(Main Office)

The Firm was founded in 1989 by Howard J. Kaufman, Steven M. Coren and Douglas Evan Ress, all of whom were formerly partners in Kittredge, Kaufman & Donley. In 2005, John W. Morris became "Of Counsel" to the firm.

Since being admitted to practice, most of the attorneys in the Firm have concentrated in litigation, and the Firm's practice has encompassed a broad spectrum of litigation in both federal and state courts, including commercial, securities, criminal, intellectual property rights, trade secrets, personal injury (plaintiff and defense), adversary bankruptcy matters, RICO, antitrust and unfair competition. The Firm's attorneys are admitted to the particular federal and state courts referenced in their individual resumes, and many have handled multi-district litigation matters as well. Various of the attorneys have also tried cases in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma.

The expertise of the attorneys comprising the Firm is respected throughout the Philadelphia legal community, and the attorneys enjoy the highest professional reputations. Many of the Firm's attorneys previously practiced with well-known, large Philadelphia firms, and, accordingly, the types of cases handled by the Firm parallel those of the larger firms. The firm is listed in the Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Commercial Litigation Section.

Statement of Practice

Litigation: Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Securities, General Commercial, Environmental, Tax, Products Liability, Employment, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Partnership Dissolution and Personal Injury in all State and Federal Courts.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates

Address

1717 Arch Street, Suite 3710
Philadelphia, PA 19103, (Philadelphia Co.)

Phone

Phone: 215-735-8700
Fax: 215-735-5170

Website

http://www.kcr-law.com

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David Dormont (Associate) born Providence, Rhode Island, July 7, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1994, Minnesota; 1995, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1984; M.S., 1984); University of Minnesota (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Minnesota Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Marvin Katz, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1992-1994. Author: "Separate and Unequal, School District Financing," 11 Law & Ineq. J. 261 (1992); "For the Good of the Adult: An Examination of the Constitutionality of Using Prior Juvenile Adjudications to Enhance Adult Sentences," 75 Minn. L. Rev. 1769 (1991). Audit Committee, ORT America and Board of Directors, Meretz, USA. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Federal and State Litigation; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Collections; Antitrust.Email: David Dormont

Bruce Bodner (Associate) born New York, New York, 1946; admitted to bar, 1997, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., Economics, 1968); Temple University School of Law (J.D, summa cum laude, 1996). Member, Temple Law Review, 1994-1995. Author, Comment, "U.S. Supreme Court's First Amendment Public Employee Speech Decision in Waters v. Churchill," Temple L.Rev. General Counsel to Transport Workers Union, Local 234. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Bruce Bodner

Pamela Elchert Thurmond (Associate) born Tiffin, Ohio, March 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., 2000); Case Western Reserve University (M.S.S.A., 2004; J.D., 2004). Member, 2002-2004 and Articles Editor, 2003-2004, Case Western Reserve University Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Bruce I. Fox, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2004-2006. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Pamela Elchert Thurmond

George Anthes (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Williams College (B.A., Political Science, 2000); Cornell Law School (J.D., 2006). Member, Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court. Member: Philadelphia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: George Anthes

Brian L. Watson (Associate) born Coudersport, Pennsylvania, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and Maryland; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1996); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member, Administrative Law Review, American University Washington College of Law. Law Clerk to Hon. Edwin Kosik, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1999-2001. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Federal Litigation.Email: Brian L. Watson

OF COUNSEL

John W. Morris (Of Counsel) born Gainesville, Georgia, January 7, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1967); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1970). Lecturer, Administration of Justice, Temple University, 1971-1983. Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Temple University, 1990—. Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1988—. Instructor, Trial Advocacy Program, Emory Law School, 1982-1992; Harvard Law School, 1989, 1991, 1992. Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1982—1993. First Assistant District Attorney, 1975-1979. Chairman, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board, 2001-2002. Member, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1998-2003. Counsel, Pennsylvania State Conference Trial Judges, 2004-2008. Judge Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, 2008—. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Director, 1991-1995); National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; American College of Trial Lawyers. (Also practicing individually, Philadelphia, PA). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Appellate Practice.