COUNSEL TO THE FIRM
Alexander A. DiSanti (Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1934; admitted to bar, 1960, Pennsylvania; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Joseph's College (LL.B., summa cum laude, 1956); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 1959). Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1957-1959. Law Clerk to John C. Bell, Jr., Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Justice, 1959-1960. Member: Delaware County (President, 1983) and Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, 1984) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: Alexander A. DiSanti
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John M. Gallagher (Member) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Pennsylvania. Education: St. Joseph's College (A.B., 1966); Temple University (J.D., 1969). Member: Delaware County (President, 1993), Pennsylvania (Chair, Committee on Professionalism) and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2004-2005); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: John M. Gallagher
Lyn B. Schoenfeld (Member) born Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Tax Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Villanova Law School (J.D., 1977; LL.M., 1983). Adjunct Faculty, Taxation, Widener University Graduate School of Management, 1984-1990. Faculty, Continuing Legal Education, Neumann College, 1996-2000. Judge Pro Tem, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, Family Law Division; Attorney-Affiliate, Women's Resource Center, Wayne, PA. Member: Delaware County (Vice Chair, Family Law Section, 2006; Chairman, 2007) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Marital Property Distribution.Email: Lyn B. Schoenfeld
Ronald H. Surkin (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1949; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Case Western Reserve University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1969); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Faculty Member, LL.M. Trial Advocacy Program, Temple University, 1996-1999; Faculty Member, Continuing Legal Education, Neumann College, 1996-2004. Member: Delaware County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; General Corporate Law; ERISA; Disability Insurance Litigation.Email: Ronald H. Surkin
Joseph W. Chupein, Jr. (Member) born Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Temple University (B.S., 1979); Rutgers University (J.D., 1982). Member: Delaware County Bar Association (Vice President); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Labor Relations; Employment Law; General Litigation.Email: Joseph W. Chupein, Jr.
Nancy C. DeMis (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, March 18, 1954; admitted to bar, 1984, California; 1990, Pennsylvania; 1991, New Jersey; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2001,U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Washington University; University of Wisconsin (B.S., with distinction, 1978); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1984). Member: Delaware County Bar Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Guy G. de Furia American Inn of Court (President, 2005-2006). Reported Cases: Esfahani v. MCP, 919 F.Supp. 83P (1996); Assoc. in Ob-Gyn, Upper Merion Twp., 270 F.Supp.2d 633 (2003); Kaelin v. Tenet Employee Benefit Plan, 405 F.Supp2d 562 (E.D. Pa. 2005). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Disability Insurance; ERISA Litigation.Email: Nancy C. DeMis
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Steven R. Koense (Associate) born Chester, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1993); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: Delaware County (Co-Chair, Technology Committee, 2006) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Guy G. De Furia American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support; Criminal Law; Marital Property Distribution; Juvenile Criminal Law; Child Abuse and Neglect.Email: Steven R. Koense
Trisha W. Hall (Associate) born Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania; 2004, Delaware. Education: Bryn Mawr College (B.A., 1998); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 2001). Member: Delaware State (Member, Estate and Trust Section) and Delaware County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Probate; Fiduciary Litigation.Email: Trisha W. Hall
M. Shannon Moore (Associate) born Media, Pennsylvania, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1992); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Treasurer, Guy DeFuria Inn of Court, 2008. Recipient, James J. Manderino Award for Trial Advocacy, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, 1999. Articles Editor, Widener Law Symposium Journal, 1998-1999. Member, Executive Board, Mo Levine Trial Advocacy Society, 1998-1999. Member: Delaware County (President, Young Lawyers Section, 2007) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Special Education; School Law; Public Sector Labor Relations; Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation.