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| | Address | | 510 Swede Street | | Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 | | (Montgomery Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 610-275-2000 | | Fax: 610-275-2018 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.kanepugh.com | | |
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| Kane, Pugh, Knoell,
Troy & Kramer, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Criminal Practice, Litigation in all State and Federal Courts, Casualty Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury Law, Employment Discrimination, Municipal Defense and Family Law. | | Year Established: 1974 | Firm Profile:
All attorneys are experienced in the investigation, preparation, negotiation and trial of casualty defense litigation in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe and Philadelphia Counties and in the United States Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; as well as appellate argument in the Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth Courts of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. | | Firm Size: 14 | Representative Clients:
Allstate Insurance Co.; Delaware Valley Insurance Trust; Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co.; Motors Insurance Corp.; Medical Protective Co.; Pennsylvania Medical Society Liability Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania Medical Professional Catastrophe Loss Fund; Schindler Elevator Corp.; Philadelphia Park; Gulf Insurance Group; Mercy Health System; Greyhound Lines, Inc.; Medical Claims Management Group; Pronational Insurance Co.; Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co.; Penn Millers Insurance Co.; Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange. | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | William H. Pugh IV (Senior Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1958; LL.B., 1961). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Montgomery (Treasurer, 1991; Secretary, 1992; Vice President, 1993; President-Elect, 1994; President, 1995) and Pennsylvania (Zone 9 Delegate, 1992—) Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1973); Pennsylvania Defense Institute; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Montgomery Bar Foundation (President, 1996). Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Arbitration. Email: William H. Pugh IV | | —————————— | | William H. Pugh, V (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1983); Villanova University (J.D., 1986). Listed in: Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1986-1989. Editor, Montgomery Law Reporter, 1992-1994. Solicitor, Borough of West Conshohocken, 1990-1996. Member: Montgomery (Co-Chair, Program and Events Committee, 1991-1997; Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2002; Treasurer, 2002; Secretary, 2003; Vice President, 2004), Pennsylvania (Zone 9 Delegate, 2003—) and New York State Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1999); Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Co-Chair, Professional Liability Committee, 1992-1997); Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate). Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: William H. Pugh, V | | George H. Knoell, III (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Dickinson College and Ursinus College (B.A., 1973); Villanova University (J.D., 1976). Former Civil Service Commissioner, Lower Merion Township. Member: Montgomery (Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1996; Chair, Medical-Legal Committee, 1988-1990) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Municipal Defense; Civil Rights; Employment Discrimination Defense. Email: George H. Knoell, III | | Paul C. Troy (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1987); Dickinson College (J.D., 1990). Member, Order of Omega. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Outstanding Contribution to Student Life Award. Recipient, Special Achievement Award, Montgomery Bar Association, 1999. Life Fellow, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation (Member: Board of Directors, 1998-2000; Mission Committee, 2000). Member: Montgomery (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1995; Member, Board of Directors, 1996-1999, 2003; Co-Chair, Insurance Committee, 1996—) and Pennsylvania (Chair, PBA House of Delegates, 2003-2005; Member: Board of Governors, 1997-2000, 2003—; Planning Committee, 1997-1999; Interdisciplinary Committee on Medical and Health Related Issues, 1992—; Executive Director Search Committee, 1999; Code of Evidence Committee, 1999; Young Lawyers Division; Executive Council, 1995-1999; Delegate to House of Delegates, 1996—; Vice-Chair, Health Care Law Committee, 2001—; Chair, Mid-Year Meeting, 2001-2002) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Member: Board of Directors, 2000—; Civil Litigation and Trial Skills Committee, 2001—); Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2003). Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury. Email: Paul C. Troy | | Andrew J. Kramer (Partner) born 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania. Education: Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., 1985); University of Toledo School of Law (J.D., 1988). Member, University of Toledo Law Review, Student Articles Editor, 1987-1988. Member: Montgomery (Membership Co-Chair, 1995, 1996; Membership Services Co-Chair, 1997) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Defense Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate). Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Andrew J. Kramer | | Robert Connell Pugh (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 14, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Richmond; Villanova University (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1991). Member: Montgomery (Co-Chair, Health and Fitness Committee, 1994—), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice. Email: Robert Connell Pugh | | Paulyne A. Gardner (Associate) born Norristown, Pennsylvania, November 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994); Temple University (J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Montgomery (Chair, Young Lawyer Section, 2004) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Appellate Practice; Guardianship. Email: Paulyne A. Gardner | | Mary Coyne Pugh (Associate) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Rosemont College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); Villanova University (J.D., 1986). Delta Epsilon Sigma. Member, Villanova Law Review, 1985-1986. Member: Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice. | | Matthew R. Shindell (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Maryland (M.S., 1998); Widener University (J.D., 2001). Moot Court. Member: Philadelphia, Montgomery County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability; Personal Injury. Email: Matthew R. Shindell | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Joel B. Bernbaum (Special Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Seventh Circuits. Education: Long Island University (B.S., 1973); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Theta. Chapter Author and Lecturer: Fundamentals of Family Law, Interim Relief and Counsel Fees, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April, 1994, 1996 and 1997; Drafting Property Settlement Agreements, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February, 1994. Moderator: Fundamentals of Family Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April, 1994; Using Computers in Child Support Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, July, 1994; Spreadsheets Demystified. Course Planner and Speaker: Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Technology Institute, February 2000 and 2001; Technology for Family Lawyers, 2000, 2002, 2004. Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, July 1996; Montgomery County Family Law Practicum, October 1994 and 1995. Member: Montgomery (Member, Board of Directors, 1997-1999; Member, Family Law Committee, 1985—; Chairman, Family Law Committee, 1995, 1996 and 1997; Chairman, Law Office Management and Legal Technology Committee 1993-1994, 1999, 2000, 2001; Member, Judiciary Committee, 2000-2004), Pennsylvania (Member, Council, 1993-1995; 1997-1999) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Doris Jonas Freed, American Inn of Court. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Treasurer, 2003 and Secretary, 2004, PA Chapter). [With U.S. Army Reserves, 1967-1973]. Practice Areas: Family Law. Email: Joel B. Bernbaum | | OF COUNSEL | | Edward F. Kane (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1935; admitted to bar, 1961, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1956); Temple University (LL.B., 1960). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Defense Institute; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice. | | M. Cathlene Driscoll (Of Counsel) born Abington, Pennsylvania, May l, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., cum laude, 1979); Villanova University (J.D., 1982). Member, Hearing Committee, Disciplinary Board, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1982—. Member: Montgomery (Chair, Medical-Legal Committee, 1994), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1992-1997); Pennsylvania Defense Institute; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Employment Discrimination. Email: M. Cathlene Driscoll | Other Office Addresses:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Office: 1515 Market Street, Suite 714, 19102. Telephone: 215-496-0515.
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