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With all of today’s technology and sophistication you would think it would not be possible, but yet another mistaken identity case is making headlines. It can only be apathy on the part of law enforcement that would permit a white man 100 pounds lighter and 9 years older than the wanted fugitive who shares his […]

Steven Fairlie has been awarded the “Awesome Attorney” designation by Suburban Life Magazine in both Criminal Defense and Personal Injury. Only a handful or Suburban Philadelphia attorneys received the award in more than one discipline. The only other attorney in the area to receive the same double award was Elizabeth Lippy, Of Counsel to Fairlie […]

On October 27 Governor Ed Rendell signed a new law which will dramatically reduce the time parolees spend in prison for minor, technical violations of parole. Currently, forty-six percent of prisoners paroled are reincarcerated on technical violations like failure to report to the parole agent within three years of release. The new rules are a […]

We are a little late on this, but proud to announce our hiring of Tony Gallo as an Associate Attorney last month. Tony will be handling Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, and Civil Litigation matters for the firm. Tony worked in the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office with Steve Fairlie. He then handled Medical Malpractice Defense […]

Pennsylvania Superior Court just ruled that letters written from a plaintiff’s attorney to her treating physician/expert witness are discoverable by the defense.  Such letters are protected by Pennsylvania’s “work product” doctrine, which would normally protect them from disclosure.  However, the court ruled that the defense should have a right to determine whether the plaintiff’s attorney put words in the expert’s […]