Personal injury lawyer selling Las Vegas 3BD

Ralph A. Schwartz and Michele Schwartz listed for sale a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath at 5665 N. Campbell Road in Unincorporated Las Vegas for $477,000.

The 2,569-square-foot built in 1995 is in Northwest Las Vegas.

The listing agent for the property is Diane Canada of Century 21 MoneyWorld.

Mr. Schwartz is a lawyer with a private firm in Las Vegas. He focuses his practice on personal injury law, wrongful death, products liability, medical malpractice, criminal law and DUI.

He earned his J.D. at Widener University in Chester, Pa. and his B.A. from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

There were 8,761 homes sales in Unincorporated Las Vegas in 2008, with median sales of $170,000.

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Villanova woman, 75, waives hearing in hit-run case

The 75-year-old Villanova woman accused in a hit-and-run accident on the Main Line in July has hired seasoned Philadelphia defense lawyer Frank DeSimone.

Suzanne K. Lammers, of Hepburn Drive, appeared in an Ardmore courtroom yesterday with the dapper DeSimone, 64, by her side. She made no public statement but signed papers waiving her right to a preliminary hearing.

Lammers was driving west on New Gulph Road near Morris Avenue in Bryn Mawr on July 15 when she collided with cyclist Andrew Mallee, 13, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Lammers is charged with one count each of causing an accident involving personal injury, a felony, and failing to stop afterward to render aid, a summary offense. The felony carries a minimum sentence of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

In Montgomery County, DeSimone is known for handling the high-profile cases of convicted wife killers Craig Rabinowitz and Rafael Robb. Both men are in prison.

The lawyer was tight-lipped after yesterday's session. "Pending an investigation [by his office] into Mrs. Lammers' case, we have no comment," he said.

Anthony Gil, assistant district attorney, said, "We're just seeking justice for this 13-year-old boy who got run over."

The case now goes to Montgomery County Court in Norristown, where a formal arraignment is scheduled for Nov. 18, said District Justice Kathleen Valentine.

Lammers has told police she thought she hit a deer and was about to return to the accident scene but became flustered by police sirens and went home.

Mallee, of Bryn Mawr, was airlifted to a hospital. Law enforcement sources said he was recovering at home from a broken leg and a head injury that has impaired hearing in one ear.

A tipster directed police to Lammers' car, which was parked in her garage and covered with a blanket, police said. Investigators who ran tests said the damage matched the circumstances of the accident, according to the affidavit.

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Philadelphia Attorney Carol Nelson Shepherd Presents at the 2009 Pennsylvania Association for Justic

Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig attorney, Carol Nelson Shepherd presented at this year’s Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PaAJ) “Pennsylvania Master Series, Medical Malpractice: Bring your Files” held at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort. The four day retreat and convention was held between June 25 and 28.

According to Lisa Ginsberg, program attorney at PaAJ, “Carol’s seminar received some of the consistently highest feedback we have seen this semester.”

In 1978, Carol Nelson Shepherd earned her law degree from Syracuse University College. A founding partner of the Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig, she has devoted her practice to catastrophic injury claims arising from medical negligence. Shepherd has represented clients in claims against health care providers arising from obstetric / childbirth injury, delayed diagnosis of cancer, improperly performed surgery, psychiatric malpractice and many other cases involving substandard medical care.

Shepherd has also been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer every year since its inception in 2004; one of the top 50 Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005-2009; and one of the top 100 Philadelphia area Super Lawyers 2008-2009.
About Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig – Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig has handled cases producing some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Pennsylvania. The firm represents plaintiffs in significant personal injury, class action, and other complex civil litigation. Clients include victims of medical malpractice, defective products, unsafe workplaces, motor vehicle accidents, legal malpractice and insurer misconduct.


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Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Rhonda Hill Wilson Honored with Two Legal Industry Awards

This summer the American Association for Justice (AAJ) honored Philadelphia trial attorney, Rhonda Hill Wilson, with the AAJ Distinguished Service Award for the second consecutive year at its annual convention in San Francisco. During the five-day event, the AAJ Women’s Caucus also presented Hill Wilson with its Marie Lambert Award.

Hill Wilson was one of four individuals to receive the AAJ Distinguished Service Award from immediate-past AAJ president, Les Weisbrod. Hill Wilson was honored with the award for her exemplary service to the organization during the last year.

This year, Hill Wilson was also the AAJ Women’s Caucus 2009 Marie Lambert Award recipient. Established by the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus in 1997, the Marie Lambert Award recognizes and honors women members of AAJ who demonstrate exemplary leadership to the profession, the community, the AAJ organization and the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus.

“I am grateful to the American Association for Justice for helping to foster my growth as an attorney and to give me the opportunity to share my knowledge, time and experience with others in the legal profession,” said Hill Wilson. “I am personally and professionally humbled by each of these awards.”

Hill Wilson is dedicated to the AAJ and its mission to promote a fair and effective justice system and to support the work of attorneys in their efforts to ensure that any person who is injured by the misconduct or negligence of others can obtain justice in America’s courtrooms. She was recently elected to serve as the organization’s Parliamentarian and appointed to chair the Diversity Taskforce. Hill Wilson is also a member of the organization’s Executive and Membership Oversight Committees and the National Finance, Justice List, Law Schools and Organization Review Committees.

Hill Wilson is an award-winning attorney who has been practicing law for nearly three decades in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She concentrates her practice in nursing home negligence, while also handling medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accident and premises liability matters. She brings a high level of integrity and compassion to her clients. Hill Wilson also serves on The Salvation Army of Greater Philadelphia’s Advisory Board and as Chair for the Philadelphia Area “A Mind Is” Annual Giving Society to support the United Negro College Fund. She resides in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

About the Law Offices of Rhonda Hill Wilson: The Law Offices of Rhonda Hill Wilson, P.C., headquartered in Philadelphia, handles civil litigation of personal injury claims such as nursing-home abuse and negligence, brain injuries, medical malpractice, wrongful death, work injuries and motor-vehicle and pedestrian accidents. One of the firm’s most recent successes includes a multi-million-dollar settlement for a woman who was left in a vegetative state following a Caesarean section. Hill Wilson has been named the Pennsylvania Ambassador for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) “A Mind Is” Annual Giving Society and has been named one of the Top Black Lawyers in the Tri- State Area by The Network Journal. She has also received the Presidential Award from the National

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Only A Philadelphia Lawyer Could Have Done It: How Philadelphia Lawyers Got Their Name

I am proud to be a “Philadelphia Lawyer.” This term, Philadelphia lawyer, has always been synonymous with a cunning or shrewd lawyer, a super lawyer, who is able to use the technicalities of the law in his or her favor. But the origin of the term, Philadelphia Lawyer, pre-dates the founding of this country. The term was originally applied to Andrew Hamilton who obtained the acquittal of a German printer by the name of John Peter Zenger. Zenger was being tried on the charge of publishing "seditious libels” or treasonable defamation in New York in 1735. No one wanted to take Zenger's case. Zenger could not find one New York lawyer to defend him. But Hamilton did agree to take the case and in New York his argument to the jury on behalf of Zenger was spellbinding. Hamilton conceded that Zenger had printed libels about Royalist governor William Cosby. But in his closing argument, Hamilton argued that the law as it stood was both immoral and wrongly applied and ought to be nullified by the jury. He told the jury that their verdict was more than whether Zenger was guilty, but rather was about freedom of exposing and opposing power and government by speaking and writing the truth. In short, 41 years before the Declaration of Independence and 50 years before the Constitution, Hamilton argued for the First Amendment and freedom on the press. Zenger was acquitted. It was said that when the jury returned its verdict those in the galleries exclaimed: "Only a Philadelphia lawyer could have done it!" As noted by the Philadelphia Bar Association web site, “Ever since then the term "Philadelphia lawyer" has come to characterize a particularly adept lawyer: more clever; craftier; a lawyer who will find a way to prevail for his/her client.


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Philadelphia Accident Lawyer Edith Pearce Wins on Appeal $200,000 Slip and Fall Accident Verdict with Delay Damages

Norristown, Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Accident Lawyer Edith Pearce filed a slip and fall lawsuit in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on behalf of her client, Mr. Parker, a Frito-Lay delivery truck driver. Edith Pearce, recently named a 2008 Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine is a native of Montgomery County and started her career working for a defense insurance company in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Attorney Pearce was familiar with the location of the accident and filed suit claiming negligence when Mr. Parker slipped, tripped, and fell when exiting his truck.
Mr. Parker suffered an injury to his shoulder as a result of a slip-and-fall accident occurring on his employer’s parking lot. Mr. Parker received Pennsylvania workers’ compensation benefits. However, Edith Pearce, a Philadelphia and Montgomery County Accident Lawyer filed the lawsuit in Norristown, Pennsylvania against the company who was hired to remove snow and ice to prevent a slip and fall accident and apply salt to the parking lot and premises. At trial, Mr. Parkers’ doctor explained his diagnosis that the slip-and-fall accident either caused or aggravated asymptomatic tendonosis of the right shoulder. A jury trial was conducted in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. The Montgomery County jury returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiff in the amount of $180,000. Defendant appealed the verdict.
Defendant’s main argument on appeal was that the Defendant only had the responsibility for performing snow and ice removal according to the contract for the parking lot to allow trucks to use the parking lot and avoid any truck accidents. Defendant argued on appeal that it did not have any duty to prevent the slip and fall accident to Mr. Parker. However, on appeal, Edith Pearce, who lives in Montgomery County Pennsylvania and was familiar with the area argued that Defendant owed a duty to make the parking lot safe for employees and other people to walk into or from the parking lot to prevent someone from slipping or falling. Attorney Pearce filed for delay damages because of the delay in time caused by the appeal. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld the verdict in the slip and fall accident and ordered that payment be made in excess of $200,000.

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Philadelphia Employment Law Amended to Protect Domestic or Sexual Violence

On November 5, 2008, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter signed into law a new ordinance amending the Philadelphia Code, entitled “Unlawful Employment Practices,” now adding a new chapter titled, “Entitlement to Leave Due To Domestic or Sexual Violence.” As a Philadelphia Employment Lawyer for many years, I often receive questions on when someone may take off of work for a period of time and still have their job protected. Most people are familiar with The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), a federal law that allows employees to take a leave of absence — without losing their job — because of their own or an immediate family member’s medical condition or other family responsibility such as the birth of a baby or an adoption. However, the FMLA does not specifically cover leave due to domestic or sexual violence.
The new Philadelphia law takes effect on January 5, 2009 and requires employers with 50 employees or more to provide up to eight weeks of unpaid leave annually to victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, or their qualifying family or household members. The law provides up to four weeks of leave if the employer has less than 50 employees. Employees may take this leave for the following reasons: to seek medical attention for physical or psychological injuries; obtain help from an organization that provides services to domestic or sexual violence victims; obtain counseling or therapy; make safety plans, including possibly relocating to increase safety; or to seek legal assistance. The Ordinance protects an employee’s job and benefits during the leave and prohibits retaliation against employees or interference with leave rights. Like the FMLA, an employer can require an employee to provide documentation of the domestic or sexual violence and the reason that why the employee must take the leave. However, all information provided to the employer must be kept confidential.

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