Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


A Professional Corporation

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

The Philadelphian - Suite 1C-47, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130

Mailing Address: 171 West Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301

Established: 1982

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Trial Practice
  • Automobile
  • Property and Casualty
  • Errors and Omissions
  • Product Liability
  • Homeowners
  • General Liability
  • Municipal Liability
  • Liquor Liability
  • Carrier Defense
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Declaratory Judgments
  • Bad Faith
  • Environmental Law
  • Veterinary Malpractice

About Us

The firm is actively engaged in civil insurance defense litigation before the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Our practice includes defense representation in cases involving injuries and/or damages to persons or property arising out of casualty, automobile liability, errors and omissions, general liability, professional liability, product liability, liquor liability, homeowners liability, employers liability, civil rights defense, environmental and toxic tort defense, municipal liability, carrier defense, including insurance coverage litigation, as well as contractual and bad faith theories of action, civil RICO, insurance fraud, worker's compensation, libel and slander, and medical and dental malpractice.

Our insurance practice represents numerous national and international insurance carriers in all aspects of insurance litigation. CWO attorneys and staff possess diverse backgrounds and professional experience in many areas including business, education and engineering. This diversity allows us to fulfill the unique needs of our clients. We have developed a solid reputation as a result of our continued success in the handling of insurance matters and since inception we have provided excellent services to the insurance industry.

Additional Locations

  • Paoli, Pennsylvania
  • 171 West Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100
  • Paoli, Pennsylvania 19301
    • Telephone: 610-640-2800
    • Fax: 610-640-1520
  • Moorestown, New Jersey
  • 304 Harper Drive, Suite 201
  • Moorestown, New Jersey 08057
    • Telephone: 856-780-3800
    • Fax: 856-778-0235

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Allied Industries
  • Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
  • Budget Rent-A-Car Corporation
  • Castrol North America
  • Ciba Specialty Chemicals
  • Cruise America Claims
  • Kalama Chemical Corporation
  • Lankenau Hospital
  • Management Services, Inc.
  • Material Damage Adjustment Corporation
  • Mendon Leasing Corporation
  • Merit Claim Services, Inc.
  • Middle Department Inspection Agency, Inc.
  • Millipore Corporation
  • Nestle USA, Inc.
  • Owens-Brockway Glass Containers Inc.
  • Prolease
  • Servistar Corporation
  • Team Rental Group, Inc.
  • Transtar Services, Inc.

Personnel Information

Directors/Shareholders


Joseph P. Connor, III

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 42

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1977
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1982
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1997
Memberships:
  • American (Tort and Insurance Practice Section), Pennsylvania, Chester County and Philadelphia Bar Associations
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute
Education:
  • Villanova University, B.A., 1974
  • St. Mary's University, J.D., 1977
Law Review:
Associate Editor, St. Mary's Law Review (1976-1977)

Joseph M. Oberlies

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 36

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1983
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1984
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1995
Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations
  • Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute
Education:
  • Saint Joseph's University, B.S. (cum laude), 1979
  • Villanova University, J.D., 1983

William J. Weber, Jr.

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 39

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1980
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1982
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2004
Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and Chester County Bar Associations
  • Student Bar Association (President, 1979-1980)
Education:
  • Villanova University, B.A.H. (magna cum laude), 1977
  • Villanova University, J.D., 1980

Margaret E. Wenke

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 32

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1987
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Memberships:
  • American and Philadelphia Bar Associations
  • Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Villanova University, B.A. (cum laude), 1983
  • Villanova University, J.D., 1987

Michael S. Mikulski, II

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 26

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1993
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1997
Memberships:
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
Education:
  • University of Delaware, B.A., 1990
  • Widener University, J.D., 1993
Military:
U.S. Army Reserves, Captain

Non-Equity Partners


Amelia M. Lolli

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 19

Admitted
  • New Jersey, 2000
Memberships:
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
Education:
  • The College of New Jersey, B.A., 1997
  • Hofstra University, J.D., 2000

Monica M. Reynolds

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 19

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2000
  • New Jersey, 2004
  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Memberships:
  • American, Montgomery County and Philadelphia Bar Associations
Education:
  • University of Delaware, B.A., 1995
  • Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2000

Julia Jacobelli

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 9

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2010
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education:
  • The George Washington University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2007
  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2010

Born: 1985

Attorneys


Patrick T. Casey

Philadelphia, PA

Years of Experience: 15

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 2004
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2009
Education:
  • The Pennsylvania State University, B.A. (Dean's List), 2001
  • Georgetown University, J.D., 2004

Carrie A. S. Kennedy

Paoli, PA

Years of Experience: 30

Admitted
  • Pennsylvania, 1989
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1991
Memberships:
  • Chester County Bar Association
  • John E. Stively Inn of Court (Master)
  • National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
  • Chester County Orphans Court (Local Rules Committee)
Education:
  • Nazareth College, B.A. (cum laude), 1986
  • Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1989

Paul J. Smyth

Moorestown, NJ

Years of Experience: 14

Admitted
  • New Jersey, 2005
  • Pennsylvania, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2007
Education:
  • Temple University, B.S. (summa cum laude), 1996
  • Rutgers University-Camden, J.D., 2005

Noelle A. Connor

Moorestown, NJ

Years of Experience: 23

Admitted
  • New Jersey, 1998
  • Pennsylvania
Education:
  • Glassboro State University (Rowan University), B.A. (cum laude), 1994
  • Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1998

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