Administration
&
Staff
Firm Administration
Kathryn G. Drakeley
Director of
Administration
610-834-6211
kdrakeley@obrlaw.com
JoAnne DeSana
Controller
610-834-6280
jdesana@obrlaw.com
Joseph Quirk
Information Technology
Director
610-834-6261
jquirk@obrlaw.com
Cyndi Lovas
Payroll Administrator
610-834-6237
clovas@obrlaw.com
Marketing
Paralegals
Beth Carson-Nave
Paralegal Committee
610-834-6214
bcarson@obrlaw.com
Stacy C. Jaeger
Paralegal Committee
610-834-6293
sjaeger@obrlaw.com
Kimberly O’Hanlon
Paralegal Committee
610-834-6221
kohanlon@obrlaw.com
Ambre Biehl
610-834-6228
abiehl@obrlaw.com
Morgan Bishop
610-834-6269
mbishop@obrlaw.com
Amy Boone
610-834-6288
aboone@obrlaw.com
Angela Crivelli
610-834-6212
acrivelli@obrlaw.com
Jacquelyn Hamilton
610-834-6286
jhamilton@obrlaw.com
Kristina Nesson
610-834-8481
knesson@obrlaw.com
Accounting
Kristin Lester
Accounting Clerk
610-834-8478
klester@obrlaw.com
Jackie Lockwood
Assistant to the Controller
610-834-6295
jlockwood@obrlaw.com
Vicki McQuaid
Billing Clerk
610-834-6281
vmcquaid@obrlaw.com
Support
Debra Borochaner
Receptionist
610-834-8800
dborochaner@obrlaw.com
Michelle Bowe
Records Intake
610-834-6259
mbowe@obrlaw.com
Brian Bussey
Copy/Mail Clerk
610-834-6273
bbussey@obrlaw.com
Diane Collins
File Clerk
610-834-6238
dcollins@obrlaw.com
Tiffany McGowan
Assistant to Director of Administration
610-834-6266
tmcgowan@obrlaw.com
Wendy Turnier
Secretarial Support
610-834-6244
wturnier@obrlaw.com
Al Porter
Assistant to Director of Information Technology
610-834-6264
aporter@obrlaw.com
Jennifer Prostock
Expert Materials & Information
610-834-6224
jprostock@obrlaw.com
O'Brien & Ryan News
Defense Verdict for Plastic Surgeon in Philadelphia
Dorothy Duffy obtained a defense verdict for a plastic surgeon. The Honorable Victor J. DiNubile, Jr. released all 300+ pending silicone breast implant cases in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. All but two of those cases have been discontinued. In one...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of General Surgeon in Philadelphia
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a general surgeon in Philadelphia. Plaintiff was 42 when she underwent a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair procedure. Plaintiff alleged that use of the Veress needle, the method used to insufflate the...
Defense Verdict for Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Daniel F. Ryan, III obtained a defense verdict for a cardiothoracic surgeon in Philadelphia County. In this case, the decedent underwent a ventral septal defect repair procedure on November 15, 2000. The decedent subsequently underwent a second emergency heart...
Favorable Ruling for Nursing Home from Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Paul Peel received a favorable ruling for a nursing home from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. In Wister v. Liberty Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr., 200 EDA 2005 (Pa. Super. October 17, 2005), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court's decision...
Dismissal of All Claims for Insurance Agent
In a case involving a claim of professional negligence against an insurance agent filed in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Anthony P. DeMichele obtained a voluntary dismissal for his client. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that his insurance agent...
Supreme Court Grants Appeal for Case Involving Informed Consent as Evidence
Following the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s November 2013 decision in Brady v. Urbas, the Supreme Court recently granted allocator to decide whether the Superior Court properly ruled that evidence of informed consent was impermissible to defend a...
Procedural Rules Amended to Protect Attorney-Expert Communications
The recent split Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that created a definitive barrier to the discovery of attorney-expert communications is now officially part of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court approved an amendment to Rule 4003.5 of the...
One Decade After Certificate of Merit & Venue Rules Implemented, Medical Malpractice Filings Normalize
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts ("AOPC") recently released statistics that illustrate the effects of the procedural changes implemented by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2003 that required cases to be brought in the venue where the action arose and...
Hospital Waives Attorney-Client Privilege by Forwarding Counsel Letter to Public Relations Firm
The PA Superior Court has held that a hospital waived the attorney-client and work-product privilege by forwarding correspondence written by their counsel regarding the naming of the doctor accused of performing medically-unnecessary stents, to a public relations firm...
Divided PA Supreme Court Affirms Shielding of Attorney/Expert Communications
An evenly split Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently upheld the Superior Court’s 2011 finding that the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure prohibited an orthopedic group from supplying correspondence between a plaintiff’s attorney and the physician who...
Dan Ryan Speaks to Physicians of Tomorrow
On April 23, 2015, Dan Ryan spoke at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians’ Young Physician Dinner in Philadelphia.
Dan Ryan Serves on Personal Injury Panel
On April 14th, 2015, Dan Ryan participated on the panel for the Dispute Resolution Institute’s 17th Annual Personal Injury Potpourri in Philadelphia, PA.
Heather Hansen & Alexis Romney are Keynote Speakers for NALS
On November 19, 2014, Heather Hansen and Paralegal Alexis Romney were the Keynote Speakers for the NALS of Philadelphia educational seminar, “From the Operating Room to the Court Room: The Operative Procedures of a Medical Malpractice Case” in Philadelphia.
Carolyn Bohmueller is Faculty for PBI
On November 19, 2014 Carolyn Bohmueller will be part of the faculty for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute CLE “2014 Medical Malpractice Update”, being held in Philadelphia, PA.
Carolyn Bohmueller is Faculty for DRI Practicum
On November 6, 2014, Carolyn Bohmueller was part of the faculty, along with Judge Lisa Rau, Judge Rosalyn Robinson and Robert Sachs, Jr., Esquire, for Suggestions & Ethics for Preparing & Arguing Non-Discovery Motions, part of The Dispute Resolution Institute’s Personal Injury Practicum in Philadelphia, PA.
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