Top Attorneys 2024

Nearly every American, at some point in their lives, will venture into uncharted territory that requires the expertise of a skilled attorney. Perhaps it will be a divorce or a custody matter. Maybe it will come in the aftermath of a devastating injury. Perhaps it will involve probate matters following the death of a cherished family member. No matter the situation, a capable and confident attorney can make all the difference between languishing in uncertainty and reaching a satisfying resolution. For anyone who doesn’t know where to turn, let the following pages serve as a guide of sorts. Readers shared their perspective about the attorneys they trust with an assortment of legal issues. Suburban Life supplemented those suggestions with the names of attorneys who have been featured in these pages before. It’s worth noting that every prospective attorney requires a thorough vetting, to make sure he or she is well equipped to handle the matter at hand. Also, Suburban Life acknowledges the fact that the Philadelphia area has many exceptional lawyers, not all of whom are listed here. We present our 2024 Top Attorneys. APPELLATE LAW John J. Cunningham IV Maureen M. McBride James C. Sargent Scot R. Withers LAMB MCERLANE PC Multiple offices lambmcerlane.com BANKRUPTCY LAW Robert E. Angst Valerie Rosenbluth Angst ANGST & ANGST P.C. Doylestown and Harleysville angstlaw.com Jeanne Marie Cella JEANNE MARIE CELLA, ESQ. Media jeannemariecella.com Brad J. Sadek SADEK BANKRUPTCY LAW OFFICES Multiple offices sadeklaw.com BUSINESS LAW/COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Robert A. Burke William J. Gallagher MACELREE HARVEY Multiple offices macelree.com Vincent Carosella Jr. CAROSELLA & ASSOCIATES West Chester carosella.com Theodore F. Claypoole Andrew D.H. Rau UNRUH TURNER BURKE & FREES West Chester and Phoenixville utbf.com Mark R. Fischer Jr. Joel D. Rosen HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.com Lane Fisher FISHER ZUCKER LLC Philadelphia fisherzucker.com David Fornal Paul J. Maselli Brian A. Mills MASELLI, MILLS & FORNAL P.C. Newtown and Princeton, New Jersey masellilaw.com Anton Kaminsky KAMINSKY LAW LLC Southampton kaminskylaw.com Eric C. Milby LUNDY, BELDECOS & MILBY P.C. Narberth lbmlaw.com Cathleen Kelly Rebar REBAR KELLY Multiple offices rebarkelly.com Mia Tinari NINO V. TINARI & ASSOCIATES Philadelphia ninotinari.com CIVIL LITIGATION Benjamin R. Picker LAW OFFICES OF DONOGHUE & PICKER LLC Norristown jdbplaw.com CIVIL RIGHTS Sid Gold THE GOLD LAW FIRM P.C. Philadelphia discrimlaw.net Ronald L. Greenblatt Patricia V. Pierce WEIR GREENBLATT PIERCE LLP Philadelphia wgpllp.com COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW Elliot H. Berton James D. Doyle Holly L. Setzler Steven L. Sugarman GAWTHROP GREENWOOD PC Multiple offices gawthrop.com CRIMINAL DEFENSE Brendan Campbell SOLOMON, BERSCHLER, CAMPBELL & THOMAS P.C. Norristown norristownlawyers.com Vincent J. Caputo THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT J. CAPUTO West Chester vincentjcaputo.com NiaLena Caravasos LAW OFFICE OF NIALENA CARAVASOS LLC Philadelphia nialena.com Lee A. Ciccarelli CICCARELLI LAW OFFICES West Chester ciccarelli.com Kevin T. Coyne KEVIN T COYNE, ESQ. Media woodlyncriminallaw.com Alexandria Crouthamel CROUTHAMEL LAW OFFICES Bethlehem crouthamellaw.com Michael J. Diamondstein MICHAEL J. DIAMONDSTEIN P.C. Philadelphia michaeldiamondstein.com Steven F. Fairlie Elizabeth L. Lippy FAIRLIE & LIPPY P.C. North Wales fairlielaw.net Alessandro Giribaldi Pete Manaras GIRIBALDI & MANARAS P.C. Media giribaldiandmanaras.com Richard Q. Hark HARK & HARK Philadelphia phila-criminal-lawyer.com Mel D. Kardos Marc I. Rickles KARDOS, RICKLES & HAND Newtown krhlaw.com Charles D. Mandracchia MANDRACCHIA LAW LLC Skippack mmattorneys.com Daniel McGarrigle MCGARRIGLE LAW FIRM Media mcgarriglelawfirm.com Gregory J. Pagano George V. Troilo LAW OFFICES OF GREGORY J. PAGANO P.C. Philadelphia and Media paganolaw.net Michael T. van der Veen VAN DER VEEN HARTSHORN LEVIN & LINDHEIM Philadelphia mtvlaw.com DISPUTE RESOLUTION Harris T. Bock DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE Philadelphia adrdri.com DIVORCE/FAMILY LAW Robert E. Angst Valerie Rosenbluth Angst ANGST & ANGST P.C. Doylestown and Harleysville angstlaw.com Melissa M. Boyd Elizabeth C. Early BOYD & EARLY FAMILY LAW LLC Plymouth Meeting and Malvern boydearlyfamilylaw.com Stephen R. Ciarrocchi CIARROCCHI LAW Media ciarrocchilaw.com Lee A. Ciccarelli CICCARELLI LAW OFFICES West Chester ciccarelli.com Jennifer Courtney Marianne McGinty THE LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER COURTNEY Yardley courtneylaw.net Christina M. DeMatteo LAW OFFICE OF CHRISTINA M. DEMATTEO LLC Blue Bell dematteolawoffice.com Amy P. De Shong WISLER PEARLSTINE LLP Blue Bell wislerpearlstine.com Mary Cushing Doherty HIGH SWARTZ Multiple offices highswartz.com Sarinia M. Feinman VETRANO | VETRANO & FEINMAN LLC King of Prussia vetranolaw.com Derek M. Freed Wendy M. Rosen Barbara Ulrichsen ULRICHSEN ROSEN & FREED LLC Pennington, New Jersey urf-law.com Susan M. Gibson GIBSON FAMILY LAW Doylestown gibsonfamilylaw.com Elissa C. Goldberg LAW OFFICE & MEDIATION SERVICES OF ELISSA C. GOLDBERG LLC Doylestown ecgoldberglaw.com Kevin L. Hand Marisa M. Perini Marc I. Rickles KARDOS, RICKLES & HAND Newtown krhlaw.com David N. Hofstein Charles J. Meyer HOFSTEIN WEINER & MEYER P.C. Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd hwmfamilylaw.com Sarah A. Jones LAW OFFICES OF GREGORY J. PAGANO P.C. Philadelphia and Media paganolaw.net Shannon Kanavy Robert T. Repko REPKO LAW LLC Doylestown repkolaw.com David S. Kaplan O’DONNELL, WEISS & MATTEI P.C. Phoenixville and Pottstown owmlaw.com Lydia Fabbro Keephart PELLETTIERI, RABSTEIN & ALTMAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Newtown and Princeton, New Jersey pralaw.com Christin Kubacke Kim Denise Morton MORTON & KUBACKE FAMILY LAW LLC West Chester mortonfamilylaw.com Michael Kuldiner THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL KULDINER P.C. Feasterville and Doylestown phillyesquire.com Gregory P. LaMonaca LAMONACA LAW Media lamonacalaw.com Scott A. Lisgar KELLER, LISGAR & WILLIAMS LLP Havertown klwllp.com Inna Materese MATERESE FAMILY LAW Fort Washington materesefamilylaw.com Tina Mazaheri MAZAHERI LAW LLC Doylestown mazaherilawllc.com Carolyn R. Mirabile Lawrence J. Persick John Zurzola WEBER GALLAGHER Norristown wglaw.com Colleen M. Neary SWEENEY & NEARY LLP Media sweeneynearylaw.com Suzann Ordile ORDILE LAW AND MEDIATION New Hope ordilelaw.com Andrea B. Pettine PETTINE LAW OFFICES West Chester pettinefamilylaw.com Michael A. Raffaele RAFFAELE PUPPIO Media raffaelepuppio.com Sheryl R. Rentz LAW OFFICES OF SHERYL R. RENTZ Bryn Mawr srrentzlaw.com Jennifer J. Riley LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER J. RILEY Blue Bell and Wayne jjrlawfirm.com Carla V. Risoldi RISOLDI LAW OFFICES LLC Langhorne and New Hope risoldilawoffices.com Susan J. Sacchetta PLATT, DIGIORGIO & DIFABIO Paoli pddlaw.net Jacqueline G. Segal FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP Exton and Philadelphia foxrothschild.com Lori K. Shemtob SHEMTOB DRAGANOSKY TAYLOR Blue Bell shemtoblaw.com David J. Steerman KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP Multiple offices klehr.com Karen Ann Ulmer KAREN ANN ULMER P.C. Langhorne ulmerlaw.com Joseph D. Visco LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH D. VISCO Doylestown viscolawoffice.com Randi J. Vladimer RANDI J. VLADIMER P.C. Radnor vladimerlaw.com Lori A. Walker FAMILY LAW CORP. Philadelphia thefamilylawcorp.com David Woosley WOOSLEY NARAGON LLC Doylestown woosleynaragon.com ELDER LAW Linda M. Anderson Chari M. Alson ANDERSON ELDER LAW Media andersonelderlaw.com Maureen L. Anderson MAUREEN L. ANDERSON ELDER LAW Doylestown mlaelderlaw.com Henry A. Carpenter II BUCKS COUNTY ELDER LAW Yardley buckscountyelderlaw.com Rosemary R. Ferrino Eric Ladley Mary E. Podlogar MONTCO ELDER LAW Lansdale montcoelderlaw.com Jerold E. Rothkoff ROTHKOFF LAW GROUP Multiple offices rothkofflaw.com EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW Robin F. Bond TRANSITION STRATEGIES LLC Chesterbrook transition-strategies.com Michael B. Dubin Joseph W. Fluehr Stephen C. Goldblum Julie Merritt Pacaro Frank P. Spada Jr. Michael J. Torchia SEMANOFF ORMSBY GREENBERG & TORCHIA LLC Huntingdon Valley and Chalfont sogtlaw.com Scott I. Fegley THE FEGLEY LAW FIRM Yardley fegleylaw.com Joshua S. Ganz DUFFY NORTH ATTORNEYS AT LAW Hatboro duffynorth.com Amy Y. Karpf KARPF, KARPF & CERUTTI P.C. Multiple offices karpf-law.com Cathleen Kelly Rebar REBAR KELLY Multiple offices rebarkelly.com Thomas D. Rees HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.com Edward C. Sweeney WUSINICH SWEENEY & RYAN LLC Exton wusinichsweeney.com ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION Christopher K. Barber BARBER LAW OFFICES Havertown barberlawoffices.net Anylise Crouthamel David M. Frees III Douglas L. Kaune UNRUH TURNER BURKE & FREES West Chester and Phoenixville utbf.com Jay C. Glickman RUBIN, GLICKMAN, STEINBERG AND GIFFORD P.C. Colmar and Newtown rgsglaw.com Marc H. Jaffe FROMHOLD JAFFE ADAMS & JUN Villanova fromholdjaffe.com John A. Koury Jr. O’DONNELL, WEISS & MATTEI P.C. Phoenixville and Pottstown owmlaw.com Laura M. Mercuri DUFFY NORTH ATTORNEYS AT LAW Hatboro duffynorth.com Anthony Morris BUCKLEY BRION MCGUIRE & MORRIS LLP West Chester buckleyllp.com Stephen J. Olsen GAWTHROP GREENWOOD P.C. West Chester gawthrop.com Thomas E. Shea STERN & EISENBERG ATTORNEYS AT LAW Warrington sterneisenberg.com Leonard L. Shober SHOBER & ROCK P.C. Chalfont shober-rock.com Karen M. Stockmal KMS LAW OFFICES LLC Berwyn and Philadelphia kmslawoffices.com John B. Whalen Jr. JOHN B. WHALEN JR., ESQ. Wayne whalenpaprobatelawyers.com IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION LAW Helena Astolfi LAW OFFICE OF HELENA ASTOLFI Valley Forge astolfilaw.com Seth Lupton LUPTON LAW LLC West Chester sethluptonlaw.com W. John Yahya Vandenberg HOGAN & VANDENBERG LLC Philadelphia hvimmigrationlaw.com INSURANCE LAW Heather D. Lee THE LAW OFFICES OF HEATHER D. LEE PLLC Multiple offices life-insurancelawyer.com INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW/PATENT LAW Gary M. Samms OBERMAYER REBMANN MAXWELL & HIPPEL LLP Multiple area offices obermayer.com LAND USE & ZONING LAW Kristin S. Camp BUCKLEY BRION MCGUIRE & MORRIS LLP West Chester buckleyllp.com Louis J. Colagreco Jr. Joseph G. Riper RILEY RIPER HOLLIN & COLAGRECO Exton rrhc.com Marc B. Kaplin KAPLIN STEWART ATTORNEYS AT LAW Blue Bell and Philadelphia kaplaw.com David A. Megay Michael B. Murray Jr. O’DONNELL, WEISS & MATTEI P.C. Phoenixville and Pottstown owmlaw.com Ross A. Unruh UNRUH TURNER BURKE & FREES West Chester and Phoenixville utbf.com MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Gerald B. Baldino Jr. Thomas F. Sacchetta SACCHETTA & BALDINO Media sbattorney.com Howard A. Janet JANET, JANET & SUGGS LLC Philadelphia jjsjustice.com Joshua J. Knepp MORRIS WILSON KNEPP JACQUETTE Conshohocken and Philadelphia morriswilson.com Paul A. Lauricella MCLAUGHLIN & LAURICELLA P.C. Multiple offices ml-law.net Steven G. Wigrizer SALTZ MONGELUZZI BENDESKY P.C. Philadelphia smbb.com MUNICIPAL LAW David J. Brooman Gilbert P. High Jr. Thomas E. Panzer HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.com PERSONAL INJURY Fred Augonnet Lenard Cohen Jordan Lundy L. Leonard Lundy Paul Sochanchak Michael J. Soska Michele M. Squires Raymond Tarnowski Kristin Teufel LUNDY LAW Multiple offices lundylaw.com Pasquale Bianculli Brian Fritz FRITZ & BIANCULLI LLC Multiple offices fbesq.com Robert N. Braker Andrew R. Duffy Robert J. Mongeluzzi SALTZ MONGELUZZI & BENDESKY Philadelphia smbb.com Paul Bucci Jeffrey Laffey LBK LLP Philadelphia laffeybuccikent.com John F. Cordisco Michael L. Saile Jr. CORDISCO & SAILE LLC Multiple offices cordiscosaile.com A. Roy DeCaro Timothy R. Lawn Stephen E. Raynes Bernard W. Smalley Sr. RAYNES & LAWN Philadelphia rayneslaw.com Jason E. Fine J. FINE LAW Philadelphia jfinelaw.com Randall C. Flager FLAGER & ASSOCIATES PC Feasterville-Trevose flagerlaw.com Henry M. George LAW OFFICES OF GREGORY J. PAGANO P.C. Philadelphia and Media paganolaw.net Terry D. Goldberg HAGGERTY, GOLDBERG, SCHLEIFER & KUPERSMITH P.C. Multiple offices hgsklawyers.com Christian J Hoey HOEYLEGAL Paoli hoeylegal.com Mel D. Kardos Marc I. Rickles KARDOS, RICKLES & HAND Newtown krhlaw.com Marina Kats KATS JAMISON & ASSOCIATES Feasterville-Trevose and Philadelphia phillylawyers.com Jerry R. Knafo KNAFO LAW OFFICES Multiple offices knafo.com Dolores Rocco Kulp LAW OFFICE OF DOLORES ROCCO KULP Philadelphia drkulplaw.com Michael LaRosa LAROSA LAW FIRM Havertown larosalawfirm.com Richard D. Linderman O’DONNELL, WEISS & MATTEI P.C. Phoenixville and Pottstown owmlaw.com Jeffrey P. Lowenthal LOWENTHAL & ABRAMS P.C. Philadelphia lowenthalabrams.com Charles D. Mandracchia MANDRACCHIA LAW LLC Skippack mmattorneys.com Robert E. McCann MCCANN, DILLON, JAFFE & LAMB LLC Multiple offices mccanninjurylaw.com Joseph L. Messa Jr. MESSA & ASSOCIATES P.C. Philadelphia messalaw.com Robert H. Nemeroff FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN P.C. Jenkintown fsalaw.com Jon Ostroff OSTROFF GODSHALL Multiple offices ostrofflaw.com Marlo Pagano-Kelleher THE PAGANO LAW FIRM LLC Media paganolawyers.com Edith A. Pearce THE PEARCE LAW FIRM Philadelphia thepearcelawfirm.com Timothy F. Rayne MACELREE HARVEY Kennett Square macelree.com Carol A. Shelly SHELLY LAW OFFICES LLC Doylestown shelly-law.com Cynthia J. Silver SILVER & SILVER ATTORNEYS AT LAW Ardmore silverandsilver.com Marc I. Simon SIMON & SIMON PC Philadelphia gosimon.com Leonard A. Sloane ECKELL, SPARKS, LEVY, AUERBACH, MONTE, SLOANE, MATTHEWS & AUSLANDER P.C. Media and West Chester eckellsparks.com Daniel N. Stampone Joseph P. Stampone Tyler J. Stampone STAMPONE O’BRIEN DILSHEIMER LAW Cheltenham stamponelaw.com Michael T. van der Veen VAN DER VEEN HARTSHORN LEVIN & LINDHEIM Philadelphia mtvlaw.com Heidi G. Villari THE VILLARI FIRM Philadelphia thevillarifirm.com Anthony P. Zarella ZARELLA LAW OFFICE LLC Philadelphia zarellalaw.com REAL ESTATE LAW Joel B. Albert LAW OFFICES OF JOEL B. ALBERT P.C. Bala Cynwyd albertlaw.com Mark S. Haltzman Philip S. Rosenzweig Kevin J. Silverang SILVERANG ROSENZWEIG & HALTZMAN LLC King of Prussia sanddlawyers.com Ronald C. Isgate ISGATE LAW P.C. Doylestown isgatelaw.com Sandra L. Knapp GAWTHROP GREENWOOD PC West Chester gawthrop.com John P. Pierce SAUL EWING LLP Philadelphia saul.com SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY Thomas J. Giordano Jr. POND LEHOCKY GIORDANO LLP Philadelphia pondlehocky.com David S. Kaplan O’DONNELL, WEISS & MATTEI P.C. Phoenixville, Pottstown owmlaw.com Mike Silver SILVER & SILVER ATTORNEYS AT LAW Ardmore silverandsilver.com TAX LAW Gregory M. McCauley Sr. Gregory M. McCauley Jr. MCCAULEY LAW OFFICES P.C. Chadds Ford mlotax.com WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW Michael W. Cardamone CARDAMONE LAW Lansdale myphillyworkerscomp.com Alfred J. Carlson Joseph A. Conlan John P. Dogum Joseph C. Huttemann Amit J. Shah Matthew L. Wilson MARTIN LAW Philadelphia paworkinjury.com Geoffrey W. Dlin Jason Krasno Andrew C. Onwudinjo KRASNO KRASNO & ONWUDINJO Multiple offices krasnolaw.com Michael G. Dryden WILLIG WILLIAMS DAVIDSON Philadelphia wwdlaw.com Thomas J. Giordano Jr. Jerry M. Lehocky Stephen R. Miller Samuel H. Pond POND LEHOCKY GIORDANO LLP Philadelphia pondlehocky.com Jeffrey S. Gross Patrick W. Kenny GROSS & KENNY LLP Philadelphia philaworkerscomp.com Richard A. Jaffe LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD A. JAFFE LLC Philadelphia phillyworkinjury.com Thomas E. Panzer HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.com Susan J. Sacchetta PLATT, DIGIORGIO & DIFABIO Paoli pddlaw.net Published (and copyrighted) in Suburban Life, April 2024