1. What is your practice area?
I practice personal injury law, helping accident victims receive fair treatment from insurance companies.
2. How long have you been with MacElree Harvey?
I’ve been with MacElree Harvey my entire career. I started in 1994 as a law school clerk and I’m still here 30 years later.
3. What MacElree office location do you work from?
I split my time between Kennett Square and West Chester offices.
4. Which 3 words would you use to describe your job?
Interesting, challenging, and rewarding.
5. What do you like most about practicing personal injury law?
I really love the strategic thinking required to tell each clients story in a compelling way; to bring home to the jury how the defendant violated a safety rule and caused an unnecessary injury and explain how that injury harmed the client.
I also enjoy the variety of cases. I’ve had some crazy ones – operating room fires, trees falling and causing injuries, and even a horse escape causing a car crash.
6. Where were you born, and where did you grow up?
I was born, grew up and went to high school in Kennett Square. I’m now practicing law in my hometown.
7. What did you want to be when you grew up?
Always wanted to be a lawyer. I had two uncles, who were lawyers. I always admired them and was also inspired by the TV show LA Law to become a lawyer.
8. What was your first paying job?
I’ve always been entrepreneurial. As a teenager, I had car washing, firewood cutting and snow shoveling businesses. I worked my way through college and law school running a house painting business. I love the entrepreneurial parts of running and marketing a law practice.
9. What is your favorite pastime outside of work?
Golfing, surfing, and paddle tennis.
