Mary E. Lawrence

Commercial Litigation

February 6, 2015 by Hoppel Design

Your business is business. Ours is litigation.

A critical tool in protecting your company’s interests, litigation can also be used to attack those same vital interests – often putting your entire life’s work at risk, and leaving your future uncertain.

At MacElree Harvey, our Commercial Litigation Practice is uncompromisingly committed to providing clients with the upper hand – utilizing the advantage that comes from our years of experience, and our dedication to helping you achieve your overall goals.

With a depth of expertise and the resources expected of large firms without sacrificing the responsiveness and personal attention typically found in much smaller firms, our experienced commercial litigators advise and advocate for the rights of businesses and individuals engaged in sales, trades, and commerce.

Whether you’re an industry leader with high visibility, or a smaller family-owned franchise, from onset to closing, our attorneys are equipped with the sophisticated knowledge and training to ensure you have the right team on your side.

Our clients know that it doesn’t matter if they’re a large business involved in breach of contract dispute, a business or individual seeking to protect his or her intellectual property, or a shareholder seeking to protect his or her rights in a corporate dispute, our commercial litigators approach each matter the exact same way – with the expertise required to properly advise you on the next steps, the skill to unrelentingly fight for, or defend you – and – most importantly – the initiative to obtain the result desired.

If you would like to schedule a consultation, please call the firm at 610.436.0100 or submit the contact request form.

Criminal Defense Law

February 4, 2015 by Hoppel Design

Criminal Defense Law

Being investigated or prosecuted for a crime is obviously cause for anxiety. It is imperative to have an experienced, proficient, and accessible defense attorney to guide you through this process.

Our team of criminal defense attorneys will assess your matter and advise of the most effective way to defend or mitigate it. We will advise you of the realistically obtainable outcomes and also of how to manage or avoid any collateral consequences to the allegations.

Our team has handled diverse criminal matters involving felony and/or misdemeanor offenses in Chester County and surrounding counties as well as the Federal Courts. With well over fifty years of combined experience, our criminal defense attorneys are uniquely qualified and well prepared to assist you with matters including:

Traffic Offenses
Driving Under the Influence – DUI
Theft, Burglary or Trespassing
Aggravated and Simple Assault
Arson
Drug Charges: possession, delivery, conspiracy
Sex Crimes: rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, corruption of minors, child pornography
RICO
Insurance Fraud
Retail Theft
Murder and Manslaughter
State and Federal Grand Jury

We rely upon our particular knowledge and experience to render thorough assessments and prompt advice. We handle our criminal defense cases proactively and, when appropriate, creatively. In defending our clients, we also may utilize a variety of resources, including experienced investigators and reputable forensic witnesses.

At MacElree Harvey, we will guide and assist you throughout the criminal process and we will work hard to achieve the best possible outcome in your case, whether that be a declination of prosecution by the government, acquittal, or other favorable disposition.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:

Acquittal by jury of physician accused of felony offenses of illegally dispensing controlled substances.
Acquittal by jury of client accused of homicide.
Exoneration of client accused of felony insurance fraud.
Acquittal by jury of DUI client.
Successful Pre-Trial Motions dismissing prosecution for multiple clients.
Favorable sentencing for client accused of million dollar fraud.
Alternative sentences (i.e., house arrest or in-patient treatment) in lieu of otherwise mandatory incarceration.