MEMBERS OF FIRM
Joseph F. Wusinich, III (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1968); DePaul University (J.D., 1974); Temple University (LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, 1995). Recipient: Lex Legio Law Scholarship, DePaul University. Completed post-graduate advanced workers' compensation law courses at Temple University, 1975 and 1998. Completed National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Notre Dame Law School Teacher Training Program, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 30-April 1, 2001. Associate House Counsel, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 1974-1976. Solicitor, West Whiteland Township Municipal Authority, 1982-1986. Member and Chairman, East Brandywine Township Zoning Hearing Board, 1988-1999. Member, Immaculata University Board. Board of Trustees, 2003 and Board of Visitors, Ave Maria School of Law. Co-Chair, President's Council, Immaculata University. St. Thomas Moore Society. Recipient, St. Thomas More Pro Bono Pro-Life Award, 2002. Member, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Publications: Co-Author: Pharmacy Liability for Punitive DamagesPennsylvania Practice Pointers, PBA Bar Quarterly Vol. LXXI, No. 1 Jan. 2000; Pharmacy Liability For Punitive Damages May Have Numerous Triggers, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, Feb. 2001. Lectures Presented: Workers' Compensation Law and Procedure, Chester County Bar Association, April 28, 1987 and Chester County Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division, May 9, 1989, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Preparation and Trial of a Medical Malpractice Case, Chester County Bar Association, May 13, 1998, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Trial of the Obstetrical Malpractice Case, Delaware County Bar Association, September 16, 1988, Media, Pennsylvania; Medical Malpractice, Chester County Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division, May 10, 1994, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Abortion Malpractice Injuries and Cases, Life Celebration Conference, April 29, 1995, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania; Expert Testimony on Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases, Pa. Institute of Certified Public Accountants, December 1, 1998, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pa. Proposed Evidence Code-Relevance in Civil Cases, Chester County Fall Bench - Bar Conference, October 1, 1994, Ocean City, Maryland; Opening Statements, John E. Stively, Jr. Inn of Court, April 19, 1995, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Voir Dire and Jury Selection, John E. Stively, Jr. Inn of Court, February 19, 1997, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Summary Jury Trials, John E. Stively, Jr. Inn of Court, January 19, 2000, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Workers' Compensation and Personal Injury ClaimsThe Plaintiffs' Perspective, Employers of Wausau Insurance Company Annual Claims Conference, October 8, 1987, Downingtown, Pennsylvania; Highway Design Litigation, Berks County Paralegal Association, June 18, 1999, Reading, Pennsylvania; Workers' CompensationModerator of Panel, Chester County Bar Association Legal Forum Program, Suburban Cable T.V., July 28, 1995, Coatesville, Pennsylvania; Psychic Injury Workers' Compensation Cases, Brandywine Occupational Health, March 18, 1993, Exton, Pennsylvania; Collective Bargaining and Arbitration in Police ContractsThe Law Enforcement Officers' Perspective, Pennsylvania Association of Township Officials, 1983, Downingtown, Pennsylvania; Auto LawUninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitrations, Bad Faith and Causation Defenses, Chester County Bar Association, November 10, 2000, West Chester Pennsylvania; Visual Evidence Presentation Technology, John E. Stively, Jr., Inn of Court, West Chester, Pennsylvania, March 21, 2001; Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Claims, Chester County Paralegal Association, March 28, 2001, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Rights of Medical Personnel to Refuse to Participate in Abortions under the Pennsylvania Criminal Code, the Penna. Human Relations Act and Title 42 of the U.S. Code, Neumann College School of Nursing, October 31, 2001, Aston, Pennsylvania; Roe v. Wade: No Justification in Law or Logic, Archbishop Carroll High School, October 2, 2003, Radnor, Pennsylvania; Medical/Legal and Bio-Ethical implications of Abortion, Euthanasia, Hospice, Embryonic Stem Cell Research, and Human Cloning, PHL Conference, September 22, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and October 28, 2004, Westtown, Pennsylvania; The U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Roe v. Wade: A Raw Exercise of Political Power and Ideological Social EngineeringTraditional Jurisprudence Supplanted By Intellectual Dishonesty, Counterpoint Public Access Television Program, January 8, 2005, Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The Terri Schiavo Case-Advanced Directives, Guardianships, Conflicts of Interest, Disabled Persons, End of Life Questions and the Fundamental Constitutional Right to Life Not to Be Deprived of Basic Food and Water, John E. Stively, Jr. Inn of Court, April 27, 2005, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Moderator and Panel Member with President of the Pennsylvania Medical Society for Program on Tort Reform, December, 16, 2005, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Legal, Medical, and Political Perspectives on the Right to Life from the Womb to the Grave, Villa Maria Academy, February 22, 2006, Malvern, Pennsylvania; The Lord of the Litigation. Trials and Tribulations of Local Counsel-Pro Hac Vice, John E. Stively, Jr. Inn of Court, April 26, 2006, West Chester, Pennsylvania. The Legal Process, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, April 13, 2007, Chicago, Illinois The small Law Firm, Fifth Annual Student-Alumni Career Conference, DePaul University, College of Law, April 14, 2007, Chicago, Illinois. War Stories about Trying Cases in Foreign Jurisdictions, The Honorable John E. Stively, Jr. American Inn of Court, West Chester, Pennsylvania, April 25, 2007; Pro-Life Movement Litigation, Delaware County Lawyers for Life Annual Meeting, Media, Pennsylvania, December 11, 2008. Member: Chester County (Member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1993-1996 and Past Chair, Public Relations Committee) and Pennsylvania (Member, Committee on Medical and Health Related Issues; Vice Chair, 1999-2001; Chair, 2002-2005; Member, Healthcare Task Force, 2004) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Association for Justice; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America/American Association for Justice (President's Club, Professional Negligence Section, Republican Trial Lawyers Caucus); National Institute for Trial Advocacy Advocates' Association; National Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court; The Honorable John E. Stively, Jr., Inn of Court (Master of the Bench; President, 2004-2006 and Program Director, 2000-2002); College of Master Advocates and Barristers (Senior Counsel); American Arbitration Association (Panel Member). Fellow: Academy of Advocacy, 1992. Life Fellow, Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Foundations. [Lt., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Republic of Vietnam, 1970-1971; U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1975-1976]. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Heavy Truck; Highway Design; Construction Site Injuries; Pharmacy Liability.Email: Joseph F. Wusinich, III
Dennis D. Brogan (Member) born Chelsea, Massachusetts, September 27, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Pennsylvania; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1975); Villanova University (J.D., 1979). Co-Author, Bisel's "Workers Compensation Update," Pennsylvania monthly newsletter and audio cassette. Associate Editor Barbieri, Pa. Work. Comp. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association. Fellow: Academy of Advocacy, 1995. Assistant Public Defender, Chester County, 1980-1983. Solicitor, Chester County Bail Agency, 1986. Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court, of Pennsylvania, 2005-2008. Lectures Presented: Workers' CompensationHow to Handle Difficult Cases, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, November 19, 1999, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Substance Abuse Detection in the Workplace, Brandywine Occupational Health, January 26, 1995, Exton, Pennsylvania; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitration Hearings, Chester County Bar Association, October, 23, 2003, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Union Issues in Workers' Compensation - St. Joseph's Container Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania, September 18, 2008. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Products Liability; Fire and Premises Liability; Electrical Injury Cases.Email: Dennis D. Brogan
John J. Stanzione (Member) born Yeadon, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1981); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1984). Recipient, Abel Klaw Advocacy Award. The Dickinson School of Law Trial Advocacy Seminar and Workshop Course, 1997. Assistant Public Defender, Chester County, 1984-1987. Solicitor, Borough of Downingtown, 1991-1996. Solicitor, Borough of Phoenixville Administrative Appeals Board, 1993. Member, Upper Merion Township Zoning Hearing Board, 1990-1992. Associate Counsel, Wells Fargo Corporation, 1987-1989. Lectures Presented: Trying the Catastrophic Loss Personal Injury Case, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, May 18, 2000, Atlantic City, New Jersey; Injuries in the Workplace, International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, April 2, 1997, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Subrogation of Workers' Compensation Benefits as Against Third Party Recoverers, Chester County Bar Association, September 1999, West Chester, Pennsylvania; The Interrelation of Social Security with Workers' Compensation, Chester County Bar Association, 1997, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Trends in Torts Claims and Municipal Liability, Chester County Fall Bench Bar Conference, October 2, 2004, Cambridge, Maryland; Cross Examination and Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses, Chester County Bar Association, March 29, 2006, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Member: Chester County (Co-Chair, Workers' Compensation Section; Member, Board of Directors; Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President, President, 2009; Chairman, CLE Committee), Berks County and Pennsylvania (Member, Board of Governors) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Municipal Law; Government Claims; Workers' Compensation; Environmental; Highway and Bridge Design Cases; Electrical Injury Cases.Email: John J. Stanzione
Louis Aurely, III (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.A., 1979); Temple University (J.D., 1982). University of Virginia Law School Trial Advocacy Institute, 1996. Lectures Presented: Highway Design Litigation, Berks County Paralegal Association, June 18, 1999, Reading, Pennsylvania. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Social Security Law; Environmental Law; Commercial Facilities Security Cases.Email: Louis Aurely, III
David V. Grow (Member) born Taylor, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1931; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania; 1989, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 1952); University of Pisa, Italy (M.D., 1958); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., 1987). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for: Criminal Law and Procedure; Products Liability. The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University Trial Advocacy Seminar and Workshop Course, 1999. Mayor, Laflin Borough, Luzerne County, 1968-1972. Chairman, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Laflin Borough, 1972-1978. Instructor, Hahnemann Medical College, 1964-1984. Associate House Counsel, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, 1988. Lectures Presented: Preparation and Trial of the Medical Malpractice Case, Chester County Bar Association, May 13, 1998, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America/American Association for Justice; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Legal Medicine. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Law.Email: David V. Grow
Edward C. Sweeney (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 3, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, New Jersey; 1996, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: LaSalle University (B.A., maxima cum laude, 1986); University of Chicago (J.D., 1991). Recipient, Christian Brothers Scholarship. University of Virginia Law School Trial Advocacy Institute, 1999. Law Clerk to Hon. James R. Cavanaugh, Superior Court, Pennsylvania, 1991-1993. Solicitor for the Prothonotary of Chester County, 1998-2005. Solicitor for Recorder of Deeds of Chester County. Solicitor for the Register of Wills. Solicitor for Clerk of the Orphans Court. Former Deputy Solicitor, Chester County Republican Committee, 1998-2002. Alternate Member, Tredyffrin Township Zoning Hearing Board, 1998-2004. Member, Tredyffrin Township Planning Commission, 2004. Solicitor for St. Isaac Jogues of Valley Forge Council of the Knights of Columbus, 2004. Former Member, Chester County Board of Assessment. Member, Parish Council, St. Isaac Jogues of Valley Forge, 2004. Lectures Presented: Substance Abuse Detection in the Workplace, Brandywine Occupational Health, January 26, 1995, Exton, Pennsylvania; The Interrelation of Social Security with Workers' Compensation, Chester County Bar Association, 1997, West Chester, Pennsylvania; The Basics of Pharmacy Law, Chester County Bar Association, February 7, 2001, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Essential Practice rules and concept in Offices of the Prothonotary, July 11, 2005, at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Association of Prothonotaries and Clerks of Court, State College, Pennsylvania (delivered to the representatives of each Prothonotary's Office throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania); Human Factors in Product Liability Cases, Chester County Bar Association, April 6, 2006, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Publications: Author: Dodging the Supremacy Clause Bullet: Do State Successor Statutes Survive Federal Labor Law Preemption, University of California Industrial Relations Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 183 (1991). Co-author: Pharmacy Liability for Punitive DamagesPennsylvania Practice Pointers, PBA Bar Quarterly, Vol. LXXI, No. 1, January 2000; Pharmacy Liability For Punitive Damages May Have Numerous Triggers, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Law Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, Feb. 2001. Co-Recipient, First Prize, American Society of Pharmacy Law's Legal Writing Competition, The NABP Produces Mixed Results: A Legal and Clinical Analysis Concerning the Recent NABP Model Act and Rules Initiative Towards Pharmacy Technicians, San Francisco, California, March 18, 2001; The Workers' Compensation World Turned Upside Down: Testimony of Vocational Experts Declared Invalid, The PBA Quarterly, Vol. LXXIII, No. 4, Oct. 2002; Essential Practice Rule and Concepts in Offices of the Prothonotary - Part I, the PBA Quarterly, Vol LXXI, No. 3, July 2004, Essential Practice Rules and Concepts in Offices of the Protonotary -Part II, The PBA Quarterly, Vol LXXI, No. 4, Oct. 2004. Member: Chester County (Continuing Legal Education Committee and Law-Related Education Committee) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; National Lawyers Association; St. Thomas More Society; Brehon Law Society; Chester County Catholic Lawyers' Association (Red Mass Committee). Practice Areas: Appellate Law; Automobile Insurance Law; Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Employment Law; Disability; Pharmacy Law; Construction Site Liability.Email: Edward C. Sweeney
George Gerasimowicz, Jr. (Member) born Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, March 10, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1988, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Ursinus College (B.A., with honors, 1977); Villanova University (J.D., 1980). Pi Gamma Mu. Lectures Presented: Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist's Claims, Chester County Paralegal Association, March 28, 2001, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Arbitration Hearings, Chester County Bar Association, October 23, 2003, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Member: Montgomery County, Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America/American Association for Justice; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Automobile Insurance Law; Medical Malpractice Law; Product Liability Law; Construction Liability.Email: George Gerasimowicz, Jr.
Peter F. X. Callahan (Member) born Delaware County, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. Courts Martial; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1983); Villanova University (J.D., 1986). Partner, Swartz Campbell, LLC, 1997-2006. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania, 1990-1996. Defense Attorney, Trial Counsel, U.S. Marine Corps Investigative Supervisor-Naval Investigative Service, 1986-1990. Member: Chester County, Delaware County (Former Chair, Medical/Legal Committee) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. [Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, 1986-1990]. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Peter F. X. Callahan
Carolyn M. Weber (Member) born Camden, New Jersey, April 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1983); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Graduate Tax Program, Estate Planning Certification Program, Villanova University School of Law. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates; Elder Law; Orphans Court Litigation; Wrongful Death; Survival Actions.Email: Carolyn M. Weber
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Margaret A. Tartar born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Education: St. Joseph's University (1963-1966); Pennsylvania State University (Paralegal Certificate, 1984); Neumann College (B.S., 2005). PA Land Title Seminars; PBI Seminars; Half Moon, LLC Seminars, 1985. Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of America/American Association for Justice (Paralegal Member). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.
Mary Ella Fuquay born Auburn, New York; Education: Hartwick College (B.A., 1966); Colgate University (M.A., 1967); Denver Paralegal Institute (Paralegal Certificate, 1985). Member: Hartwick College Honor Society; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Denver Paralegal Association, 1986-1992. Member: Chester County Paralegal Association.Email: Mary Ella Fuquay