WCM Philadelphia Partner Becomes Treasurer of Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
On June 21, 2021, WCM Partner Colleen E. Hayes was elected to the position of Treasurer of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, one of the oldest local defense organizations in the country. Colleen is a partner in WCM’s Philadelphia office and serves clients in commercial coverage related matters. Colleen was also recently selected as a Pennsylvania Rising Star for 2021. She also...Read More
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WCM is Pleased to Announce that Matt Care has been Promoted to Partner
Effective, July 1, 2021, Matt Care is officially the newest partner in WCM’s Philadelphia office. Matt started working at WCM in 2015. He primarily defends individuals and businesses in a wide variety of general liability, construction defect, premises liability, insurance coverage disputes, bad faith claims, professional liability claims, and product liability lawsuits, from inception...Read More
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WCM Philadelphia Partner Becomes Treasurer of Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
On June 21, 2021, WCM Partner Colleen E. Hayes was elected to the position of Treasurer of the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, one of the oldest local defense organization in the country. Colleen is a partner in WCM’s Philadelphia office and serves clients in commercial coverage related matters. Colleen was also recently selected as a Pennsylvania Rising Star for 2021. She also is...Read More
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Partner Andy Gibbs Joins WCM’s New Jersey Office
WCM is pleased to announce that Andrew Gibbs, the current President of the Union County Bar Association, has joined WCM as a partner. Andy has almost 25 years of experience representing insurance companies and their insureds in New Jersey State and Federal courts in a variety of cases including insurance coverage, general liability, product liability and toxic torts, construction defect...Read More
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by Brian GibbonsJune 17, 2021 Podcast, Evidence, News & Events, Premises Liability, Uncategorized0 comments
Call Your Next Witness – Angela Levitan of ARCCA Discusses Biomechanical and Human Factors Analysis
Generally, I’m amused by the term “human factors” in the context of expert testimony. Doesn’t everything involving people necessarily involve human factors? When I was a prosecutor, I was similarly amused by the “Anti-Crime” police unit. As opposed to the “pro crime” unit? Apologies for the Faulkner-esque stream of consciousness...Read More
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by Brian GibbonsJune 10, 2021 Podcast, News & Events, Of Interest, Pennsylvania, Trial Practice0 comments
Call Your Next Witness – Bob Cosgrove and Matt Care Discuss last week’s Defense Verdict
“Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.” What does this Ginger Rogers quote have to do with litigation and trial practice? Good question. Bob Cosgrove and Matt Care just tried a case to a unanimous defense verdict, in front of of a real live jury in Pennsylvania. You can read up on the details of the case here. Putting aside the odd...Read More
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WCM Obtains Defense Verdict in Philadelphia In-Person Trial
WCM Partner Bob Cosgrove and Counsel Matthew Care with the assistance of associates Ben Ferrell and John Lang and summer associates Halley Matthes and Jean Scanlan obtained a defense verdict in the case of Hakim Scott v. Murano Deli v. Charlie Kim. In this complicated procedural case, in May 2013, Hakim Scott was stabbed in his left thumb while leaving a deli/bar. The stabbing was committed...Read More
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“WCM Partner Recognized As Rising Star”
Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP is pleased to announce that Colleen E. Hayes, Partner in the Philadelphia office, was selected as a 2021 Pennsylvania Rising Star. Colleen handles, inter alia, litigation arising out of a variety of coverage contract disputes, including matters involving general liability, professional liability, first-party property, product recall, fine arts, jewelers block, and “bad...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness – Shari Belitz on Litigation Consultation
On episode 6 of Call Your Next Witness, the Wade Clark Mulcahy LLP podcast, Brian Gibbons & Georgia Coats interview litigation consultant, author, attorney, Yankee fan (nobody’s perfect!) and absolute force of nature Shari E. Belitz, Esq. As risk managers all know, knowledge is power — Shari and her team offer unique knowledge and foresight to risk managers looking to prepare...Read More
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Call Your Next Witness Podcast – Brian Gibbons Interviews Dan Solinsky of Edelman Krasin & Jaye PLLC
Check out the newest episode of the Call Your Next Witness podcast, where Brian Gibbons interviews plaintiff’s attorney extraordinaire, fellow Bronx County District Attorney’s Office & St. John’s University School of Law alum, and all around good guy, Dan Solinsky of Edelman, Krasin & Jaye PLLC. Dan and I discuss our career paths, which began as prosecutors in the...Read More
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