Philadelphia
2000 Market Street
Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Suite 1300
Philadelphia, PA 19103
- The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, Fellow
Peter is a retired partner with extensive experience representing employers, insurance carriers, self-insureds, and third-party administrators in workers’ compensation matters as well as general casualty matters and bad faith actions arising out of the handling of workers’ compensation cases.
He also has decades of experience in complex litigation and was involved in the defense of personal injury asbestos claims and property damage claims. He served as a co-author of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure Manual (the “Bible” of Workers’ Compensation Law) and has authored the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Workers’ Compensation Law. Peter has been a lecturer in law for the Graduate Studies Division of Temple University School of Law, where he taught Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure.
Peter was 2012 Best Lawyer of the Year Workers’ Compensation Law-Employers and he was recognized by the Pennsylvania edition of Super Lawyers magazine as being among the top 5 percent of practitioners in his practice area in Pennsylvania. Super Lawyers lists are issued by Thomson Reuters.
He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® since the 1995 edition and is a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. He has won awards for the Philadelphia Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association and also has an AV Preeminent® rating in Martindale-Hubbell.
Diehl v. WCAB (IA Constr.), 5 A.3d 230 (Pa. 2010). (Workers’ Compensation)
Gardner v. WCAB (Genesis Health Ventures) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. WCAB (Rider), 888 A.2d 758 (Pa. 2005). (Workers’ Compensation)
Carpenter Tech Corp. v. WCAB (Santoro), 751 A.2d 710 (Pa. Commw. 2000). (Workers’ Compensation)
Martin v. WCAB (Emmaus Bakery), 652 A.2d 1301 (Pa. 1995). (Workers’ Compensation)
Pate v. WCAB (Boeing Vertol Co.), 522 A.2d 166 (Pa. Commw. 1987), app. denied, 536 A.2d 1335 (Pa. 1987), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1064 (1988). (Workers’ Compensation)
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