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Address
216 North River Street, Suite 410
Courthouse Square Towers
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702 (Luzerne Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.3
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 Free Initial Consultation Lenahan & Dempsey was founded in 1948 with one overriding objective in mind: to create a law firm committed to excellence. The firm has grown to a staff of over 60 individuals who are committed to creating superior strategies and compelling arguments that result in favorable decisions for our clients. Our firm represents seriously injured individuals in all types of personal injury cases throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. In addition to the Scranton Office, our firm has established offices in Wilkes-Barre and Stroudsburg, in order to better serve our clients. Six of our attorneys have been certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as Civil Trial Specialists. Our firm handles civil cases through all phases of litigation, including trial and appeal, in state and federal court, including the United States Supreme Court. With over 20 attorneys and a full support staff, including an in-house nursing consultant, our firm's size and resources allow us to effectively work our client's cases to an expeditious conclusion. Statement of PracticeSerious Personal Injury Litigation including: Automobile Accidents, Tractor Trailer Accidents, Wrongful Death Cases, Workers Compensation, Birth Injuries, Medical Malpractice, Defective Product Claims, Insurance Bad Faith Claims, Workplace/Construction Accidents, Nursing Home/Patient Abuse, HMO Abuse, Slip and Fall Injuries, Toxic Chemical Injuries, Social Security/Disability, Brain and Spinal Cord Injury. Firm Size: 24
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Address216 North River Street, Suite 410
Courthouse Square Towers
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, (Luzerne Co.)
PhonePhone: 570-346-2097
Fax: 570-822-8280
Website
http://www.lenahandempsey.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesScranton, Pennsylvania: (Main Office) 116 North Washington Avenue, Suite 400, 18501. Telephone: 570-346-2097; 1-888-LENAHAN. Fax: 570-346-1174. Email: lawyers@lenahandempsey.com.
Berwick, Pennsylvania: 106 West Front Street. Telephone: 570-752-5915.
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: 111 North 7th Street, 18360. Telephone: 570-517-0450.
John R. Lenahan, Jr. (Principal) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton (B.A., 1972); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., 1975). St. Mary's University Law Review, 1974-1975. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, 1995; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Selected: A Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" by Philadelphia Magazine, 2004. Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission, Investigative Division 2008. Author: Article, "Expert Witnesses: Selecting Them, Retaining Them & Maximizing Their Role," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997, updated 1999); Article, "Malfunction Theory In Product Liability Cases," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1996); Article, "How To Give A Persuasive Opening Statement In A Civil Case," for the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association (1992); Article, "The Effective Opening Statement A Defense Lawyer's Perspective," from Winning The Defense Case At Trial, for the Pennsylvania Defense Institute (1988); Article, "Proving Your Case Against The Commonwealth And Municipality," for the Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania (1987); Casenote, State v. Adams, 552 P. 2d 1125 (Alaska 1974), 6 St. Mary's L.J. 759 (1974). Presentations: "My Defense Of The Gloria Estefan Case," for the Trucking Industry Defense Association (1994); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2002-2005); "Civil Practice in Northeastern Pennsylvania," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2002); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2001); "Examining Medical & Non-Medical Experts in Civil Litigation,' for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2001); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (2000); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1999); "Expert Witnesses: Selecting Them, Retaining Them & Maximizing Their Role," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1999); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1998); "The New Pennsylvania Rules Of Evidence," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1998); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997); "Trial Preparation: The 100 Day Countdown," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997); "Essentials Of Pennsylvania Practice," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1997); "Trial Evidence In The Civil Case," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1996); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1996); "Joint Tortfeasor Releases & Comparative Fault: The Quicksand Of Tort Practice," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1995); "Automobile Insurance Update," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1995); "Examining the Expert Witness," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1994); "Trial Preparation: The 100 Day Countdown," for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (1993). Lecturer in Law: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, Trucking Industry Defense Association, Lackawanna County Bar Association, Marywood College. Chairman: Lackawanna County Civil Rules Committee, 1985. Member: Pennsylvania Suggested Standard Civil Jury Instruction Sub-Committee; Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1993-1995. Mediator, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Member: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Federal and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Member, Civil Litigation and Trial Skills Advisory Committee). Fellow: International Society of Barristers. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1983, re-certified, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Complex Litigation; Complex Motor Vehicle and Trucking Accident Litigation.Email: John R. Lenahan, Jr.
Joseph P. Lenahan (Principal) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., cum laude, 1974); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Member, Order of the Woolsack. Author: Article, "Locating and Using Appropriate Codes in Slip and Fall Cases," the Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, 1986; Article, "How to Get Your Exhibits in Evidence," from Winning the Defense Case at Trial, for the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1988. Lecturer in Law, Marywood College, 1980-1989. Member, Marywood College Law Advisory Board, 1988-1991. Member: Lackawanna County (Member, Civil Rules Committee, 1989) Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (President, 1990-1991; Executive Vice President, 1989-1990; Vice President, Northern Division-Middle District, 1984-1989; Treasurer, 1982-1984); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association (Recipient, Exceptional Performance Award, 1991); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1984, re-certified, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009). Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Professional Malpractice; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Environmental Law.Email: Joseph P. Lenahan
Timothy G. Lenahan (Principal) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, October 3, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., cum laude, 1978); St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Gamma Mu. Writing Director, St. Mary's Legal Research Board, 1979-1980. Contributing Editor, Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Guide, 1985-1987. Author, Article, "Panic Free Final Preparation For Trial," For The Defense (1991). Lecturer in Law: Marywood College, 1984-1987; Pennsylvania State University, 1990. Member: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (Member, Committee on Workmens Compensation, 1985-1986, 1989-1990), Federal and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute; Defense Research Institute; Association of Trial Attorneys; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1992; re-certified, 1997, 2003). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Insurance Coverage; Subrogation Law; Insurance Bad Faith.Email: Timothy G. Lenahan
Matthew D. Dempsey (Member) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1987, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Pennsylvania Superior Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 1978); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1981). Author: "Defending Hearing Loss Claims," Counterpoint, 1995; "Injuries in the Work Place," Counterpoint, 1994; Analysis, "New Workers Compensation Law," 1996; "Economic Layoffs and Automatic Reinstatement," Counterpoint, 1997; "Interaction of ADA and Workers Compensation Law in Pa.," Society of Human Resource Managers, 1998. Solicitor, Dunmore School District, 1989. Member: Board of Directors, Day Nursery Association, 1996-1997; Board of Trustees, Lackawanna Junior College, 1997. Member: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Federal and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania School Solicitors Association. (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1992; re-certified, 1997, 2002, 2007). Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation Law; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury.Email: Matthew D. Dempsey
Brian J. Lenahan (Member) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Pennsylvania Superior Court and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Scranton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); Villanova Law School (J.D., 1987). Phi Alpha Theta. Lecturer in Law: Pennsylvania Bar Association; National Business Institute, 1990; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers' Association; Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Member, Penn State Faculty for Legal Studies. Member, Scranton Chamber of Commerce. President, 2006 and Member, Board of Directors, Scranton Public Library. Member: Lackawanna County (Co-Chairman, Workman's Compensation Section), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-2002; Co-Chairman, Worker's Compensation Section); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Products Liability; Subrogation; Civil Litigation; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries.Email: Brian J. Lenahan
OF COUNSELRobert D. Elias (Of Counsel) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Member: Luzerne County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Social Security; Social Security Disability.Email: Robert D. Elias
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