Our Practice Areas
Our legal team is wholly dedicated to championing and safeguarding the best interests of our clients. Whether dealing with complex insurance coverage and defense issues or personal legal challenges, our mission is to provide individuals, businesses, and organizations with exceptional legal services. We are unyielding in our commitment to securing the best possible outcome in every case we undertake. With a relentless passion for justice, we will fight tirelessly and strategically on your behalf at every turn.
Property & Casualty
We specialize in the defense and coverage of all aspects of property and casualty insurance, including losses to businesses, homes, automobiles, and damage to third parties. We have handled countless property and casualty claims involving losses resulting from hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters. We represented several national insurance carriers from claims arising from Hurricane Sandy. In addition to defending claims arising from catastrophic events, we have extensive experience with claims relating to theft, vandalism, water damage, and defective construction.
Insurance Coverage
We handle complex areas of insurance policy interpretation arising from homeowners policies, commercial property policies, comprehensive general liability policies, umbrella policies, and automobile policies. We provide prompt and thorough coverage opinions and analysis on both first party and liability policies at a reasonable cost. When appropriate, we initiate or defend declaratory judgment actions to determine our client's rights and obligations.
Fraud & Special Investigations
During the claims handling process, red flags occasionally arise which may indicate fraud or dishonesty on the part of the insured. We have extensive experience assisting insurers in such circumstances. On potential fraud claims, we obtain needed documents and information, investigate the loss, conduct examinations under oath, prepare coverage opinions, and provide recommendations to the insurer. When an insured's dishonesty is discovered only after the claim has been paid, we have experience utilizing claims for statutory and common law fraud to recover the insurer's payment and other damages.
Subrogation
We prosecute both simple and complex cases involving fires, product liability and negligence in both federal and state courts. When appropriate, we utilize a wide-range network of expert witnesses to help us investigate the causes of a loss and prosecute an action for subrogation. These experts include products experts, forensic accountants, engineers, and signage experts.
General Liability
We handle a wide variety of matters, including slips and falls, negligence, intentional torts, slander, defective construction, and wrongful use of civil proceedings. We defend individuals, businesses, property owners, and landlords against virtually any claim. We work hand in hand with our clients to develop the most effective strategy to defend their interests. In addition to defending matters in court, we utilize alternative dispute resolution such as binding arbitration and intercompany arbitration to bring matters to finality quickly and to control costs for our clients.
Bad Faith
Bad faith is the most explosive and dangerous area of insurance law. Insurers can lose millions of dollars in punitive damages and attorneys' fees. We have extensive experience in every aspect of avoiding bad faith verdicts. We assist during the claims process to insure proper claims handling. If a bad faith case is filed against an insurer, we have over two decades of experience fighting for insurers at every step of the process. We have also lectured to clients, colleagues, and claims handling professionals throughout the country on insurance bad faith.
Estate Planning
Planning for the future is crucial, yet often overlooked. Our team assists in comprehensive estate planning, including the drafting of wills, setting up trusts, and planning for the well-being of your loved ones after you're gone.
Motor Vehicle
We have extensive experience handling litigation that arises from motor vehicle accidents. Our experience includes defending insurers in suits and arbitrations arising from claims for first party benefits, underinsured and underinsured motorist benefits, and excess verdict cases. We advise clients on insurance complex coverage issues. Additionally, we vigorously defend insureds in liability actions arising from motor vehicle accidents.
General Litigation
Our team’s broad knowledge base allows us to advise and represent clients facing potential litigation from injuries, accidents, and business conflicts, to family matters. Client satisfaction remains our paramount objective in every litigation scenario.
Appellate Practice
We have successfully represented clients in appeals involving torts, breach of contract, negligence, indemnification agreements, insurance policies, claim for insurance bad faith, and claims for insurance coverage. We handle all aspects of the appeal. We have prevailed before the appellate courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
DUI / DWI
A DUI charge can have severe implications on your life, affecting everything from your employment to your driving privileges. We offer comprehensive legal support, from advising you on your rights to representing you in court, aiming to secure the best possible outcome.
Municipal Court Violations
We represent clients facing various municipal court violations. Whether it's a traffic ticket, a speeding ticket, or any other local ordinance violation, our lawyers work tirelessly to minimize penalties and protect your rights.
By offering comprehensive services across these varied practice areas, we aim to meet and exceed your legal needs.