Workers Compensation:
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George J. Badey, III, Esq.
Badey, Sloan & DiGenova
Attorney Badey is known for his passionate representation of worker-employees in worker compensation matters for nearly thirty years. In addition, Mr. Badey focuses his practice on plaintiff's personal injury litigation, including products liability, medical malpractice and general personal injury. Mr. Badey has achieved, through both jury verdicts and settlements, over fifty (50) six-figure recoveries, and five (5) seven figure recoveries (all in present value). He has successfully argued in numerous appellate forums, including the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Federal Circuit, and the Pennsylvania Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts.
Website: www.lawbsd.com | Email: gjbadey@lawbsd.com
Phone: 215-790-1000 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
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George Martin, Esq.
Martin Banks
Attorney George Martin is the founding partner of the firm and practices exclusively in the area of workers' compensation law. Mr. Martin is active in the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, where he served on the Board of Governors for nine years. A past President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the first workers' compensation attorney to serve in the position, Mr. Martin remains a life member of their Board of Governors. He was also the first chair of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Workers' Compensation Section. Mr. Martin served as President of the American Association of Justice Workers' Compensation Section in 2008. He served as Co-Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association in 1995 and served on the Board of Governors as the representative of the Section in 1996 and 1997. Mr. Martin devotes considerable time to continuing legal education and has lectured on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, and numerous other organizations. He is co-author of the 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1996 editions of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
Website: www.paworkinjury.com | Email: acolby@paworkinjury.com
Phone: 888-229-6467 | Location: 1818 Market Street, 35th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Sharon McGrail-Szabo, Esq.
Swartz Campbell
Attorney McGrail-Szabo is a managing partner in the Lehigh Valley Regional office of Swartz Campbell LLC, where she has practiced since February 1997. The primary focus of her practice is defense litigation of PA workers’ compensation matters. Her major clients include Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Millard Refrigerated Services, and Buzzi-Unichem. Her experience in workers’ compensation began with her initial employment as a claims adjuster at PMA Insurance. She gained legal experience as a legal assistant in the plaintiff’s & personal injury firm of Cohen, Knafo, Feeley & Ortwein in Easton, PA. After these experiences, Attorney McGrail-Szabo returned to school and obtained her Juris Doctor from Widener University School of Law. At Widener, she was a law review staff writer for the Widener Journal of Public Law, and was also named to the Dean’s Honors List.
Attorney McGrail-Szabo is a member of the Pennsylvania and Northampton County Bar Associations, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section.Website: www.swartzcampbell.com | Email: smcgrailszabo@swartzcampbell.com
Phone: 610-395-5903 | Location: Allentown, PA
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Peter Weber, Esq.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP
Mr. Weber is a founding partner of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby LLP. He has extensive experience representing employers, insurance carriers, self-insureds and third-party administrators in workers' compensation matters as well as general casualty matters and bad faith actions arising out of the handling of workers' compensation cases. Mr. Weber also has extensive experience in complex litigation and was involved in the defense of personal injury asbestos claims and property damage claims. He serves as a co-author of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure Manual (the "Bible" of Workers' Compensation Law) and has authored the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Workers' Compensation Law.
Website: www.wglaw.com | Email: pweber@wglaw.com
Phone: 215-972-7901 | Location:
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Michael DiGenova, Esq.
Badey Sloan and DiGenova
Mr. DiGenova concentrates his practice in personal injury matters and civil litigation in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. His experience includes motor vehicle accident, workers' compensation, medical malpractice and product liability cases in addition to general personal injury. Mr. DiGenova also represents clients of the firm in Social Security disability appeals. He is admitted to the practice of law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. DiGenova frequently lectures regarding workers' compensation for unions.
Website: www.lawbsd.com | Email: mhdigenova@lawbsd.com
Phone: 215-790-1000 | Location: with offices in Philadelphia, PA & Marlton, NJ
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Matthew Wynn, Esq.
Wynn McGarry
Mr. Wynn has represented employers in workers' compensation matters since 1992. He counsels clients on issues relating to workplace injuries and employment law and represents clients in litigation arising from work injuries. His clients include self-insured employers, insurance companies and third party administrators. He has represented clients in matters pending before workers' compensation judges throughout Pennsylvania, the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He has also represented employers in disputes with the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Rating Bureau. Mr. Wynn heads the firm's Philadelphia workers' compensation practice group.
Website: www.wynnmcgarry.com | Email: mwynn@wynnmcgarry.com
Phone: 610-768-8075 | Location: King of Prussia
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Paul M. Fires, Esq.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
Attorney Fires has extensive trial and appellate experience, and since 1990, has devoted all of his professional skills to litigating workers' compensation cases, advising insured and self-insured entities, carriers, third-party administrators, and lecturing frequently on behalf of both employers, insurance companies, and to professional associations. A partner in the firm who is based in the firm's Philadelphia office, Attorney Fires came to the firm in December of 1991 at the firm's founding, having formerly been associated with the law offices of Rawle & Henderson. Mr. Fires' work and clients take him to all of the firm's Pennsylvania offices.
Website: www.wglaw.com | Email: pfires@wglaw.com
Phone: 215-972-7904 | Location: with 8 offices nationwide
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Hon. Audrey Beach
Workers' Compensation Judge
Judge Audrey Beach is a Workers' Compensation Judge who hears cases and mediates claims through the Allentown office of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. She shares her expertise in the practice area with panelists and viewers of The American Law Journal.
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Andrew E. Greenberg, Esq.
Chartwell Law Offices
Attorney Greenberg is a 1981 magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University and a 1984 graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law. A former Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney under Governor Edward G. Rendell, he has extensive litigation experience in commercial, general casualty, and workers' compensation matters and is a recognized authority in the field of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law. From 1986 to 1991 he was associated with the Philadelphia Law Offices of Rawle & Henderson. Before becoming involved in the formation of The Chartwell Law Offices, LLP, he co-founded the former Philadelphia firm, Weber Goldstein Greenberg & Gallagher, LLP. In collaboration with Workers' Compensation Judge David B. Torrey, he is the co-author of the well-recognized Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation: Law and Practice, a four-volume authoritative treatise on Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Law published anupdated annually by West Publishing Company. He was a commentator on the "Medical Cost Containment" Regulations promulgated pursuant to Act 44 of 1993. He has served as author and lecturer for the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, The Legal Intelligencer, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Pennsylvania Self-Insurers' Association.
Website: www.chartwelllaw.com | Email: agreenberg@chartwelllaw.com
Phone: 610-666-7700 | Location: with offices in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Valley Forge
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Jeffrey Newby, Esq.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
Attorney Newby began his legal career as a public defender from 1985 through 1987. After entering private practice, he began defending New Jersey employers in workers' compensation and general liability matters. He is the New Jersey Managing Partner for the Firm. Attorney Newby was named as a Certified Workers' Compensation Law Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Attorney Newby is a former member of the Executive Committee for the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. In December 2002, he testified before the New Jersey Senate Labor Committee on pending legislation affecting occupational disease claims, dependency benefits and modification of the notice requirements. He also has been selected as a guest lecturer for the National Business Institute and Lorman Education Services.
Website: www.wglaw.com | Email: jnewby@wglaw.com
Phone: 856-667-5804 | Location: with 8 offices nationwide
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David G. Greene, Esq.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
Attorney Greene is a partner in the law firm of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby. The majority of his practice is devoted to the defense of workers' compensation matters on behalf of insurance carriers, self-insured entities and third-party administrators. Attorney Greene is a frequent lecturer for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and is moderator of its advanced workers' compensation program, Tough Problems in Workers' Compensation.
Website: www.wglaw.com | Email: dgreene@wglaw.com
Phone: 215-972-7910 | Location: with 8 offices nationwide
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Halmon L. Banks, III Esq.
Martin Banks
Halmon L. Banks, III is a partner in the firm and exclusively represents claimants in Pennsylvania workers' compensation cases. He has served as Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He is an active participant in various seminars for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, serving as a Course Planner and speaker. He lectures in the area of workers' compensation and has authored numerous articles on the topic.
A graduate of Clarion University and Villanova University School of Law, Mr. Banks is a former Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia. In that capacity, he defended the City of Philadelphia in civil cases and Pennsylvania workers' compensation cases. He joined Martin Banks in March 1987 and now only represents injured workers in Pennsylvania workers' compensation cases. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Website: www.martinbanks.com | Email: acolby@paworkinjury.com
Phone: 888-229-6467 | Location: 1818 Market Street, 35th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Hon. Geoffrey Dlin
Workers' Compensation Judge
Judge Geoffrey Dlin is a Workers' Compensation Judge who hears cases and mediates claims through the Allentown office of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. He is a frequent guest on The American Law Journal, lending his expertise in Workers' Compensation broadcasts.
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Hon. Joseph Hakun
Workers' Compensation Judge
Judge Joseph Hakun is a Workers' Compensation Judge who hears cases and mediates claims through the Malvern office of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. He is the author of the most widely read reference book on workers's compnsation, and addresses attorneys, judges, employers and insurance company executives at conferences on the practice area. Judge Hakun is a frequent guest on The American Law Journal, lending his expertise in Workers' Compensation broadcasts.
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