Managing Partner at the firm Schrom & Shaffer, P.C.
Areas of Practice
Driving While Intoxicated; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Criminal Law
Admitted
1983, Pennsylvania; 1984, New Jersey
Law School
Widener University, J.D., 1983
College
Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1969; Princeton University, 1972-1974; Emmanuel College; Cambridge University, 1983
Membership
Delaware County, Pennsylvania and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society; Pennsylvania Education Association.
Biography
Phi Alpha Delta. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Moot Court. Honor Society, Princeton Club; Pennsylvania State Club. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award, 1981; Freedoms Found Scholar, 1982; Federal Bar Association Award, 1983. Pennsylvania Bar News, "Workers Compensation", Jan. 9, 1995; Pennsylvania Law Weekly, "Illness Induced by Work Stress Compensable", Sam Fineman, p. 1, p.24, Dec. 12, 1994; Pennsylvania Law Weekly, "Worker's Compensation", "Mental/Physical Injury", p. 9, 1994; The Legal Intelligencer, "Workers' Comp Available for Stress Ailments", "Court Overturns Board Ruling", "Sides With Claimant", p. 1, "Doctor's Testimony", "Reargument Sought", p. 36, Hank Grezlak, Dec. 12, 1994; The Legal Intelligencer, "Workers' Comp Referee Gives Benefits Over Job Stress", Melissa Kelly, p. 1, p. 8, July 20, 1992; The Legal Intelligencer, "Workers' Comp Stress Award Overturned", "Physical Injury Must be Proven", Hank Grezlak, p. 1, "Physical Injury Defined", p. 1, "Abnormal Conditions Required", p. 1, p. 26, "Stress Related?", p. 26, "Commonwealth Court Cited", p. 26, "Appeal Expected", p. 26, Oct. 18, 1993; Daily Times, "Ex-Unisys worker wins "stress" pay", Joe Hart, July 17, 1992; Daily Times, "Former Unisys worker wins $100,000 judgment from firm", Kerin Magill, July 17, 1992. Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America (1987).
Reported Cases
Whiteside v. W.C.A.B., No. 2569 C.D., 1993 (Nov. 22, 1994); Whiteside v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, PICS Case. No. 94-2039 (Pa. Commw. Ct. No. 22, 1994; Presta v. W.C.A.B. (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority), 733 A.2d 683 (Pa.Cmwlth. Jun 29, 1999) (NO. 525 C.D. 1998); Hughes v. Public School Employees' Retirement Bd., 662 A.2d 701, 102 E. Law Rep. 632 (Pa.Cmwlth. Jul 21, 1995) (NO. 3094 C.D. 1994).
Born
New York, N.Y., July 18, 1947
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