Most children are taught to always take the higher ground, to follow the path to peace, to avoid conflict. As adults, we learn that sometimes conflict is unavoidable: divorce, an accident, a dispute with an employer, the coming apart of a business partnership. When such a conflict enters our lives, we will likely benefit from the specialized expertise of a lawyer who can help resolve the matter, or at least put our minds at ease. For anyone who needs some direction in choosing an attorney, you’ll find some of the area’s best and brightest on the following pages. Their inclusion was based on a reader poll in which we asked about the attorneys they trust to handle any legal matters they encounter. We supplemented their suggestions with some of our own, based on firms that have been featured in these pages before. Every professional deserves a proper vetting to make sure their expertise and personality align with you and your needs. We also acknowledge the fact that the Philadelphia area has an abundance of top-notch attorneys, not all of whom are featured here. Meet our 2026 Top Attorneys. APPELLATE LAW John J. Cunningham IV Maureen M. McBride James C. Sargent Scot R. Withers LAMB MCERLANE PC Multiple offices lambmcerlane.com BANKING/FINANCIAL SERVICES LAW Thomas A. Nelson III Neil Sarker Jill Evantash Schuman FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN LAYSER Multiple offices fsalaw.com BUSINESS LAW/COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Robert A. Burke William J. Gallagher MACELREE HARVEY Multiple offices macelree.com Vincent Carosella Jr. CAROSELLA & ASSOCIATES P.C. West Chester carosella.com Mark R. Fischer Jr. Joel D. Rosen HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.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 Robert H. Nemeroff FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN LAYSER Multiple offices fsalaw.com CIVIL RIGHTS Sidney L. Gold THE GOLD LAW FIRM P.C. Philadelphia discrimlaw.net Joe H. Tucker Jr. TUCKER LAW GROUP Philadelphia tlgattorneys.com COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW Elliot H. Berton James D. Doyle Steven L. Sugarman GAWTHROP GREENWOOD PC Multiple offices gawthrop.com CRIMINAL DEFENSE Vincent J. Caputo THE LAW OFFICE OF VINCENT J. CAPUTO West Chester vincentjcaputo.com Kevin T Coyne KEVIN T COYNE, ESQ. Media kevintcoynebulldoglawyer.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 GIRIBALDI LAW Media gmlawoffice.com Richard Q. Hark HARK & HARK Multiple offices phila-criminal-lawyer.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 Eugene P. Tinari TINARI LAW FIRM LLC Media and Radnor tinarilawfirm.com Michael T. van der Veen VAN DER VEEN HARTSHORN LEVIN & LINDHEIM Philadelphia mtvlaw.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 Blue Bell and Malvern boydearlyfamilylaw.com Stephen R. Ciarrocchi CIARROCCHI LAW Media ciarrocchilaw.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 Mary Cushing Doherty HIGH SWARTZ Multiple offices highswartz.com Sarinia M. Feinman FEINMAN & CHILDS FAMILY LAW King of Prussia feinman-childs-familylaw.com Katherine A. Fow Virginia W. Guldi Patrick McGinnis Julie M. Potts Cara C. Sawyer George C. Zumbano LAMB MCERLANE PC Multiple offices lambmcerlane.com Derek M. Freed Wendy M. Rosen Barbara Ulrichsen SEIDENFREED LLC Pennington, New Jersey seidenfreed.com Susan M. Gibson GIBSON FAMILY LAW Doylestown gibsonfamilylaw.com Gregory Gilston GILSTON LEGAL Plymouth Meeting glesq.com Elissa C. Goldberg LAW OFFICE & MEDIATION SERVICES OF ELISSA C. GOLDBERG LLC Doylestown ecgoldberglaw.com Hannah Guth Rebecca Kolsky Erin Nease E. John Pagnanelli Maria N. Testa TESTA & PAGNANELLI LLC Multiple offices tpfamilylaw.com Kevin L. Hand KEVIN L. HAND P.C. Newtown khandlaw.com David N. Hofstein Charles J. Meyer HOFSTEIN WEINER & MEYER P.C. Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd hwmfamilylaw.com Lydia Fabbro Keephart PELLETTIERI RABSTEIN & ALTMAN Multiple offices pralaw.com Michael Kuldiner THE LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL KULDINER P.C. Feasterville and Doylestown phillyesquire.com Gregory P. LaMonaca LAMONACA LAW Media lamonacalaw.com Inna Materese MATERESE FAMILY LAW P.C. Fort Washington materesefamilylaw.com Colleen M. Neary SWEENEY & NEARY LLP Media sweeneynearylaw.com Kathleen A. Piperno ECKELL SPARKS Media eckellsparks.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 Karen Ann Ulmer KAREN ANN ULMER P.C. Multiple offices 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 David Woosley WOOSLEY NARAGON LLC Doylestown woosleynaragon.com EDUCATION LAW Gabrielle Sereni SERENI LAW GROUP Glen Mills serenilawgroup.com ELDER LAW Linda M. Anderson Chari M. Alson ANDERSON ELDER LAW Media andersonelderlaw.com Henry A. Carpenter II BUCKS COUNTY ELDER LAW Yardley buckscountyelderlaw.com EMPLOYMENT & 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 Harold M. Goldner FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN LAYSER Multiple offices fsalaw.com Amy Y. Karpf KARPF, KARPF & CERUTTI P.C. Multiple offices karpf-law.com David Koller KOLLER LAW Philadelphia and Allentown kollerlawfirm.com Thomas D. Rees HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.com Edward C. Sweeney WUSINICH SWEENEY & RYAN LLC Exton wusinichsweeney.com Joe H. Tucker Jr. TUCKER LAW GROUP Philadelphia tlgattorneys.com ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION David A. Applebaum Alexander Gusikoff FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN LAYSER Multiple offices fsalaw.com Anylise Crouthamel David M. Frees III Douglas L. Kaune UNRUH TURNER BURKE & FREES West Chester and Phoenixville utbf.com Peter J. Gilbert John M. Sweeney HIGHPOINT LAW OFFICES P.C. Chalfont highpointlawoffices.com Jay C. Glickman RUBIN, GLICKMAN, STEINBERG AND GIFFORD P.C. Colmar and Newtown rgsglaw.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 Stephen J. Olsen GAWTHROP GREENWOOD P.C. West Chester gawthrop.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 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 MEDICAL MALPRACTICE Gerald B. Baldino Jr. Thomas F. Sacchetta SACCHETTA & BALDINO Media sbattorney.com Caitlin Dryden Groeber Brett J. Kaminsky Megan Grace Knoll Derek R. Layser Katherine Lekh Melissa Paris Miller Jacqueline M. Reynolds FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN LAYSER Multiple offices fsalaw.com Joshua J. Knepp MORRIS WILSON KNEPP JACQUETTE Conshohocken and Philadelphia morriswilson.com Joseph M. Marrone MARRONE LAW FIRM LLC Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, New Jersey marronelaw.com Steven G. Wigrizer SALTZ MONGELUZZI BENDESKY P.C. Philadelphia smbb.com MUNICIPAL LAW 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 Guy D’Andrea Jeffrey Laffey Brian F. Lafferty Jr. Alexandria MacMaster Sam Reich Stewart Ryan LAFFEY BUCCI D’ANDREA REICH & RYAN LLP Philadelphia laffeybucci.com Julianna Merback Burdo WAPNER NEWMAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Philadelphia wapnernewman.com Jimmy Chong CHONG LAW FIRM Multiple offices chonglawfirm.com Jason E. Fine J. FINE LAW Philadelphia jfinelaw.com Adam D. Flager Randall C. Flager FLAGER LAW Feasterville-Trevose and Philadelphia flagerlaw.com Terry D. Goldberg HAGGERTY, GOLDBERG, SCHLEIFER & KUPERSMITH P.C. Multiple offices hgsklawyers.com Christian J Hoey HOEYLEGAL Paoli hoeylegal.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 Joseph M. Marrone MARRONE LAW FIRM LLC Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, New Jersey marronelaw.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 LAYSER Multiple offices 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 Media and West Chester eckellsparks.com Daniel N. Stampone Joseph P. Stampone Tyler J. Stampone STAMPONE O’BRIEN DILSHEIMER HOLLOWAY Cheltenham stamponelaw.com Eugene P. Tinari TINARI LAW FIRM LLC Media and Radnor tinarilawfirm.com Michael T. van der Veen VAN DER VEEN HARTSHORN LEVIN & LINDHEIM Philadelphia mtvlaw.com Heidi G. Villari THE VILLARI FIRM Philadelphia thevillarifirm.com REAL ESTATE LAW Joel B. Albert LAW OFFICES OF JOEL B. ALBERT P.C. Bala Cynwyd albertlaw.com Peter S. Friedman FRIEDMAN SCHUMAN LAYSER Multiple offices fsalaw.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 Thomas E. Panzer HIGH SWARTZ LLP Doylestown and Norristown highswartz.com Image by NomeVisualizzato from Pixabay Published (and copyrighted) in Suburban Life, June 2026.
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