Law Offices
West Chester
(610) 430-7500
Kelly Jurs, Carla Marino
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Christopher Casserly, Alicia Fastman, Teresa Mallon, Lawrence Welsh
Law Office of Gregory P. LaMonaca
Media
(610) 892-3877
Arnold Machles
Law Offices of Arnold Machles
Bala Cynwyd
(610) 667-0555
David Melchiorre
Law Offices of David M. Melchiorre
West Chester
(610) 692-2400
Louis Martini
Law Offices of Louis Wm. Martini, Jr.
Media
(610) 892-0666,
Lance Nelson, Ashley Stitzer
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Christin Kubacke, Denise Morton
Morton & Kubacke Family Law
West Chester
(610) 698-1787
Andrea Pettine
Pettine Family Law
West Chester
(610) 692-7090
Julie Potts, Tiffany Shoemaker
Potts & Shoemaker
West Chester
(610) 840-2626
Randi Vladimer
Office of Randi J. Vladimer
Radnor
(610) 975-9898
Alita Rovito
Rovito Law
West Chester
(610) 344-9150
Holly Sheridan
Sheridan Lawyers
Kennett Square
(484) 653-0774
Wesley Legg
The Law Office of Wesley W. Legg
West Chester
(484) 401-7079
Lindsay Childs, Sarinia Feinman
Vetrano Vetrano & Feinman
King of Prussia
(610) 265-4441
Elder
#1 Robert Slutsky
Slutsky Elder Law
Malvern, Plymouth Meeting, Radnor
(610) 940-0650
Janet Colliton
Colliton Elder Law
West Chester
(610) 440-3536
Lindsey Conan
Conan Law Offices
Media
(610) 565-6688
Elizabeth Stefanide
Law Offices of Elizabeth T. Stefanide
Media
(610) 566-8686
Kristen Matthews
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Karyn Seace
Nescio & Seace
West Chester
(610) 436-1676
Nancy Pine
Pine & Pine
West Chester
(610) 344-7100
Douglas Kaune
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Employment
#1 Mary-Ellen Allen
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Kathryn Chandless
Chandless Law
Newtown Square, Hasbrouk Heights, N.J.
(610) 879-6400
Lisanne Mikula
DiOrio & Sereni
Media
(610) 565-5700
Randall Schauer
Fox Rothschild
Exton
(610) 458-4967
Julianne Peck
HomansPeck
Paoli, Philadelphia
(215) 868-6214
Mandy Rosenblum
Law Office of Mandy C. Rosenblum
Bryn Mawr
(610) 834-0789
Jeffrey Burke, Jess Simon
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Cynthia Morgan
Rubin Fortunato & Harbison
Paoli
(610) 408-2000
Robin Bond
Transition Strategies
Chesterbrook
(610) 640-5373
Brian Boreman
Unruh Truner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Entertainment
Alexander Murphy Jr.
Law Office of Alexander Murphy, Jr.
West Chester
(610) 399-9033
Environmental
#1 Robert Fox
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox
Multiple Locations
(484) 430-5700
Vincent Pompo
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Joseph Manko
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox
Multiple Locations
(484) 430-5700
Immigration
#1 Theodore Murphy
Murphy Law Firm
Georgetown, Del., Gettysburg, West Chester
(610) 436-7555
Kristin Molavoque
Molavoque Law
West Chester
(484) 402-4133
Wana Saadzoi
Saadozi Law
Blue Bell, Exton, Media
(610) 566-5956
Intellectual
#1 Joshua Waterston
Lipton, Weinberger & Husick
Havertown
(610) 544-8922
Adam Garson, Lawrence Husick, Larry Weinberger, Robert Yarbrough
Lipton, Weinberger & Husick
Havertown
(610) 544-8922
Michael Petock
Petock & Petock
Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 935-8600
Medical Malpractice
#1 Leonard Sloane
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Tyler Therriault
Donaghue & Labrum
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-9120
Dennis Abrams
Lowenthal & Abrams
Multiple Locations
(610) 667-7511
Timothy Rayne
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Municipal
#1 Stephen Polaha
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Kristin Camp, Michael Gill, Kimberly Venzie
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 436-4400
Stacy Fuller, Robert Jefferson,
Patrick McKenna, Anthony Verwey
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
William Christman, Max O’Keefe, Mark Thompson
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Ryan Jennings, Daniel LePera, Andrew Rau, Amanda Sundquist
Unruh Turner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Personal Injury
#1 Maria Janoski
Sheridan Lawyers
Kennett Square
(484) 653-0774
Patrick Mintzer
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
West Chester
(610) 436-4400
Conal Hickey
Conal P. Hickey, Esq.
Media
(610) 565-0101
Mark Sereni
DiOrio & Sereni
Media
(610) 565-5700
Matthew Bilker, Michael Davey
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Joel Goldberg, Basil Joy, Chad Maloney
Goldberg, Goldberg & Maloney
West Chester
(610) 436-6220
John Stazione
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
John Neumann Hickey
Law Office of John Neumann Hickey
Media
(610) 891-8883
Joseph Hickey
Law Office of Joseph Hickey
Media
(610) 627-1810
Joseph Silvestro Jr.
Law Office of Joseph Silvestro
Media
(610) 627-2300
Andrew D’Amico
Law Offices of Andrew D’Amico
Media
(610) 565-6700
Gary Solomon
Lowenthal & Abrams
Multiple Locations
(610) 667-7511
Tiffany Shrenk
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Justin Bernstein
Schuster Law
Multiple Locations
(610) 892-9200
Joseph Schwartz, Cynthia Silver
Silver & Silver
Ardmore
(484) 206-7791
David Cherry
The Cherry Firm
Media, Philadelphia
(610) 816-0366
Real Estate
#1 Scott Reidenbach
Reidenbach & Associates
Marlton, N.J., Wayne
(610) 572-7075
Sam Auslander
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
David Adams
Fromhold Jaffe & Adams
Villanova
(610) 527-9100
Vincent Donohue, Roger Huggins
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
James Doyle, Holly Setzler
Landis & Setzler
West Chester
(610) 696-8500
Lindsey Dunn, J. Charles Gerbron Jr., Brian Nagle
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Rob Shulman
Reidenbach & Associates
Marlton, N.J., Wayne
(610) 572-7075
Tax
#1 (tie) Jonathan Becker, Guy Matthews
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Joseph Monte
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Stephen Olsen
Gawthop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
Joseph Bellenghiri
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Trusts and Wills
#1 Marc Jaffe
Fromhold, Jaffe & Adams
Villanova
(610) 527-9100
Jennifer Breton, Anthony Morris
Buckley Brion McGuire & Morris
Allentown, West Chester
(610) 436-4400
Christopher Brown, Daniel Coleman, Joseph Lastowka
Eckell Sparks
Media, West Chester
(610) 565-3700
Matthew Gilbert
Fromhold, Jaffe & Adams
Villanova
(610) 527-9100
Tracy DeVlieger, W. Steven Woodward
Gadsden Schneider & Woodward
Wayne
(484) 683-2600
Denise Antonelli
Gawthrop Greenwood
West Chester, Wilmington
(610) 696-8225
Lisa Hall
Hall Law Offices
West Chester
(610) 344-0136
Steve Potts
Herr Potts & Potts
Wayne
(610) 254-0114
Stephanie Kalogredis, Stacy McConnell
Lamb McErlane
Bryn Mawr, West Chester
(610) 430-8000
Stephen Porter, Duke Schneider, Louis Teti
MacElree Harvey
Multiple Locations
(610) 436-0100
Rebecca Sallen
Sallen Law
Merion Station
(215) 809-3900
David Frees III
Unruh Turner Burke & Frees
Paoli, Phoenixville, West Chester
(610) 692-1371
Workers’ Compensation
#1 Andrew Edelberg
Aivazoglou & Mikropoulos
Eddystone
(610) 876-8880
Laurie McCarthy
DiOrio & Sereni
Media
(610) 565-5700
Geoffrey Hillsberg
Law Office of Geoffrey Hillsberg
Media
(610) 566-0600
Jeffrey Liebesman
Liebesman Law
King of Prussia
(610) 937-1110
James Mogul, Jared Shavitz
Lowenthal & Abrams
Multiple Locations
(610) 667-7511
Joseph Silver, Mike Silver
Silver & Silver
Ardmore
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