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| | Address | | 161 West Third Street | | Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17703-0215 | | (Lycoming Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 570-323-8711; 1-800-326-9259 | Fax: 570-323-4192
Fax: 570-567-1025 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.riederstravis.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Harris, Waters & Waffenschmidt practices in the following areas of law:
Civil and Criminal Trials in all State and Federal Courts including Products Liability, Negligence, Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Antitrust, Insurance, Medical/Legal Malpractice, Civil Rights, Workers Compensation, F.E.L.A., Probate and Motor Vehicles, Divorce, Custody and Support Matters. | Firm Profile:
Throughout the history of the firm, we have concentrated our practice on selected areas of the law to give our clients a high caliber of legal service. We trace our roots to the early 1800's when Robert P. Allen, established his law practice in Williamsport. We have a professional staff comprised of paralegals, nurses, administrators and associate attorneys. Many of our partners have been called to public service serving as judges or public officials. Several partners have served as judicial law clerks to both state and federal judges. Three partners have served on the State Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and one partner served as President of the organization. We have been involved in the American Law Institute, the Patient Safety Authority and Citizens for Consumer Justice, the state's largest consumer organization. The firm's attorneys are leaders in national state and regional bar and trail lawyer associations. The firm's web page can be found at www.riederstravis.com. | | Firm Size: 10 | Clients:
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT: Jersey Shore State Bank. | References:
Williamsport National Bank; Jersey Shore State Bank; Woodlands 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
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Gary T. Harris (Member) born Williamsport, Pennsylvania, May 29, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1979, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Franklin & Marshall College and Lycoming College (B.A., 1967); Temple University (J.D., 1973). Mediator, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania Alternative Dispute Resolution Program. Member: Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Past Member, Board of Governors); American Association for Justice; Lycoming Law Association (Past President, Secretary and Treasurer). [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Personal Injury; Litigation; Insurance; Estate Administration. Email: Gary T. Harris | | John M. Humphrey (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 2, 1944; admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania; 1973, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1967); University of Virginia (J.D., 1972). Associate Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1968-1969. Recipient: Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award, 1988 and IOLTA Recognition Award, 1992; Lycoming Law Association Equal Access to Justice Award, 1989. Law Clerk to the Honorable Malcolm Muir, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1972-1974. Member, Lawyer's Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1986-1989; 1999—; Chairman, 2002-2003. Attorney, Invitee to the Third Circuit Judicial Conference, 1986-1989; 2000. Member, Board of Directors, Lewisburg Prison Project, 1975—; Board of Directors and Vice President, Susquehanna Legal Services, 1980-2000. Local Counsel, Federal Actions-Middle District of Pennsylvania. Member: Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1996); American Association for Justice; Lycoming Law Association (Executive Committee, 2000—; President, 2004). Practice Areas: Federal Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Professional Liability; Products Liability. Email: John M. Humphrey | | Clifford A. Rieders (Member) born New York, N.Y., June 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, New York Court of Appeals; 1975, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Claims; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Claims Court; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1970); Georgetown University (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Coat of Arms Society. Recipient: New York University Academic Scholarship; B'nai B'rith International Justice and Human Relations Award. Law Clerk to Honorable Malcolm Muir, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1973-1975. Author: More than a dozen monographs and published articles between 1972-Present on a variety of topics; full curriculum vitae available at web site. Book Author: Workers' Rights in Pennsylvania, 2nd Edition, 2002; Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice: Law & Forms, 2005 Revision. Lecturer: Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Trial Advocacy Foundation; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Foundation. Member, Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpractice. Past President, Citizens for Consumer Justice. Member: Great Neck, New York State, Pennsylvania (Member, Litigation Section; Chair, Amicus Committee; Member, Task Force on Affordable Legal Services for the Middle Class), Federal (Past President, Central PA Chapter, 1995-1996; Member, National Council in recognition of outstanding commitment to the association and federal legal profession) and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; American Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 2005—); Pennsylvania Association for Justice (President, 2001-2002; Editorial Board of The Barrister, 1983; Recipient of the Milton D. Rosenberg Annual Award, 1989; Recipient of the George F. Douglas Award, 2006); Lycoming Law Association (Chair, Bench Bar Committee); American Law Institute (Consultant Group, Restatement Torts 3rd, Product Liability, General Torts, Apportionment of Liability & Liability for Physical Harm); American Judicature Society; Civil Justice Foundation (Founding Sponsor, 1985); Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Roscoe Pound Institute; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Communications and State Network Committee); Pennyslvania Bar Institute (Member, Health Care Task Force). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Torts; Aviation and Aerospace; Civil Practice; Class Actions; Railroad Law; Constitutional Law. Email: Clifford A. Rieders | | Ronald C. Travis (Member) born Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1944; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Lycoming College (B.A., 1967); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1970). Member, Order of Woolsack Society and Moot Court. Law Clerk to Chief Justice John C. Bell, Jr., Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1970-1971. Assistant City Solicitor, Williamsport, 1974-1988. Graduate, Death Penalty College, Santa Clara, 1997 and Clarence Darrow Death Penalty College, 2003. CLE Instructor for PBA, Federal Bar, PACDL, Federal Public Defender. Member, Life in the Balance. Member, U.S. District Court, Middle District, CJA Panel, 1972—. Listed, Super Lawyer, 2004. Pennsylvania Rule 801 Certified. Federal "Learned" Counsel. Member: Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; Lycoming Law Association (President, 1999); Inns of Court; Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Legal Aid & Defender Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; Personal Injury. Email: Ronald C. Travis | | Thomas Waffenschmidt (Member) born Germany, August 12, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Slippery Rock University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1990). Member: Pennsylvania, Federal and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1999—); Lycoming Law Association; Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Civil Practice; Complex Litigation; Commercial Law. Email: Thomas Waffenschmidt | | C. Scott Waters (Member) born Muncy, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Lycoming College (B.A., 1978); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member, Appellate Moot Court Board. Finalist, National Appellate Moot Court Team Competition. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Wollet, Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas, 1985-1987. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; Pennsylvania Association for Justice; Lycoming Law Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Workers' Compensation; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: C. Scott Waters | | Jeffrey C. Dohrmann (Member) born Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1959; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1982); Widener University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993). Member: Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; Lycoming Law Association; Pennsylvania Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Special Education; Title IX Discrimination; ERISA; Employee Rights; Employment Discrimination; Wrongful Termination; Whistleblower Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Jeffrey C. Dohrmann | | ASSOCIATES | | Pamela L. Shipman (Associate) born Scotia, New York, March 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Seton Hill College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1975); Dickinson Law School (J.D., 1981). Member, Woolsack Honor Society. Member, 1980-1981 and Special Projects Editor, 1981, Dickinson Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable R. Dixon Herman, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1981-1983. Member, Lycoming County Board of Viewers, 1993—. Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association; Lycoming Law Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Eminent Domain; Appellate Practice. Email: Pamela L. Shipman | | Donald F. Martino (Associate) born Williamsport, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education: Temple University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1999). Alpha Lambda Delta. Member, Appellate Moot Court Board. Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Lycoming Law Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Family Law; Federal Criminal Law. Email: Donald F. Martino | | Joel Michael McDermott (Associate) born Williamsport, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania. Education: Lycoming College (B.A., 1999); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2003). Member: Lycoming Law Association. Practice Areas: Legal Research and Writing. |
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