MacElree Harvey, Ltd.
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Partner – Business Department
Mary Kay graduated from University of Maryland School of Law and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the Loyola University of Maryland. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Partner – Personal Injury
“You exhibit the highest sense of ethics and honesty. I felt as if my case was presented fairly and honestly. Most importantly, I felt that you truly cared about me and my family.” – Client Review
Tim Rayne is an experienced Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice attorney. For over twenty-five years, Tim has been helping people injured in accidents understand their legal rights and receive fair compensation from insurance companies.
Tim has extensive experience in negotiating settlements with insurance companies and trying cases including:
Tim has an advanced Master’s Degree in Trial Advocacy and is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. SuperLawyers has honored Tim as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and he has been listed by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer.
Tim has the highest AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has a 10.0 “Superb” rating from AVVO. Tim has been recognized as a “Top Lawyer” in Personal Injury by Main Line Today Magazine and he is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Tim has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Personal Injury Litigation.
Tim regularly practices in Chester County with offices in Kennett Square and West Chester. Tim also helps clients with Personal Injury cases in neighboring counties including Bucks County, Delaware County, Lancaster County, Montgomery County, and Philadelphia County.
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Partner – Land Use and Litigation
J. Charles Gerbron, Jr. is a dynamic attorney who represents businesses, developers, non-profits, and individuals on a variety of litigation, corporate, and land use-related matters.
J. Charles Gerbron, Jr. is a dynamic attorney who represents businesses, developers, non-profits, and individuals on a variety of litigation, corporate, and land use-related matters. As a trial attorney, Charlie is an experienced practitioner and skilled courtroom advocate who has successfully represented clients in the courts of common pleas of Chester, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks, and Berks County, as well as in Federal Court. His trial litigation practice regularly involves corporate litigation, complex commercial litigation, land use litigation, real estate litigation, and construction litigation, among other practice areas.
As a zoning and land use attorney, Charlie regularly represents clients before municipal boards of supervisors/commissioners, planning commissions, and zoning hearing boards. He is frequently retained by developers, businesses, non-profits, and individuals to assist them in obtaining approvals, relief under applicable zoning and land development ordinances, and challenging the validity of zoning ordinances on procedural and substantive grounds.
Charlie’s appellate practice is focused primarily on land use, zoning, corporate, complex commercial, real estate, and construction-related litigation in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, and Supreme Court. His experience, expertise, and enthusiasm for the practice area make him a formidable appellate advocate.
Charlie joined MacElree Harvey in 2012 and was elected partner in 2018. Before joining MacElree Harvey, Charlie served as an appellate prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, where he gained extensive experience litigating before the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme courts. Charlie has also litigated civil rights and labor and employment matters in the federal courts.
Zoning & Land Use Litigation
Charlie also regularly leads representations involving variances, special exceptions, conditional uses, zoning officer determinations and notices of violation, development rights, conservation easements and other zoning and land use related matters.
Construction Litigation
Charlie also regularly leads representations concerning construction defects, payment disputes, mechnics liens, and subcontractor-contractor disputes.
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Real Estate Litigation
Charlie also regularly leads representations involving easements, boundary disputes, adverse possession and prescriptive easement claims, agreement of sale termination and deposit disputes, claims of misrepresentation or non-disclosure in the sale of real property, homeowners’ association disputes, and stormwater litigation.
Complex Commercial Litigation
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Of Counsel – Litigation and Estates
William J. Gallagher has been practicing law and serving the community for over 60 years. His practice focuses on general litigation and estates.
Mr. Gallagher currently serves on the Board of Directors of Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania and is a past president of the organization. He is also a member of the Chester County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee and Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Legal Services to the Public Committee. Additionally, Mr. Gallagher served as Board Chair for the Chester County Community Foundation from 2014 to 2016.
A longtime resident of Kennett Square, Mr. Gallagher has also served as zoning hearing board solicitor for the Kennett Township for over forty years.
A graduate of La Salle University, Mr. Gallagher received his law degree from Villanova University.
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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 throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as the Federal Courts. With well over a decade of combined experience, our criminal defense attorneys are uniquely qualified and well prepared to assist you with matters including:
We rely upon our 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.
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When an accident occurs and causes injury in Pennsylvania or Delaware—whether on the road or because of poor medical treatment or any other accident, many questions immediately come to mind: Who will pay for medical expenses and bills when I’m out of work? What care will I need in the future and who will pay for it? How do I deal with the insurance companies? How do I make sure that the person who caused the accident accepts responsibility and pays fair compensation for all of my losses?
At MacElree Harvey, our Pennsylvania and Delaware Personal Injury attorneys will answer all of your questions, then handle all contact with the insurance companies and, ultimately, recover full and fair compensation in cases involving:
If you have been injured in an accident in Pennsylvania or Delaware, you are entitled to be fairly compensated for your injuries and damages (lost wages, medical bills, and expenses, pain and suffering). At MacElree Harvey, our team of Personal Injury attorneys has decades of experience in negotiating settlements and trying serious Personal Injury and Death cases in Pennsylvania and Delaware. While most cases settle prior to trial, some of our representative cases have included:
Motor vehicle accident
A seven-figure settlement for serious foot injuries following a broadside collision between a vehicle and an SUV that failed to yield while turning left.
Motorcycle accident
In a pick-up truck versus motorcycle accident, our client sustained multiple and serious leg and arm fractures. The claim against the driver recovered his policy limits and, likewise, we obtained policy limits from the client’s underinsurance company. To obtain additional compensation for the client, we pursued a claim against the personal assets of the responsible driver, who ultimately settled and agreed to pay significant personal monies and to have that promise secured by a mortgage on his personal residence.
Medical malpractice
Settlement of a case involving an operating room fire that occurred during surgery to remove a facial mole. The surgeon and anesthesiologist failed to communicate about giving the patient oxygen and using an electric cautery tool in combination. Claim for damages involving first and second-degree facial burns. Settled just before trial.
Car-versus-horse collision
Successfully represented a driver injured after her car collided with horses that had escaped from a breeding farm due to the negligent design and maintenance of the farm’s fencing. Recovered compensation for past and future medical bills, lost wages and pain and suffering.
Dangerous products
A construction worker who was seriously injured when a nail gun misfired and shot a 3″ nail into his chest. Legal claims were filed against the nail gun manufacturer alleging that the nail gun was defective and dangerous because it did not have a safety switch. Case settled prior to trial.
Members of our Personal Injury team have Master’s Degrees in Trial Advocacy and have been named as Super Lawyers Top 100 in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, in Philadelphia Magazine and Top Lawyers in Main Line Today. Our attorneys are easily accessible, educate you on the law and legal process and regularly update you on the status of your case.
In addition, our fees are charged on a “Contingent” basis, meaning that the fee is based upon our attorneys recovering compensation for you. If we achieve no recovery, there is no fee. If we are successful in achieving compensation, our fee is usually a fair percentage of the recovery plus any out-of-pocket costs we pay to pursue your case.
We believe that the Contingent Fee is beneficial to our clients because the risk of the representation is on our shoulders. We pay expenses and perform work, but, if we are unsuccessful, you owe us nothing. In addition, the Contingent Fee gives a financial incentive for us to get you full and fair compensation because our fee depends on it.
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