Richard Cordell Low - Lancaster, PA

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Richard Cordell Low Overview

Richard Low has been in practice since 1980, concentrating on personal injury claims. He first worked for a large defense firm in Pittsburgh. In 1983, he moved his practice to Lancaster and has been representing injured people against the insurance industry since that time. He has tried cases in both Federal and state courts and has argued before the appellate courts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Richard Low graduated cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1980, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif (an honorary society) and the Law Review. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Lancaster Bar Association, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and the American Association for Justice. He is a member of the Litigation section of the ABA, the litigation and auto law sections of the PBA, a delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates, and is a member and past chair of the Lancaster Bar Association Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has taught at Penn State University as an adjunct professor in their paralegal program, teaching civil procedure, and has authored articles for the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and taught seminars for other lawyers on issues of automobile law. He is admitted to practice before all courts of Pennsylvania, the Federal District Courts for the Western and Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury Litigation, Plaintiff 80%
• General Civil lit. (Business Disputes, Insurance Coverage, Contract Dispute) 5%
• Mediation of Litigated Cases; Mediation of Contract Disputes 15%

Litigation

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1984
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1992

Other Affiliations

• American Association for Justice, 1983 - Present
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 1983 - Present (Sustaining Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2000 - Present (Member, House of Delegates)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Litigation Section (Member, ADR Committee)
• Lancaster Bar Association (Founding Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee)
• Lancaster Bar Association, 2001 - 2007 (Chair, ADR Committee)
• Lancaster Bar Association, 2004 - 2005 (Member, Judiciary Committee)
• Lancaster Bar Association, 2001 - Present (Member, Awards Committee)
• Lancaster Bar Association, 2008 (President)
• Lancaster Bar Association Foundation, 2002 - 2008 (Board of Directors)
• Lancaster Bar Association Foundation, 2005 - 2006 (President)
• American Association for Justice (Member, Motorcycle Litigation Group)
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Auto Law Section (Member)

Education

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1980
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1971
  B.A.
  Major: Economics

Past Positions

• Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Associate, 1980 - 1983

Classes and Seminars

• Auto Law Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2003 - 2008
• Advocacy in Mediation, Lancaster Bar Association, 2008
• Mediator/Arbitrator, ADR Options, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
• Mediator and Arbitrator, Lancaster Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
• Issues in Un- and Under-Insured Motorist Cases, Lancaster Bar Association, 1997 - 1998
• Moderator, Panel on Appellate Advocacy, Lancaster Bar Association, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000
• Seminar on Municipal Liability, Lancaster Bar Association, 2000 - 2002

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Address

234 North Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17602

Phones

888-826-6103
717-715-1726

Faxes

717-397-8227

Emails

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Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

Websites

http://www.herrlow.com
http://www.lancasterpainjuryattorney.com

Articles

Automobile Law Mediation

Representative Cases

• L.S. v. Eshbach, 583 PA 47, 874 A.2d 1150 (PA Supreme Ct. 2005)