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
Alexandra Alderfer
610-834-6213
aalderfer@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
Kerstin Torres
610-834-6257
ktorres@obrlaw.com
Jeff Williams
610-834-6226
jwilliams@obrlaw.com
Legal Secretaries
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
Expert Materials & Information
610-834-6273
bbussey@obrlaw.com
Diane Collins
Copy/File/Mail Services Clerk
610-834-6238
dcollins@obrlaw.com
Tiffany McGowan
Assistant to the Director of Administration
610-834-6266
tmcgowan@obrlaw.com
Al Porter
Assistant to the Information Technology Director
610-834-6264
aporter@obrlaw.com
O'Brien & Ryan News
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...
Arbitration Award for General Contractor
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained an arbitration award in favor of a general contractor in a Montgomery County construction litigation matter. The defendant, and owner of the property at issue, failed to make payment under the contract. The matter proceeded to arbitration...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Spine Surgeon in Camden County, New Jersey
Daniel F. Ryan, III obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic spine surgeon in Camden County, New Jersey. Plaintiff presented to the orthopedic spine surgeon with symptoms and physical findings of cervical myelopathy. Cervical myelopathy is a dangerous and...
Defense Verdict for Anesthesia Pain Management Group in Montgomery County
Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict for an anesthesia pain management group in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff had a series of stellate ganglion blocks for arm pain, which were performed by several anesthesia pain management physicians. After the...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic surgeon in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. In 2003, Plaintiff underwent a right total knee arthroplasty procedure. After the procedure, Plaintiff allegedly suffered from pain, stiffness and decreased range...
Disclosure of Electronic Protected Health Information Leads to Record HIPAA Fine
New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University recently agreed to pay a combined total of $4.8 million for their failure to secure thousands of patients’ electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) held on a shared network. This fine is the largest...
Superior Court Clarifies Ruling Regarding Third-Party Beneficiaries of Physician-Patient Relationship
In reviewing its ruling in Matharu v. Muir, 29 A.3d 375 (2011), the Pennsylvania Superior Court unanimously held that physicians owe a duty of care to their patients’ unborn children. The en banc panel distinguished this finding from the 2012 Seebold...
PA Superior Court Reverses Dismissal of Patient Escape & Suicide Suit Against Hospital
Overturning the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiff's lawsuit on preliminary objections, the Superior Court recently held that while a hospital was entitled to the limited immunity protections afforded it by the Mental Health Procedures Act (MHPA), the complaint...
Supreme Court Definitively Bans “Error in Judgment” Defense in Medical Malpractice Cases
As previously reported on obrlaw.com, on May 23, 2012, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted petitions for allowance of appeal filed on behalf of a defendant physician and her practice group, to address the Superior Court's analysis of the "error in...
Pennsylvania Superior Court Finds Statute Banning Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life Actions Unconstitutional
In an opinion authored on November 14, 2012, a three-judge panel unanimously found that the statute banning wrongful birth and wrongful life actions in Pennsylvania (42 Pa.C.S.A. §8305) was enacted unconstitutionally. Generally, wrongful birth is...
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.
Heather Hansen Speaks at Philadelphia Bar Association Conference
On October 17, 2014 Heather Hansen presented “The Ethics of Covering a Moving Media Target”, as part of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bench-Bar & Annual Conference 2014.
Dorothy Duffy Speaks at Drexel Law Symposium
On October 10, 2014, Dorothy Duffy presented Work Product Admissibility in Light of Barrick v. Holy Spirit Hospital, part of the Drexel Law Review Symposium Beyond Reproach: Becoming an Expert on Expert Witnesses, held in Philadelphia.
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