Experience

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  law office

  • Philadelphia, PA

  • Owner

    • Jan 1990 - Present
    • Philadelphia, PA

    I handle first party property insurance claims for the insured including fire, windstorm, flood, collapse, boiler & machinery and business interruption damage suffered by a residence or business where the insurer does not pay, does not pay enough or does not pay fast enough. With local counsel, I handle cases all over the United States either actively or in consultation. I do not charge for consultation so call me for a free consultation if you have a question. I specialize in bad faith cases and I won the first bad faith punitive damage award in a property case in Pennsylvania. I have also acted as an appraiser and arbitrator in first party property insurance cases.

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  Cozen Begier & O'Connor

  • Attorney & Chief Financial Officer

    • Jan 1970 - Mar 1986

    In addition to managing all of the financial activities of the law firm, I also actively practiced as a lawyer. I won the first arson defense case in the firm. I was also active as an attorney for the Republican Party in Philadelphia. I participated with top Republican lawyers in the "Interim Tax Case" which challenged the right of the City and School Board to levy taxes in the middle of the budget year. I wrote the brief on the School Board issues and the Supreme Court adopted it word for word holding that under the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter such "interim taxes" were prohibited. In 1971. I brought a suit that established the Register of Wills of Philadelphia was an independent office under the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter. Thereafter, I served as Solicitor to the Register of Wills. In 1978. I brought a suit in which the Supreme Court held that under the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter School District employees working in the Board of Revision of Taxes remained employees of the School District while working there.

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  United States Steel Company

  • Accounting Management Trainee

    • Jun 1959 - Sep 1961