Our Attorneys
David R. Cherry
David R. Cherry has been the driving force behind a law practice built with an emphasis on serious personal injury. His practice encompasses all types of personal injury including work injuries. He is a graduate of Widener School of Law (J.D.) and Temple School of Law (Masters in Trial Advocacy). Mr. Cherry has been recognized for several distinctions throughout both his academic and professional career including Most Promising Civil Litigator Award (Widener School of Law), twice named to Top Lawyers (Main Line Today) and is a multiple Pennsylvania Super Lawyer recipient.
Thomas J. Fieger
Thomas J. Fieger, Jr., is a 1981 graduate of Villanova University and a 1986 cum laude graduate of Delaware Law School. Mr. Fieger was employed at a prestigious CPA firm prior to law school. Upon graduation of law school, Mr. Fieger was a law clerk for The Honorable President Judge Francis Catania. Mr. Fieger's area of practice include major plaintiff civil litigation involving automobile accidents, workers compensation, medical malpractice, and serious personal injuries and product liability. Mr. Fieger has been recognized as a Top Lawyer in Main Line today.
Kevin R. Marciano
Kevin R. Marciano demonstrates the passion and commitment that clients desire and appreciate in an attorney. He is always well-prepared and prides himself on his knowledge of the law and procedures that apply to his cases. He concentrates his practice in the representation of catastrophically injured victims including medical malpractice, pharmaceutical liability, motor vehicle liability, wrongful death, products liability, premises liability, construction accidents, liquor liability, personal injury cases and mass tort class actions. He has obtained numerous million dollar settlements and verdicts. He manages the Philadelphia office.
He is a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Justice (formerly Pennsylvania and American Trial Lawyers Association) and is a frequent writer and lecturer for the Pennsylvania Association of Justice (PAAJ). He is an officer of PAAJ and will be President in 2009. He is also a member of the American Association of Justice, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Delaware County Trial Lawyers Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association.
- $1 Million Settlement in Dram-Shop Case
- $1.5 Million Settlement in John Lansberry v. Cliveden Convalescent Center
- $1.25 Million Settlement in Alton Sutton v. Fenton et al
- $1.35 Million Settlement in Maria Fotiou v. Ross R. Zimmer, M.D. and Rohinton J. Morris, M.D., et al
- $1.2 Million Settlement in Estate of Douglas Moreland v. Waste Management et al
- $1 Million Settlement in Dennis Fisher v. Duffer's Pub et al
- Settlement Reached in Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Case
Additionally, he is involved with the following PAAJ committees: Chairman of the Membership Committee; Co-Chair of the Legislative Network Committee; Public Relations Committee; Vice Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee; Fund Development Committee; Legislative Policy Committee and Long Range Planning Committee. He is also was member of the New Lawyer Section Leadership Council, serving as their chairman in the past.
He is past-President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Delaware County Bar Association and a former member of the Executive Board of the Guy G. deFuria American Inn of Court. Mr. Marciano also participated in planning and attending a holiday party for underprivileged children in Delaware County. He has presented Anti-Smoking Mock Trials in elementary schools throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania in an effort to educate children on the dangers of smoking and use of tobacco products. In 2002, Mr. Marciano was recognized as one of the “50 on the Fast Track”, a listing of the top 50 young attorneys in the State of Pennsylvania by the Legal Intelligencer and has been consistently named a "Superlawyer" by Philadelphia Magazine.
Mr. Marciano received his Bachelor degree from Dickinson College. He earned his law degree, with honors, from Capital University Law School. Upon graduation, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony R. Semeraro in the Court of Common Please of Delaware County.
John Jackson
John Jackson is a 1980 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and a 1983 graduate of Villanova School of Law. From 1987 to 1989 Mr. Jackson clerked for Judge Alexander Barbieri on the Commonwealth Court, who was considered the 'dean of workers' compensation law. During this period, Mr. Jackson authored for Judge Barbieri approximately 50 published Commonwealth Court opinions in the field of workers' compensation law. Many of these opinions are still the law today. From 1989 to 1992 Mr. Jackson represented Employers in workers' compensation cases. Since 1992, Mr. Jackson limited his practice to representing only injured workers. Mr. Jackson is widely considered one of the preeminent workers compensation attorneys in Pennsylvania.
Todd M. Bales
Todd M. Bales, Esquire is a graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania obtaining a B.S. in Finance and Accounting. In 1992 he earned his Jurist Doctorate (J.D.) from Widener University School of Law followed by his Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Taxation from Villanova University. Todd has been in the practice of law for sixteen years with the last ten years as the Principal of the firm Gordon & Bales, P.C. Mr. Bales’ practice of law includes such diverse areas as Serious Personal Injury, Corporate and General Business Matters, Real Estate Transactions and Estate Planning and Administration. Starting May of 2008, Mr. Bales will be the principal of the Law Office of Todd M. Bales, P.C. as well as Of Counsel for the law firm of Cherry, Feiger & Marciano, LLP.
Thomas W. Harrity
Mr. Harrity has been a trial lawyer since 1994 specializing in civil litigation. He has extensive major jury trial experience in prosecution and defense of personal injury, general liability, professional liability, product liability and breach of contract cases. He has handled dozens of major jury trials and literally thousands of judicial arbitrations in both state and federal court in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr. Harrity has published cases to his credit, most notably one authored by former Justice Cirillo that established Pennsylvania law regarding the effect of a non-suit or non pros under Pa. R.C.P 218 when a party fails to appear ready at trial. See Jamison v. Johnson, 762 A.2d 3 (2001).
Mr. Harrity is the principal in the Harrity & Associates as well as Of Counsel for Cherry, Fieger & Marciano LLP. Mr. Harrity concentrates on personal injury matters where his past experience defending individuals and insurance companies affords him a unique competitive advantage when negotiating settlements and litigating cases on behalf of plaintiffs. He routinely maximizes the value of settlements and obtains jury verdicts unforeseen by the insurance companies opposing him.
Mr. Harrity is married and has three children. An elite athlete, Mr. Harrity plays on the professional squash tour in the winter and competes in triathlons in the summer months when not chasing his own children around or representing his clients.