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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Widener University School of Law
Michael, a Founding Parter of Chartwell Law, retired from the firm effective June 30, 2025.
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO)
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® (2007-2022)
“Claims Investigation, Documentation, and Dispute Resolution,” Donovan Hatem Design Professional Roundtable, 2021
“COVID-19 and Its Impact on Claims Against Professionals,” Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference, August 2021
“Contractual Indemnification and Insurance Procurement Provisions for Design Professionals,” Donovan Hatem Design Professional Roundtable, 2020
“Measuring Design Professional Performance,” Donovan Hatem Design Professional Roundtable, 2020
“Thieves Among Us: Trends & Topics in Cargo Theft,” Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference, 2017
“Bringing Experts into the Folds of Litigation Management: Can It Be Done?” Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference, April 10, 2014
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Widener University School of Law
J.D., cum laude, 1993
West Chester University
B.A., 1986
Michael, a Founding Parter of Chartwell Law, retired from the firm effective June 30, 2025.
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO)
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® (2007-2022)
“Claims Investigation, Documentation, and Dispute Resolution,” Donovan Hatem Design Professional Roundtable, 2021
“COVID-19 and Its Impact on Claims Against Professionals,” Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference, August 2021
“Contractual Indemnification and Insurance Procurement Provisions for Design Professionals,” Donovan Hatem Design Professional Roundtable, 2020
“Measuring Design Professional Performance,” Donovan Hatem Design Professional Roundtable, 2020
“Thieves Among Us: Trends & Topics in Cargo Theft,” Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference, 2017
“Bringing Experts into the Folds of Litigation Management: Can It Be Done?” Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference, April 10, 2014
“Lost in Translation: How Litigants are Attempting to Breathe Life into Dead Failure to Warn Claims,” 4 Litigation Commentary & Review 301 (2012)
“Deference to the Law of Nations: The Intersection Between the New York Convention, the Convention Act, the McCarran-Ferguson Act, and State-Anti Insurance Arbitration Statutes,” 33 T. JEFFERSON. L. REV. 81 (2011)
“Betting the Farm: The TIC Turf War and Why TICS Constitute Investment Contracts Under Federal Securities Laws,” 1 WM. & MARY BUS. L. REV. 483 (2010)
