Founded over 50 years ago, our firm has grown to 19 attorneys in two separate offices in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our litigation department, chaired by Attorney Joseph A. Quinn, Jr., provides services in all aspects of personal injury claims and complex litigation. Our Commercial Law Department provides representation to local, state, national and international clients in business matters including labor law, discrimination issues, banking, bankruptcy, estate planning and administration, corporate transactions and real estate law.

Statement of Practice

Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Auto Accidents, Wrongful Death, Motorcycle Accidents, Crashworthiness, Aircraft Accidents, Business and Estate Planning, Banking, Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, Commercial and Residential Development, Labor and Employment Law, Real Estate, Probate, Zoning, Telecommunications.

Clients

COUNSEL FOR: Diamond Manufacturing
Woodloch Spa Resort
Frank Martz Coach Company
Penn Security Bank & Trust Co.
Centralia Coal Co.
Weiler Brush Company, Inc.
Jerry's Sports Center, Inc.
Valley Distributing & Storage Co., Inc.
A. Rifkin Co.
Jack Williams Tire Company
Luzerne Bank
First Liberty Bank
Tammac Holdings Corporation
Greater Wilkes-Barre Development Corporation
Luzerne County Industrial Development Authority
Astro Apparel Group
Citizens Bank, Polarized Meat Company, Inc.
Inter-Cities Cold Storage, Inc.
Woodloch Pines
Luzerne Products
Kronick, Kalada & Berdy Co.
Sustainable Energy Fund of Central Eastern PA
Luzerne County Community College, Vigon International

LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Mellon Bank, N.A.
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
Blue Cross of Northeastern PA
Sandvik, Inc.
First Columbia Bank and Trust
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company
Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank
Verizon Wireless
PNC Bank N.A.

Address

434 Lackawanna Avenue
Suite 200
Scranton, PA 18503, (Lackawanna Co.)

Phone

Phone: 570-346-8414

Website

http://www.hkqpc.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

PRINCIPALS

Allan M. Kluger (Principal) born Wyoming, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1928; admitted to bar, 1953, Pennsylvania. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1949); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1952). Board of Trustees, Kings College, 1991-2005 and Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, 1993-1998. Recipient, Wilkes-Barre Law and Library President's Award, 2009. (Resident, Kingston Office). Practice Areas: General Practice; Corporate; Real Estate.Email: Allan M. Kluger

Joseph A. Quinn, Jr. (Principal) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 1963); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1966). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995—. Selected as one of the top Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania. Member, Inner Circle of Trial Advocates. Member: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) (Resident, Kingston Office). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Product Liability; Automobile Negligence; Medical Negligence; Crashworthiness; Airplance Crash Litigation.Email: Joseph A. Quinn, Jr.

Richard M. Goldberg (Principal) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1963); Temple University School of Law (LL.M. in Labor Law, 1975). Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1964-1965. Assistant District Attorney, Luzerne County, 1965-1967. Deputy Attorney General, Pennsylvania, 1967-1970. Executive Assistant, the Attorney General, 1968-1970. Chief Legal Counsel, Pennsylvania State Police, 1968-1970. Examiner, State Board of Law Examiners, 1971-1998. Chief Solicitor, County of Luzerne, 1984-1999. Chairman, Judicial Campaign Advertising Committee, 2008—. Fellow College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Board of Governors, 1998-2001; Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 2004) and American (Chairman, Standing Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1977-1980; Delegate, House of Delegates, 2004—) Bar Associations;. [Colonel, Military Police Corps, Army Reserve Retired]. (Resident, Kingston Office). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Municipal Law.Email: Richard M. Goldberg

Arthur L. Piccone (Principal) born Kingston, Pennsylvania, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (A.B., 1955); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1958). Judge in Compensation, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1970-1992. Member: Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board, 1997-2004; Pennsylvania Supreme Court Special Committee to Limit Campaign Expenses, 1997-2006; Board of Governors, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University, 1993-2007. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association (President, 1995-1996). (Resident, Kingston Office). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate Assessment Valuations.Email: Arthur L. Piccone

Richard S. Bishop (Principal) born Hazleton, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1968); Temple University (J.D., 1971). Member, Mid-Atlantic Region of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association. [Major, Military Intelligence, U.S. Army Reserves, 1971-1985]. Practice Areas: Business; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Corporate; Probate; Elder Law.Email: Richard S. Bishop

Joseph E. Kluger (Principal) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, December 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania. Education: Wyoming Seminary (Graduate, 1982); Hamilton College (B.A., 1986); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1989). Chairman of the Board, Luzerne Bank. Board of trustees: King's College; Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School. Former Assistant District Attorney, 1992. Solicitor, Luzerne County Community College, 1993—. Member: Luzerne Foundation; Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry. Former Advisory Board Member, Mellon Bank. (Resident, Kingston Office). Practice Areas: Banking; Creditors Rights; Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Joseph E. Kluger

James T. Shoemaker (Principal) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: New York University (B.A., 1987); New York Law School (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Banking; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate.Email: James T. Shoemaker

Donald C. Ligorio (Principal) born Willingboro, New Jersey, December 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton (B.A., 1989); University of Dayton (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Member, University of Dayton Law Review. Author: "Ohio's Criminal RICO Statute," 17 University of Dayton Law Review, 1992. Member: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Sections on: Workers Compensation and Auto Law). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Personal Injury.Email: Donald C. Ligorio

Michelle M. Quinn (Principal) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, April 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Villanova University (J.D., 1994). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Recipient: Northeast Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers' 1st Annual Lawrence Roth Award; PBA President's Merit Award, 2001. Member: Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers (Immediate Past President); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Negligence.Email: Michelle M. Quinn

Richard M. Williams (Principal) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania. Education: Virginia Military Institute; Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1991); The Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1994). Lecturer of Law: Lorman Education Services; National Business Institute. Member, Board of Directors: Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, 2004—; Lehigh Valley Whitewater, Inc. 2005. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law and Litigation; Land Use; Creditors Rights; Real Estate; Zoning Law.Email: Richard M. Williams

David A. Aikens, Jr. (Principal) born Troy, New York, May 12, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: Ithaca College (B.S., cum laude, 1991); Villanova University (J.D., 1994). Member, Villanova Law Review, 1992-1994, Winner, 1994 Reimeil Moot Court Competition, Assistant District Attorney, 1998-2001. Practice Areas: Medical Negligence; Products Liability; Personal Injury.Email: David A. Aikens, Jr.

Terrence J. Herron (Principal) born 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., cum laude, 1971); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1975); Temple University (LL.M., Taxation, 1980); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1985); University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (M.B.A., 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate; Taxation; Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Terrence J. Herron

David W. Saba (Principal) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: King's College (B.A., 1971); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1974). Member: American Board of Trial Advocates. (Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Automobile Negligence.Email: David W. Saba

Amanda V. Wright-Kluger (Principal) born Nuneaton, Leicestershire, England, April 15, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania; Supreme Court of England and Wales. Education: The University of the West of England; Bristol University (LL.B., Honors, 1994; L.P.C., 1995, UK Bar Equivalent); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: The Law Society of England and Wales; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Automobile Negligence; Workers Compensation.Email: Amanda V. Wright-Kluger

Michael A. Lombardo, III (Principal) born Pittston, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania. Education: King's College (B.A., 2000); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; Pennsylvania Association For Justice. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Michael A. Lombardo, III

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Brian McDonnell (Associate) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 2002; M.A., Political Science, 2003); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2006). Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Negligence; Automobile Negligence.Email: Brian McDonnell

Brian Stahl (Associate) born Doylestown, Pennsylvania, March 18; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania; 2008, New York. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S.B.A., 2003); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2006). (Also at Kingston Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions; Business Law.