MEMBERS OF FIRM
Jerry H. Dolchin (Managing Director) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1968, Pennsylvania; 1971, U.S. Tax Court; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, District of Columbia; 1992, Virginia. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1965); Boston University (J.D., 1968); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1970). Member: Philadelphia (Member, Sections on: Real Estate and Probate Law; Tax Law), Pennsylvania (Member, Section on Tax Law) and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; American Academy of Healthcare Lawyers. Practice Areas: Taxation; Health Care; Business Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning.Email: Jerry H. Dolchin
Mark I. Slotkin (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1979, U.S. Tax Court; 1992, New Jersey. Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1966); Temple University (J.D., 1973; LL.M., Tax, 1977). BarenKopf Scholar. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation; Board of Governors, 1979-1980; Chairperson: Young Lawyers Section, 1979-1980; Lawyer Reference Service Committee, 1979-1980). Practice Areas: Business Law; Pension and Profit Sharing Law; Taxation; Health Care; Corporate Law.Email: Mark I. Slotkin
Joel W. Todd (Member) born Schenectady, New York, December 29, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1977, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Claims Court; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Hobart College (B.A., cum laude, 1969); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, 1973-1976. President, Board of Directors, Philadelphia Protestant Home, 1980-1981. Chairman, Board of Directors, Woodlyn Crossing Homeowners Association, 2001-2003. Member, Board of Directors, Woodlyn Crossing Homeowners Association, 2007. Judge Pro Tem, Philadelphia Commerce Program, 2004. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Law; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: Joel W. Todd
Wendy Fein Cooper (Member) born Irvington, New Jersey, May 10, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1974, New Jersey; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Claims Court. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., cum laude, 1968); Temple University (J.D., 1973; LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Member: Philadelphia (Member, Sections on: Real Estate and Probate Law; Tax Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law), Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Elder Law; Health Care; Business Law.Email: Wendy Fein Cooper
Arlan Mintz Kardon (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, July 20, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2004, New York. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Instructor, Family Law, LLM Trial Advocacy Program for Temple University. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, 1977-1979. Member: Philadelphia (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Taxation); Montgomery County (Member, Family Law Section) and Pennsylvania (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Fellow: American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Green v. Green; Frazier v. Frazier; Riley v. Foley. Practice Areas: Family Law; Domestic Relations; Complex Litigation; Pre-Nuptial Agreements; Postnuptial Agreements; Child Custody; Divorce; Litigation; Cohabitation and Dissolution for Same Sex Couples Support Litigation; Asset Protection.Email: Arlan Mintz Kardon
Ellis Eisen (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1984, New Jersey and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Temple University (J.D., 1977; LL.M., Taxation, 1983). Law Clerk to Hon. Eugene Gelfand, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 1977-1979. Assistant City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia, 1980-1984. Member: Philadelphia (Member, Section on Tax Law), Pennsylvania (Member, Section on Tax Law) and American (Member, Section on Taxation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care; Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: Ellis Eisen
Stephen H. Green (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania; 1969, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Tax Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Lafayette College (A.B., cum laude, 1964); Columbia University (LL.B., 1967); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1972). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Activism and the Tax Status of Exempt Organizations," Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, 1973; "Guardianship in Pennsylvania: Asserting the Rights of the Mentally and Physically Disabled," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1979; "Understanding Estate Planning and Wills," Longmeadow Press, 1985 and Rev. Ed., 1987. Member: Philadelphia (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business Law; Probate and Trust Law), Pennsylvania (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Taxation; Business Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Business Law) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Gropper Will, 25 Fiduc. Rptr. 2d 446 (2005); Engelbach Estate, 1999 Ct. Com. PL. Lexis 23; Allebach Creative Associates, Inc. v. Schwartz, Legal Intelligencer, 2007. Transactions: Represented Tape Laboratories, Inc. in sale to Crossroads Systems, Inc. Practice Areas: Corporate Law(30%); Taxation(20%); Trusts and Estates(20%); Wills(15%); Elder Law(15%).Email: Stephen H. Green
Barry W. Krengel (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 29, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Villanova University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Temple University (J.D., 1978). Law Clerk to the Hon. Bernard J. Goodheart, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 1978-1979. Co-Author: "Consequential Damages Under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code," The Barrister, Volume XV, No. 1 Spring 1984. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Brereton v. North Penn Hospital Services, Inc. t/a Central Montgomery Medical Center, Legal Intelligencer, 2008. Practice Areas: Accident and Personal Injury; Collection Law; Medical Malpractice Law; Litigation; Commercial.Email: Barry W. Krengel
ASSOCIATES
Heather Goldner (Associate) born Springfield, Massachusetts, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2002); Temple University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Domestic Relations.Email: Heather Goldner
Elizabeth A. Gardiner (Associate) born New Jersey, June 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania; 1992, New Jersey. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1982); Temple University (J.D., 1991). Member: Montgomery County and Bucks County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Surrogacy Law.Email: Elizabeth A. Gardiner
Jonathan M. Peterson (Associate) born New London, Connecticut, January 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Seventh Circuits. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 1990); Tulane University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Author: "Taming the Sprawlmart: Using an Antitrust Arsenal to Further Historic Preservation Goals," 27 The Urban Lawyer 333, Spring 1995. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(90%); Commercial Transactions(10%).Email: Jonathan M. Peterson
Michael D. Dolchin (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 2000); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Employment Law(75%); Civil RICO(25%).Email: Michael D. Dolchin