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| Personal Injury
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The firm’s personal injury
department handles litigation which is necessary because of injuries sustained from
an assortment of causes, including automobile accidents, product liability and slip
and fall accidents. We have a team of experienced litigators who have worked on
matters which have resulted in successful verdicts and settlements. We also oversee
the submission of your first party insurance benefits, i.e., medical bills, wage
loss and property damage, to make sure that you receive full compensation for the
injuries that you have sustained.
The firm handles matters including:
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Automobile Accidents
• Back Injuries
• Birth Injuries
- Death Claims
• Defective Products
• Dental Mistakes
- Dog Bites
• Eye Injuries
• Herniated Disc
- Medical/Dental Malpractice
• Medication Errors
• Motorcycle Accidents
- Nursing home claims
• Serious Injuries
• Slip & Fall Injuries
- Social Security
• Surgical Errors
• Worker’s Compensation
- Work Injuries
Compensation is sought for physical and/or psychological injuries,
wage loss, medical bills, property damage and pain and suffering. In
certain circumstances, clients may also receive punitive damages in
addition to compensation based upon actions of the responsible parties.
Attorneys at Fox and Fox are experienced litigators in the area of
personal injury and have obtained numerous verdicts and settlements
in the many years of our existence for clients to compensate them for
personal injuries and losses sustained.
Fox and Fox has an outstanding reputation for effectively and
efficiently handling personal injury claims for our clients.
Contact:
Joseph B. Wassel (610) 275-7990
jwassel@foxandfoxlaw.com
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| Divorce and Family Law
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been in existence for over eighty years, has represented numerous clients
involved in family law matters since its inception. Family law has many specific
areas, such as divorce, division of property, custody/visitation, child support,
spousal support and alimony, premarital agreements, co-habitation agreements,
settlement agreements, parenting issues and the rights of grandparents. Issues
often arise with regard to modification of custody orders, child support, all
of which may warrant a return to the courts for relief. The area of family law
has undergone significant changes and these changes may impact your current or
future situation.
Family law matters include:
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Divorce
• Custody
- Visitation
• Grandparent's Rights
- Alimony – Spouse
• Support - Children
- Support - Spouse
• Protection from Abuse Actions
- Adoptions
• Distribution of Property
- Fault Divorce
• Juvenile law
- Marital Agreements
• Mediation
- Name Changes
• No-fault Divorce
- Postnuptial Agreements
• Prenuptial Agreements
- Separation and annulments
Contact:
Leon H. Fox, Jr. (610) 275-7990
lfox@foxandfoxlaw.com
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Workers’ Compensation
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The attorneys at
Fox and Fox have been representing injured workers in seeking benefits following
work related injuries for over eighty two years. Our thriving Workers' Compensation
practice is managed by Jeffrey V. Matteo, Esquire, who has been associated with Fox
and Fox for over twenty-six years. We represent injured workers in all stages of their
Workers' Compensation claims, and successfully litigate cases before Workers' Compensation
Judges, Workers' Compensation Appeal Board Commissioners and the Pennsylvania Appellate
Courts. Whether you are eligible for or are receiving Workers' Compensation benefits,
we will insure that you are protected and properly compensated for benefits under the
Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act.
If you have been injured at work in Pennsylvania, and have missed at least seven days
of work, then you are entitled to Workers' Compensation wage loss and medical benefits.
Because of the complexities of Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation, you should not assume
that just because you received a check from your employer or its Workers' Compensation
carrier, that you are being properly compensated. Even if you have no problem receiving
ongoing wage loss and medical benefits, we will assess your claim and determine whether we
will be able to improve your situation and secure all of the Workers' Compensation benefits
to which you are entitled. You could also be entitled to additional benefits such as:
- disfigurement benefits for visible scars and burns on the neck and face
- specific loss of use benefits for the permanent loss of use of a body part of function
- penalties, interest and/or attorney's fees.
Changes adopted by the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1996 (Act 57), give employers a variety
of tools which can modify, suspend or terminate an injured worker's benefits. We will monitor
your claim, at no charge, in order to successfully guide your claim through the complex
provisions of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. We take a fee only if we obtain
or retain benefits for you or negotiate a lump sum settlement.
We will also coordinate your entitlement to Workers' Compensation benefits with unemployment
compensation, Social Security disability, short and long term disability, and retirement benefits.
Your entitlement to Workers' Compensation and other benefits can be maximized through the
proper timing and coordination of these benefits.
Contact:
JEFFREY V. MATTEO 610-275-7990
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| Business Law
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The Firm's Business
Law department provides a full spectrum of business representation for the Firm's
clients, ranging from counseling on day-to-day business matters to the structuring
of complex merger and acquisition, financing and joint venture transactions. The
Firm assists clients in the formation and selection of appropriate profit and
not-for-profit business entities and counsels clients on and prepares drafts of
partnership, stockholder and limited liability operating agreements to govern the
client's business relationships. The Firm advises businesses with respect to
analyzing business opportunities, corporate governance, reorganizations, acquisition,
affiliation and employee benefit matters and prepares all of the necessary agreements,
including without limitation, stock and asset purchase agreements, joint venture
agreements, equipment sale and leasing agreements, software development agreements,
franchise, marketing and distribution agreements in order to implement the client's
objectives.
Contact:
Craig H. Fox (610) 275-7990
cfox@foxandfoxlaw.com
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| Business & Finance
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The Firm is special counsel to various banks and other financial
institutions and represents lenders in asset based and permanent
and construction financing transactions. The Firm prepares or reviews
documents for real estate and commercial loans, including secured,
unsecured, revolving credit, and inventory and accounts receivable
financing transactions. The Firm has substantial expertise in structuring
corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other
business entities with complex and sophisticated capital structures and
analyzing all related tax and estate planning issues. The Firm, through
its extensive network of contacts with accountants, business brokers
and various financing sources, works closely with its clients to facilitate
the satisfaction of the clients' business objectives.
Contact:
Craig H. Fox (610) 275-7990
cfox@foxandfoxlaw.com
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| Commercial Litigation |
The Firm has an extensive general commercial litigation practice.
Our attorneys have experience in handling all aspects of commercial
litigation representing clients in commercial disputes both in State
and Federal Courts as well as in arbitration proceedings. The Firm handles
a wide range of disputed matters that arise between large corporations,
partnerships, small businesses, and individuals. The Firm also provides
numerous services to assist clients in the formation and operation of their
businesses, including employment agreements, standard contracts for goods
and services, contracts related to the acquisition of new or additional real
estate, and when an entity needs to seek enforcement of a contractual obligation
or defend claims brought against it. Our attorneys have successfully litigated
everything from sophisticated injunctive matters to everyday collection matters.
Some of the types of commercial litigation matters we handle include:
- Partnership, Corporate/Shareholder and Limited Liability Company disputes
- Breach of contract
- Fraud and misrepresentation claims
- Slander and defamation claims
- Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL)
- Interference with existing and prospective contractual relations
- Construction disputes and home warranty claims
- Wrongful use of civil proceedings and abuse of process claims
- Collection Cases
- Successor liability, alter ego, and piercing the corporate veil cases
- Preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders
- Bad faith insurance cases
- Oppression of minority shareholders
Contact:
Craig H. Fox (610) 275-7990
cfox@foxandfoxlaw.com |
| Real Estate
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The firm represents all sides in all aspects of real estate transactions.
We represent lenders, borrowers, municipal land use boards, buyers, sellers,
investors, and management companies. We handle matters from complex, multi-state
transactions to residential real estate closings for our clients. The firm's real
estate department consists of five experienced attorneys, ranging in experience
from twelve to over twenty five years of real estate practice. All of our real
estate attorneys are responsible for clients in complex real estate matters. Our
clients know that their matters are being personally handled by knowledgeable,
experienced attorneys familiar with the client's specific project and needs.
The Real Estate Department serves major clients, including REITs, developers,
investors, owners, management companies, tenants, mortgage lenders, title insurance
companies and contractors. Our real estate lawyers also represent professional and
other corporations and businesses that, although primarily engaged in other fields,
have ancillary real estate needs. The work of the Real Estate Department includes
multi-family unit acquisition, financing, development, ownership and operation,
shopping centers, office and industrial use projects, construction and acquisition
lending, and packaged lending for sale on public markets.
Our representation includes the following:
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| Criminal Law
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At the law firm of Fox and Fox, our criminal defense attorneys provide comprehensive
representation to individuals charged with offenses by law enforcement agencies in
the counties of Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia and Berks. Our
attorneys have significant experience and success representing our clients in
situations prior to a formal arrest occurring, at the preliminary arraignment and
hearing phases, dealing with pre-trial matters including negotiating favorable agreements
for our clients leading to a reduction or elimination of charges, and if necessary,
vigorously defending our clients’ interests at the trial and post-trial phases of their matters.
Our attorneys have represented our clients in a wide range of criminal related matters
including, but not limited to the following:
- Criminal defense of summary misdemeanor, DUI and non-DUI for DUI and non-DUI offenses,
and felony prosecution.
- Juvenile representation.
- Motor Vehicle/traffic related citations.
- License suspension, commercial and non-commercial, OLL and Probation licenses.
- Expungements/Pardons.
- Asset forfeitures.
- Summary appeals.
- Probation and Parole proceedings.
- Extradition.
- Indirect Criminal Contempt defense stemming from Protection from Abuse Orders.
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| Land Use & Planning |
The firm provides a complete range of land use representation.
This representation includes all types of applications before
planning boards, zoning boards and municipal governing bodies.
The firm has litigated extensively in both state and federal courts
in the land use area, including cases involving application denials,
municipal ordinances, utility capacity and fees, civil rights
liability, and regulatory takings. The firm represents builders
and developers.
The firm handles matters including:
- Easements
- Land Use
- Licensing
- Planning
- Restrictive Covenants
- Special Exceptions
- Subdivision
- Variances
- Zoning
Contact:
Craig H. Fox (610) 275-7990
cfox@foxandfoxlaw.com
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| Employee Benefits and Relations |
We assist our clients in all phases of their employee relations, including
the complex legal issues that can arise when businesses are bought and sold.
Our practice includes employment-relations counseling, planning, training;
reviewing and drafting handbooks and other employment policies; state and
federal court employment litigation, and practice before several state and
federal administrative agencies. Our services include:
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| Wills, Estates, Trusts, Planning, Probate & Litigation |
The firm's Wills, Estates, Trusts, Planning, Probate and Litigation
Department is managed by Jeffrey V. Matteo, Esquire who has been
associated with Fox and Fox for over 26 years and Shirlee Anne Miller,
Probate and Estate Paralegal who has been associated with Fox and Fox for
over 25 years. Our firm prepares wills, living wills, and powers of attorney.
We stress the importance of having a last will and testament as part of
an overall estate plan. In addition, we make available to our clients
a living will so that the individual can make their own determination
as to what if any measure will be taken in the event of a terminal condition
resulting in incapacity.
With the preparation of a last will and testament we explain the process
to the testator of estate distribution, after death, including tax consequences
and non-probate alternatives. The client who writes a last will and testament
designates an executor or executrix to administer his or her estate. The firm
provides all services to the executor and administrator for the administration
of the estate including assistance with the sale of real estate, and
representation throughout the sale process up through and including the real
estate closing, a gathering of assets including the closing of bank, mutual
funds and brokerage accounts of the decedent, application for a tax i.d. number
for the estate and the opening of accounts for the estate, preparation and
filing of the necessary tax returns, payment of outstanding debts of the decedent
and administrative expenses of the estate, preparation of releases for beneficiaries
and distribution of specific and residual bequests to estate beneficiaries.
We stress the importance of a durable power of attorney to be given by an individual
to a trusted relative, friend or corporate fiduciary who can transact business on
behalf of the individual even after the individual becomes mentally incapacitated.
For those individuals who have become incapacitated who have not designated an agent
to act on their behalf in the event of their incapacity, a petition for appointment
of guardian must be filed with the Orphans' Court which will make a determination
after a full hearing that the individual is an incapacitated person requiring the
services of a court appointed guardian.
The firm represents parties involved in disputes regarding the administration
of assets of elder relatives as well as will contests and other litigation in the Orphans' Court.
Our areas of practice cover:
- Wills
• Trusts
- Living wills
• Estate planning
- Probate
• Estate and Trust administration
- Estate litigation
• Real estate transactions
- Power of attorneys
• Incapacitation proceedings
- Guardianships
• Orphan’s Court proceedings
- Will contests/disputes
• Revocable living trusts
- Asset protection planning
• Special needs trusts
- Guardianship
Contact:
Shirlee Ann Miller or Jeffrey V. Matteo
(610) 275-7990
smiller@foxandfoxlaw.com
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| Franchise Law |
The firm handles franchise matters from the perspective of both the
franchisee and the franchisor. Our services include negotiation of
franchise business relationships both for individual franchisees
and for "area franchisees" with related licensing and proprietary
information issues. The firm assists with arranging necessary
financing for the franchisee and formation of applicable entity.
Fox and Fox has experience in representing both Franchisors
and Franchisees in all phases of the franchise operation and
business relationship. Our services include but are not limited to:
- Advise as to how to best structure and document the franchise relationship
- Advise on strategies, marketing and distribution agreements
- Business operations
- Buying a franchise
- Drafting leases, employment agreements and related contracts
- Financing
- Franchise agreements
- Franchise and dealer litigation and dispute resolution
- Franchise financing
- Franchise licensing and renewal counseling
- Franchisee obligations
- Renewal, termination, transfer and dispute resolution
- Review of Franchise Agreement and Disclosure Statement
Contact:
Craig H. Fox (610) 275-7990
cfox@foxandfoxlaw.com |
| Insurance Litigation |
The Firm handles many different insurance litigation matters. The Firm represents
insured’s in first party litigation against their insurance companies for the failure
to pay claims as well as clients who suffered losses by fire, flood, windstorm and
vandalism. Our extensive tort litigation services extend to several practice areas,
including defective products, premises liability, and bodily injuries sustained from
car and trucking accidents. Attorneys at Fox and Fox have been representing insurance
companies, businesses, and individuals for many years. We have the ability to handle
nearly any kind of liability claim, from the routine to the most complex and difficult
claims. We provide representation to individuals, businesses and insurance companies
in claims related to motor vehicle, homeowners, professional liability, and general
liability policies. Our experience is broad and offers our clients comprehensive legal
services for nearly any liability claim. Our representation extends to both plaintiffs
and defendants and matters that include:
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Social Security |
Individuals applying for Social Security Disability, Social Security
Supplemental Income, Disabled Children Benefits and/or Disabled Widow
Benefits would be well advised to retain competent counsel. Statistics
clearly show that a significantly higher percentage of cases being
proved when an individual is represented by competent counsel. The
Law Firm of Fox and Fox, for the past 25 years, has successfully
represented thousands of individuals applying for Social Security
benefits. In order for an individual to be found disabled, all relevant
medical and psychological evidence must be gathered, sorted, and
presented to the Social Security Administration in a timely manor.
Fox and Fox has ample resources in which to obtain the evidence required
in a timely manor and present same to the Administration which often
proves dispositive. Although Social Security Law is quite complex,
involving numerous Federal regulations, and rulings, individuals must establish that:
- he/she has not preformed substantial gainful employment within t
welve months of the date of alleged onset or has a disability expected to end in death
- that the individual has an severe impairment which causes more than
a minimal effect on his/her ability to work/or to do/perform work related activities
- that the individual has an impairment that meets/equals the Social
Security Listings under Appendix I of Subpart P of Regulation No. 4
- that the individual is unable to return to any of is/her past
relevant work within fifteen years, and
- that the individual does not have the residual functional capacity
to partake in any substantial gainful employment which is defined by
the rulings as the ability to maintain regular and sustained employment.
Often credibility is an issue and therefore the Administration looks
to medically determinable impairments established by objective studies
as well as consistency in the individual’s diagnosis, treatment,
medications, prognosis, and various statements. The Claimant’s statements
to the Administration as well to his/her medical providers along with
statements of lay individuals and treating examining physicians is often crucial to the case.
If you, a family member, or a friend, is in need of competent representation for
a Social Security Disability matter, please telephone this office and schedule an appointment.
Contact:
Scott L.H. Rubin (610) 275-7990
srubin@foxandfoxlaw.com
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