Lawyer Overview

Stephen R. McDonnell has a diverse litigation background with extensive trial experience in both State and Federal Courts. He has represented Fortune 500 companies, local companies, contractors and individuals in a variety of litigation matters including contractual disputes, employment issues, premises liability, products liability as well as other personal injury matters. He has also litigated complex environmental/toxic tort claims in the areas of the asbestos, landfill, mold, indoor air quality and latex gloves litigations. He currently focuses his practice on litigation involving corporate/transactional issues, employment, environmental litigation and personal injury matters.

Prior to joining Gawthrop Greenwood, Mr. McDonnell was a partner with a Philadelphia law firm.  He has been selected to serve as an arbitrator by his peers and appointed as an arbitrator by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Mr. McDonnell has lived in the Philadelphia area his entire life. He earned a B.S. in Finance from Drexel University in 1990 and was graduated cum laude from the Widener University School of Law in 1994 where he served as an articles editor for the Law Review program.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate/Contractual Issues
• Environmental Litigation
• Premisis Liability
• Products Liability
• Personal Injury

Representative Cases

• Hagarty v. Sunoco, Inc. , (United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania)
• Williams v. Reinforced Earth Co. , (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas)
• Yankosky v. National Semi-Conductor , (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas)
• Fonseca/Smith v. Suffolk Construction Co. , (Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas)
• O'Dumes v. McVicar , (Superior Court of New Jersey, Burlington County)
• Carfrey v. Desider , (Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County)
• Norton v. Sunoco, Inc. , (Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County)

West Practice Categories

Insurance Law, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chester County Bar Association (Member)
• New Jersey Bar Association (Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
• Philadelphia Bar Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI) (Products Liability Committee)

Education

• Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
  Honors: cum laude
  
  Law Review: Law Review, Articles Editor
• Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1990
  B.A. in Finance

Published Works

• Effective Pennsylvania Share Act, Mealey's Publication, August, 2002
• Pennsylvania and New Jersey Defense Litigation Manual, Litigation Forum
• Geyer v. Ingersoll Publications Co.: Insolvency Shifts Directors' Burden from Shareholders to Creditors, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Volume 19, 1994

Address

17 East Gay Street
Suite 100
West Chester, PA 19381-0562

Phones

(484) 880-4353
(866) 615-5890

Faxes

(610) 696-7111

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gawthrop.com