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| | Address | | 24 East Market Street, P.O. Box 565 | | West Chester, Pennsylvania 19381-0565 | | (Chester Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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(Main Office)
| Lamb McErlane PC practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Commercial, Personal Injury, Environmental, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Probate, Real Estate, Municipal, Zoning, Family Law. | | Year Established: 1948 | Firm Profile:
The attorneys of Lamb McErlane PC have been practicing law at the same location in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the county seat for Chester County, continuously since 1948. The firm under its present name became successor to Rogers and O'Neill in January 1971 when Theodore O. Rogers, Esquire was appointed to the bench of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Retiring from the bench, Judge Rogers rejoined the firm as a partner in 1986 and retired from the firm in 1994. William H. Lamb and James E. McErlane are the firm's senior partners. Lamb McErlane PC is among the largest law firms based in Chester County. The firm's practice covers a broad range of areas of law, with departments in civil litigation, personal injury, criminal defense, municipal law, business law, estate planning and administration and domestic relations. The firm serves clients' needs throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. | | Firm Size: 25 | Representative Clients:
County of Chester; First Financial Bank; Chester County School Authority; Chester County Intermediate Unit No. 24; Downingtown Area and Great Valley School Districts; Tredyffrin, Charlestown, Wallace, West Whiteland, Schuylkill, West Pikeland, East Pikeland and Uwchlan Townships; Philadelphia Electric Co.; Valley Forge Sewer Authority; Nicholas J. Bouras, Inc.; Municipal Authorities of Uwchlan, West Whiteland and Easttown; Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania; First Union National Bank Corporate Trust Development; Chester County Solid Waste Authority; Philadelphia Suburban Water Company; CertainTeed Corporation; Emerson Electric; Daimler Chrysler; Kowasaki; Erie Insurance Company; AlliedSignal Aerospace Corp.; The Brandywine Conservancy; Harron Communications Corporation; The General Crushed Stone Company; The Goddard School; The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; The Office of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. | References:
First Financial Bank; The Bancorp; First Union/National Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | SENIOR PARTNERS | | William H. Lamb (Senior Partner) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Pennsylvania. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1962); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1965). Law Clerk to Chief Justice John C. Bell, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1965-1966. District Attorney, 1972-1980. Member, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Appellate Rules Committee, 1974. Supreme Court Client Security Fund. Counsel to: The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Office of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 2003-2004. Member: Philadelphia, Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice; Communications; Corporate; Criminal Defense; Real Estate; Personal Injury; Municipal and Zoning. Email: William H. Lamb | | James E. McErlane (Senior Partner) born Malvern, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania; 1968, District of Columbia. Education: Villanova University (A.B., 1964; J.D., 1967). Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania (Chairman, Environmental Law Section, 1982-1983) and American Bar Associations. [JAGC, USN, 1967-1970]. Practice Areas: Municipal and Zoning; Corporate; Real Estate; Banking; Public Finance. Email: James E. McErlane | | MEMBERS | | James C. Sargent, Jr. (Member) born New York, N.Y., July 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New Hampshire; 1978, Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. Claims Court; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1971); University of Virginia (J.D., 1974). Member, Editorial Board, 1973-1974, Articles Editor, 1973-1974, University of Virginia Law Review. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Collins J. Seitz, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1974-1975. Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire 1975-1978. Member: Philadelphia, Chester County, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Civil Litigation. Email: James C. Sargent, Jr. | | Guy A. Donatelli (Member) born Plainfield, New Jersey, December 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Connecticut College (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1985); Temple University (LL.M., Trial Advocacy, 1994). Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1984-1985. Practice Areas: Commercial and Employment Litigation. Email: Guy A. Donatelli | | Vincent M. Pompo (Member) born Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania; 1983, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., cum laude, 1978); American University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Phi Alpha Delta (District Justice for District XVI, 1982-1983). Assistant Counsel, Department of Environmental Resources, 1982-1989. Special Deputy Attorney General, Department of Environmental Resources, 1986-1989. Member: Philadelphia, Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental; Municipal and Zoning. Email: Vincent M. Pompo | | Thomas J. O'Neill (Member) born Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1971). Projects Editor, Villanova Law Review. Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers (Chairman, Education Committee, 1988-1991; President, 1992; Chairman, Certification Committee, 1993-1995; Member, Board of Directors, 1997—). Practice Areas: Municipal Finance; Public Authority Finance; Tax Exempt Securities. Email: Thomas J. O'Neill | | Joel L. Frank (Managing Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Ninth Circuits; 1991, Florida; 1993, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1983); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Member, 1984-1986 and Note and Comment Editor, 1985-1986, Delaware Law School of Widener University Law Review. Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice. Email: Joel L. Frank | | John J. Cunningham, IV (Member) born Norristown, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1990); Villanova University (J.D., 1993). Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: John J. Cunningham, IV | | Maureen Murphy McBride (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: King's College (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member, 1987-1988 and Case and Comment Editor, 1988-1989, Villanova Law Review. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: Maureen Murphy McBride | | Lawrence J. Persick (Member) born Darby, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1986). Comments Editor, Dickinson Journal of International Law, 1985-1986. Author: "The Continuing Development of United States Policy Concerning the International Movement of Cultural Property," Vol. 4, No. 1, Dickinson Journal of International Law, Fall 1985. Barrister, Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Lawrence J. Persick | | Vincent T. Donohue (Member) born Havertown, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 1998, New Jersey. Education: Villanova University (B.S., Accounting, 1993); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate. Email: Vincent T. Donohue | | John T. Kehner (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 28, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: St. Joseph's College (B.S., summa cum laude, 1965); Univ. of Pennsylvania (LL.B., cum laude, 1968). Alpha Sigma Nu. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Philadelphia, Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. [Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, 1968-1974]. Practice Areas: Estates and Trusts(100%). Email: John T. Kehner | | Susan Grawe Mangold (Member) born Belleville, Illinois, October 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.A., 1992); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Pennsylvania Law Editor, Widener University Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to Honorable James R. Cavanaugh, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1996-1998. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Susan Grawe Mangold | | Daniel R. Bush (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania. Education: Widener University (B.A., Management, 1993; J.D., 1996). Member, Widener University Law Review, 1994-1996. Assistant District Attorney, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1997-2000. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Defense. Email: Daniel R. Bush | | Roman J. Koropey (Member) born Trenton, New Jersey, June 21, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1981, New Jersey; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Economics, 1976); University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1976); Villanova University (J.D., 1980). Staff Member, Villanova Law Review. Author, Casenote, 25 Villanova Law Review 507, 1979-1980. Member: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Ukrainian. Email: Roman J. Koropey | | —————————— | | Mary-Ellen H. Allen (Associate) born New York, N.Y., July 29, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1996); Villanova University (J.D., 1999). Moot Court Board Member. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Mary-Ellen H. Allen | | Mark P. Thompson (Associate) born West Chester, Pennsylvania, November 13, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1997); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Environmental Law. Email: Mark P. Thompson | | Scot Russel Withers (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, April 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; 2002, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk to: the Honorable William H. Lamb, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, 2003-2004; the Honorable Stephen A. Zappala, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, 1996-2003. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: Scot Russel Withers | | Steven G. Soles (Associate) born Towson, Maryland, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2001, New Jersey. Education: West Chester University (B.A., political science, magna cum laude, 1995); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Contracts. Email: Steven G. Soles | | Carolyn Moran Zack (Associate) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Douglass College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); Villanova Univ. (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa. Supervising Law Clerk, The Honorable Berle M. Schiller, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1998-1999. Treasurer, 2002, Member, Executive Committee, Former Co-Chair, Adoption Committee, Former Co-Chair, Domestic Violence Committee and Council Member, Family Law Section, Philadelphia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Children; Adoptions. Email: Carolyn Moran Zack | | Joshua G. Villari (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Temple University, Beasley School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Former Law Clerk, Chambers of the Honorable Richard B. Klein, Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Former Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia; Former Law Clerk, Office of Counsel for the Temple University Health System. Community Involvement: United States Soccer Federation; Haverford Soccer Club; Tredyffrin/Easttown Adult Soccer Association. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Transactions: Focuses practice on litigation and appeals; Assisted in the rendering of decisions, publishing of opinions, and drafting of memoranda as a law clerk in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and filed hundreds of legal briefs and litigated appeals on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in state Superior and Supreme Courts as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia; Also has a background in health care law, which he built as law clerk in the Office of Counsel for the Temple University Health System. There, he worked on issues concerning contracts, employment law, and medical malpractice. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Joshua G. Villari | | Brian H. Leinhauser (Associate) born Darby, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania and District of New Jersey. Education: Seminarian studies, Order of Saint Augustine; Villanova University (B.A., Philosophy, 1999); Duquesne University (Masters studies in Theology); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Former Instructor, Theology and Mathematics, Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School. Member: Allegheny County, Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Transactions: Concentrates practice in the areas of contract negotiations, medical malpractice, class action law suits and municipal matters; Experience includes representing public and private employers in matters relating to labor relations, collective bargaining negotiations, personnel and human resources consultation, employment discrimination claims, and wage and hour disputes; Litigation expertise is enhanced by a background in philosophy and theology. Practice Areas: Appellate Law; Litigation. Email: Brian H. Leinhauser | | Tammy D. Cummings (Associate) born Doylestown, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2002); Emory University (J.D., 2006). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Chester County, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. | | Thomas P. Hogan, Jr. (Associate) born New York, December 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., Government, 1989); University of Virginia (J.D., 1992). Board Member: People's Light & Theatre Company; Development Committee, Episcopal Academy. Member: Chester County Bar Association (Board Member, Professionalism Committee). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Complex Commercial Litigation; Regulatory Law; Government Investigations; Class Actions; Products Liability; Securities Litigation; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Health Care Fraud; Government Relations. | | OF COUNSEL | | Jonathan K. Wright (Of Counsel) born Freeport, New York, November 30, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1965); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1972). Community Involvement: Rotary International. Member: Chester County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. [Capt., USAF, 1965-1970]. Transactions: Joined Business Law Department, Lamb McErlane, July 2007; Practice includes all phases of general business law from transactional work to management/employee relations, including labor negotiations and dispute resolution on behalf of companies; to estate and trust planning and taxation; civil litigation and arbitration; and matters involving government oversight and regulation by OSHA, the Department of Labor, EEOC and ERISA; Previously served as an attorney at a Wayne, Pa. law firm for 35 years before joining Lamb McErlane. Practice Areas: Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Labor Law; Litigation. Email: Jonathan K. Wright | | Robert A. Alston (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.A., Honors Program, 1970) University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1974); Temple University (LL.M., Taxation, 1980). Order of the Coif. Topics and Research Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1973-1974. Speaker: on litigating in an American Arbitration Association forum to lawyer groups; AAA Arbitration Practice, American Arbitration Association (AAA), Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Delaware Valley Corporate Counsel Association. Instructor, Estate Planning courses in College and Community Schools throughout the area. Community Involvement: Member, President's Council, Gwynedd Mercy College; Supervisor and Senior Member, Finance Committee, Lower Gwynedd Township; Past President and Director, Wissahickon Valley Chamber of Commerce. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Montgomery County (Member and Former Chair, Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee), Pennsylvania (Member, Arbitration and ADR Committee) and American Bar Associations; AAA Regional Commercial Advisory Committee. Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators. Transactions: Joined the Business Law Department, Lamb McErlane, July, 2007; Concentrates practice on the general business representation of clients from counseling through litigation; estate and succession planning for business owners and senior business executives and similar matters for individual clients; Also serves as an arbitrator for business and employment cases for the American Arbitration Association; Served as an attorney at a Wayne, Pa. law firm for 12 years prior to joining Lamb McErlane; Has served as in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 company for one if its marketing divisions and as counsel on mergers and acquisition teams; Has also worked in the Business and Litigation groups of a large law firm; Created an in-house trial counsel staff for a Fortune 100 technology client, trying cases for them in the areas of technology, corporate, real estate, merger and acquisitions and product performance law in both federal courts and in American Arbitration Association forums throughout the country; Active in his community and within his profession, he teaches Estate Planning courses in College and Community Schools throughout the area and speaks to lawyer groups on litigating in an American Arbitration Association forum. Practice Areas: Business Law; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law; Taxation Law. Email: Robert A. Alston | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Jeannette R. Teti (Office Manager) Email: Jeannette R. Teti |
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