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Address
1200 North Broom Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19806 (New Castle Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
4.5
out of 5
Average Peer Review Rating
3.8
out of 5
(Main Office) In 1990, three attorneys with 38 years of combined legal experience founded Phillips, Goldman & Spence in order to provide the highest quality legal services to our distinguished and diversified clientele. Our clients include large and small corporations and businesses, insurance companies and numerous individuals. Our attorneys, trained paralegals and superior support staff, pride themselves on understanding and satisfying each client's particularized needs. Phillips, Goldman & Spence partners are experienced lawyers who have earned the respect of their peers and the courts. The associates are mentored by the partners in the areas of specialty best suited to their individual preferences and strengths. The law firm's main office is a renovated Victorian mansion which provides and excellent working environment for the members of the firm and a professional and comfortable ambiance for our clients. Our second office is located in a resort community on the eastern short of the Delmarva Peninsula which allows the firm to represent clients throughout the state. Our computer network gives us the advantage of immediate access to file information, fast and effective legal research capabilities and direct electronic mail communication with our clients. The result is the ability to offer an efficient, thorough and economical work product of the highest quality by dedicated professionals whose primary concern is the satisfaction of the client. Statement of PracticeBankruptcy, Commercial, Corporate, Toxic Tort, Environmental, Superfund and Personal Injury Litigation, Insurance Coverage and Defense, Commercial Bankruptcy, Commercial Real Estate, Business Practice and Criminal Defense. Year Established: 1985
Firm Size: 9
Representative Clients:E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.
Delmarva Power & Light Co.
Shell Oil Co.
American Tobacco Co.
Conoco Phillips, Co.
U.S. Steel Corp.
Barr Laboratories, Inc.
Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Honeywell, Inc.
ITT Group, Inc.
Gould's Pumps, Inc.
American Insulated Wire Corp.
Leviton, Inc.
Lear Siegler Diversified Holdings Corp.
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Hollingsworth & Vose Corp.
Burnham Corp.
Afton Pumps, Inc.
Kemper Group
Travelers
Liberty Mutual
Hartford Insurance Co.
CIGNA
American International Adjustment Co., Inc.
County Bank
York Industries, Inc.
Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc.
Corning Inc.
American Centennial Insurance Co.
Zurich Insurance Co.
Boulevard Ford, Inc.
Highway 1 Limited Partnership
Case New Holland
Raymond Leasing Company
Community Bank Delaware
Toll Brothers., Inc.
Address1200 North Broom Street
Wilmington, DE 19806, (New Castle Co.)
PhonePhone: 302-655-4200
Telecopier: 302-655-4210
John C. Phillips, Jr. (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, November 15, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Delaware; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1971); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1974). Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1972-1974. Assistant Legal Counsel to the Governor of the State of Delaware, 1977-1981. Chairperson, Allocation Committee, Delaware Sand & Gravel PRP Defense Group. Member: Delaware and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Defense Counsel of Delaware. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Litigation; Business Litigation; Toxic Torts; Environmental; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense.Email: John C. Phillips, Jr.
Robert S. Goldman (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, June 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Florida; 1980, Pennsylvania; 1981, New Jersey; 1986, Delaware; 1993, Maryland. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Miami (J.D., 1978). Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland State and American (Subcommittee, Section on: EMF Litigation) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Defense Research Institute; Defense Counsel of Delaware. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Toxic Tort; Environmental; Personal Injury Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation.Email: Robert S. Goldman
Stephen W. Spence (Member) born Abington, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Delaware; 1982, Pennsylvania; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., 1975); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Business Manager, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1980-1981. Member, Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees for the District of Delaware, 1983-1989. Member: Delaware (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Commercial Law) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Commercial Real Estate; Small Business Practice.Email: Stephen W. Spence
Lisa Cresci McLaughlin (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, August 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1993, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., cum laude, 1987); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Delaware, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Defense Counsel of Delaware. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Toxic Tort; Insurance Defense; Bankruptcy Litigation; Collections.Email: Lisa Cresci McLaughlin
James P. Hall (Member) born Wilmington, Delaware, February 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., cum laude, 1988); Widener University School of Law at Wilmington (J.D., 1994). Richard S. Rodney Inn of Court. Member: Delaware and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Defense Counsel of Delaware; Delaware Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Member); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Associate Member). Practice Areas: Toxic Tort Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate.Email: James P. Hall
——————————Joseph James Farnan, III (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, September 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Education: Widener University (B.A., 1995; J.D., 1999). Pi Gama Mu; Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Delaware Pro Bono; Inn of Court; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Bankruptcy Litigation.Email: Joseph James Farnan, III
Brian E. Farnan (Associate) born Wilmington, Delaware, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Delaware and New Jersey; 2002, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., Political Science; cum laude, 1998); Wake Forest University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Bankruptcy Litigation.Email: Brian E. Farnan
David A. Bilson (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in Delaware). Education: Neumann College (B.A., 1998); Temple University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Insurance; Commercial Litigation.
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