(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts to include: Insurance, Products Liability, Personal Injury, Automotive Law, Fire Loss, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Workers' Compensation, Corporation, Commercial Litigation, Business Law and Appellate.

Representative Clients:

AAA/MidAtlantic Insurance Company
ACE USA
ALFA Insurance
American Fire & Casualty Company
Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company
Clarendon Insurance Company
ESIS, Inc.
Erie Insurance Group
Gulf Insurance Group (A Travelers Company)
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
The Hartford
Horace Mann Insurance Companies
Ingersoll Rand
Network Adjusters, Inc.
Ohio Casualty Group
Omni Insurance
School Claims Service
State Auto Insurance Co.
T.H.E. Insurance Company
West American Insurance Company
Wisenberg Insurance & Risk Management
York International Corporation.

Reference:

PNC Bank.

Address

Phoenix Plaza
Suite 600
22 East Union Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701-2723, (Luzerne Co.)

Phone

Phone: 570-822-8515
Fax: 570-822-5748

Website

http://www.polacheklaw.com

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Francis G. Wenzel, Jr. (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1974); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1977). Phi Alpha Delta. Contributing Editor on Products Liability for PDI's "Counterpoint," 1981-1984. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member: Civil Litigation Section; Health Care Law Committee, 1995—; Interdisciplinary Committee on Law and Medicine, 1995—); Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Contributing Editor on Products Liability for "Counterpoint," 1980-1984); Defense Research Institute; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. [Captain, JAGC, U.S. Marine Corps, 1977-1980]. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Subrogation; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Trucking Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: Francis G. Wenzel, Jr.

Thomas P. Clark (Associate) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., English, 1998); Duquesne University (J.D., 2001). Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Subrogation; Bankruptcy; Workers Compensation.

Tricia Jones Watters (Associate) born Scranton, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2008, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., Criminal Justice, 1999); Duquesne University (J.D., 2002). Law Clerk for: Honorable Peter Paul Olszweski, Sr., Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 2002-2003; Honorable Michael J. Barrasse, Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas, 2003-2004. Member: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Subrogation.