Lock Law FirmPhiladelphia, PACherry Hill, NJNew York, NY

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Personal Injury Lawyer New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia - Special Counsel and Of Counsel

• D. Kevin Laughlin
• Theodore A. Schwartz
  
• Lee Goldsmith
• Joseph J. McGill
• Chuck Riley

D. Kevin Laughlin

D. Kevin Laughlin has been Of Counsel to the firm since 1996. In 2007, he also assumed the duties of Business Manager for the firm. His practice is currently directed towards the tax, estate, and business planning needs of the firm and its clients. Previously, Mr. Laughlin practiced law and accounting in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Laughlin continues to try estate and trust cases before the Orphans' Court and tax cases before the U.S. Tax Court.

Practice Areas:

Taxation

Business

Estate Administration

Estate and Trust Planning

Admitted to Practice:

Pennsylvania

Ohio

U.S. Tax Court

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education:

LL.M. (Taxation), Villanova University School of Law

Juris Doctor, Case Western Reserve University

M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University

Bachelor of Arts, Mount Union College

Professional Affiliations:

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

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Theodore A. Schwartz

Theodore A. Schwartz is Special Counsel to the Locks Law Firm.

Practice Areas:

Medical Malpractice

Dental Malpractice

Products Liability

Torts

Professional Affiliations:

Philadelphia Select Committee on Professional Education

State Civil Judicial Procedures Committee in Philadelphia

Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations

Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association)

Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

Board Affiliations and Appointments:

President, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 1994-1995

President, Civil Justice Foundation, 2000-2002

Winner: Milton D Rosenberg Award, PAAJ, 2002

Winner: Community Service Award Award, PAAJ, 2004

Author: Pennsylvania Practice Law and Forms, PAAJ, 1982-Present

State Civil Judicial Procedures Committee (Vice-Chairman, 1982)

Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman of No-Fault Insurance Committee, 1980-1981)

Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts (Adjunct Instructor in Law, 1973-1979)

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Lee Goldsmith

Lee Goldsmith, M.D., J.D. is affiliated counsel to the Locks Law Firm.

Practice Areas:

Medical Malpractice

Nursing Home Litigation

Representation of Physicians

Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

State Board of Medical Examiners-license issues

Admitted to Practice:

Admitted to New York 1968

Admitted to New Jersey 1973

Education:

New York University School of Law (LL.B. 1967)

New York University School of Medicine (M.D. 1964)

New York University, University College of Arts and Sciences (B.S. 1960)

Professional Affiliations- Legal:

American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association) Member: Board of Governors (2001-Present)

New Jersey Bar Association

New York State Bar Association, Member,

CPLR Committee, 1978 - 1979

New York State Trial Lawyers Association Member: to Present

Association of the Bar of the City of New York Member, Committee on Law and Medicine, 1970-1973

Member, Committee on Law and Medicine, 1974

Member, Committee on Science and Law, 1974-1976 (Committee Secretary)

AAJ (formerly ATLA)-New Jersey Member, Board of Governors, 1982 - Present

Elected Parliamentarian in 1987-1988

Elected Secretary, 1987-1988

Elected Treasurer, 1989 - 1990

Elected Second Vice President, 1990 - 1991

Elected First Vice President, 1991 - 1992

President Elect, 1992 - January, 1993

President, January 1993 - June, 1994

AAJ (formerly ATLA)-NJ PAC Member 1994 - 2000

Chairman, 1997 - Present

Bergen County Bar Association

Judge Morris Pashman Inn of Court (2002- Present) (Barrister)

Professional Affiliations - Medical:

New York State Medical Society

New York County Medical Society, Member, Medical Malpractice Committee (1978-Present)

American Medical Association, Alternate Delegate AMA - House of Delegates, (1988-1996) for American College of Legal Medicine

Board Affiliations and Appointments:

American College of Legal Medicine, Fellow (Elected 1968);

Member, Board of Governors (1977-83);

Co-Chairman, Committee on Legislation (1973-74);

Chairman, Credentials Committee (1977-79/1981-83);

Program Chairman - Annual Meeting (1977);

Program Chairman - Meeting, New York (1984);

Secretary (1982-83);

President-Elect (1986-87);

President (1987-88)

Alternate Delegate to AMA House of Delegates (1987-1997)

American Board of Legal Medicine, Chairman (1984-86)

New York Academy of Medicine, Fellow

Licenses:

Licensed to Practice Medicine, New York State 1965

Faculty Appointment:

Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law (1978-89)

Certification:

Certified Civil Trial Attorney to Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, #62-99

Editorial Positions:

The Journal of Legal Medicine, Founding Editor 1979;

Editorial Board Member (1981-2003)

"The Legal Aspects of Medical Practice," Editorial Board Member

Pediatric Management Magazine, Editorial Board Member

Obstetrical Management Magazine, Editorial Board Member"

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Joseph J. McGill

Joseph J. McGill served as an assistant district attorney for 12 years, including nine years in the homicide unit, before moving into private civil and criminal practice.  During his three decades of courtroom experience, Mr. McGill has tried over 175 civil and criminal jury trials, including several highly visible cases. He has litigated cases in many counties throughout Pennsylvania and in many federal districts in Pennsylvania, Maine, Ohio, New Jersey and Kentucky. His civil verdicts include several in the six- and seven-figure range.  Mr. McGill also lectures nationally and regionally on matters of evidence, trial tactics and practice, and ethics. 

Practice Areas:

Railroad Negligence

Personal Injury

Asbestos Litigation

Complex Litigation

Medical Malpractice

Criminal Defense

Admitted to Practice:

Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Education:

Villanova University

Juris Doctor, Villanova University School of Law, 1973

Professional Affiliations:

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Philadelphia Bar Association

Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

Common Name Misspellings: magill, macgill, mcgille, macgille, mcgil

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Chuck Riley

Charles N. Riley, Esq. is a sole practitioner, of counsel to the Locks Law Firm and represented the Plaintiffs in this matter. He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1973. He was admitted to the Bar in the State of New Jersey in December 1973. From 1973-1979, he served as a prosecutor and criminal defense counsel in the United States Marine Corps. He retired from the United States Marine Corps. in August 1979 after 20 years of active duty. In September 1979 he joined the law firm of Tomar, Parks, Seliger, Simonoff, Adourian & O’Brien and became a partner in that law firm in 1984. He remained a partner until he formed his own firm in March 2000. He has tried over 75 cases, primarily in the areas of personal injury, criminal defense and consumer fraud. His trials have included complex medical malpractice and complex commercial litigation. He has been certified as class counsel in several consumer fraud class action cases. His primary areas of practice are consumer fraud and personal injury. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the New Jersey Association of Justice and co-chair of the Consumer Law Section.

Mr. Riley has been co-counsel in several successful consumer fraud class actions including Smith v. Precision, Atlantic County, docket number ATL-L-3156-96; Borman v. First Union, Camden County, docket number L-08897-96, Loatman v. Summit Bank, Camden County docket # 3527-96 as well as Robinson v. Rent-A-Center, Camden County, docket number L-03697-94 which challenged the practices of the Rent-To-Own industry in the State of New Jersey. The Robinson case resulted in a 60 million dollar recovery for consumers and changes in the contract used by the Rent-To- Own industry to provide more information to consumers. In 2011, he settled Mullin v. Automobile Protection Corp., Civil No. 07-3327 (RBK), U.S.D.C.N.J, a class action involving 87000 consumers. He has participated in significant Appellate Division rulings for consumers regarding the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act including Lemelledo v. Beneficial, 150 N.J. 255 (1997) ;Rockel v. Cherry Hill Dodge, 368 N.J. Super. 577; and NAACP/Geraldine Thomas v. Foulke Mgt. Corp.,421 N. J. Super. 404 (App. Div. 2011).

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