New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyer — Of Counsel and Special Counsel Attorney

• D. Kevin Laughlin
• Theodore A. Schwartz
  
• Lee Goldsmith

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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