 | Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander,
A Professional Corporation | | | | | Legal Arts Building, 344 West Front Street
Media, Pennsylvania 19063 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | Litigation: Commercial, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Workers Compensation and Orphans' Court; Business: Corporations, Partnerships, Banking Institutions; School Law, Education, Estate Planning and Administration; Family Law; Municipal Law and Real Estate. | | | | Year Established: 1964 | | | | Firm Profile: | | Founded in 1964, Eckell, Sparks, Levy, Auerbach, Monte, Sloane, Matthews & Auslander, P.C. has enjoyed its most rapid growth in the past ten years and is now one of the largest firms of active attorneys in Delaware County, and one of the largest suburban firms in the Philadelphia area. It serves a diverse client base including national and international businesses, several large regional banks, and many municipal authorities and governmental units, as well as a large number of individual clients. The firm is organized into six major departments as outlined above. | | | | Firm Size: 13 | | | | Law Firm Affiliations: | | NETWORK OF LEADING LAW FIRMS | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| | | | Murray S. Eckell (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1960, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1956); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1959). Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, 1977. Appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania, 1988-1994, Vice-Chairman, 1992, Chairman, 1993. Member: Delaware County (Member, Board of Directors, Secretary, President, 1979) and Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, 1985—; Board of Governors, 1994-1997) Bar Associations; Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Orphans Court Practice. | | | | David E. Auerbach (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1963, Pennsylvania. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., 1960); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1963). Lecturer: Family Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Delaware County Bar Association, 1980—. Member: Delaware County (Member, Board of Directors, 1974, 1987—) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Equitable Distribution; Alimony; Child Custody; Child Support; Spousal Support; Divorce; Domestic Violence; Premarital Agreements. | | | | Joseph L. Monte, Jr. (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1963, Pennsylvania; 1968, U.S. Tax Court; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1960); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1963); Temple University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1976). Member: Delaware County Attorney/CPA Forum (President, 1986-1987). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Wills; Probate; Contested Wills; Trusts and Estates; Charitable Giving; Business Law; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Limited Liability Company Law; Professional Practices. | | | | Leonard A. Sloane (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1975). Co-Author: "Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Insurance: An Analysis of the Financial Responsibility Law," Ronca, Sloane, Mundy, 1st Edition, 1996, 2nd Edition, 1998 revised, 2nd Edition 2002, revised, 3rd Edition, 2004, revised. Member, Disciplinary Board, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1991-1997. Fellow: The Academy of Advocacy. Member: Delaware County (Chairman: Civil Education Committee, 1983—; Chair, Legislative Committee, 1983-1986, 1992-2005; Chairman, Lawyers' Advice & Help Committee; Co-Chairman, Civil Procedural Rules Committee, 1982-1983; Treasurer, 1988-1990; Member: Civil Trial Practices Committee, 1980—; Board of Directors, 1991—; Secretary, 1993; Vice President, 1995; President-Elect, 1996—; President, 1997), Pennsylvania and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Membership Committee, 1983—); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1988; President, 1989-1990). [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1970-1972]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance; Toxic Torts; Construction Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Railroad Accidents and Injuries; Slip and Fall; Sexual Abuse; Dog Bites; Wrongful Death; Automotive Products Liability; Automobile Insurance; Insurance Bad Faith; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Premises Liability; Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Law. | | | | Guy F. Matthews (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Education: Widener University (B.A., 1974; M.B.A., 1978); Temple University (J.D., 1979); American College (Chartered Financial Consultant, 1987; Chartered Life Underwriters, 1989); Villanova University (LL.M., 1990). Author: "Give Your Cake & Eat It Too," Charitable Remainder Unitrusts Bests Review, November, 1988. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business; Corporate Law; Partnership Law. | | | | Sam S. Auslander (Shareholder) born Munich, Germany, February 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Temple University (B.A., Political Science, 1972); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1975). Member: Philadelphia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. (Also at Collingdale Office). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; Domestic Relations; Workers Compensation. | | | | Stephen J. Polaha (Member) admitted to bar, 1972, Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (A.B., 1969; J.D., 1972). Author: Note, "United States v. Zeiler," 16 Villanova Law Review 741, 1971; Comment, "Housing Codes and the Prevention of Urban Blight—Administrative and Enforcement Problems and Proposals," 17 Villanova Law Review 490, 1972. Law Clerk to: the Honorable Thomas J. Clary, 1972-1973; The Honorable Melvin G. Levy, 1978-1980. Solicitor: Borough of Yeadon Zoning Hearing Board, 1986-1987; Delaware County Housing Authority, 1993—. Solicitor: Upper Providence Township Zoning Hearing Board, 2000—. Member: Delaware County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Municipal Law; Business; Banking Law. | | | | —————————— | | | | Ronald A. Carter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Temple University; Widener University School of Law. | | | | Michael J. Davey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Maryland, College Park (B.A., 2001); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2005). Order of Barristers. Senior Editor, Pennsylvania State University International Law Review. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | | | Patrick T. Henigan (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania and Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; 1997, New Jersey. Education: St. Joseph's University (B.S., 1983); Rutgers University (J.D., 1987). Member: Delaware County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(85%); Business Counseling(15%). | | | | Craig B. Huffman (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., 1995); Widener University (J.D., 1998). Order of Barristers. Member: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; American Inn of Court (Officer of Family Law Section of Delaware County Bar Association; Chairperson of Orphans' Court Rules Committee). Practice Areas: Litigation; Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Probate Litigation; Appellate Litigation. | | | | OF COUNSEL | | | | Arthur Levy (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1955, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1952; J.D., 1955). Member: Delaware County (Member, Board of Directors, 1970-1972; 1990-1992; 1997-1998), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. [With U.S. Army, 1955-1957]. Practice Areas: Municipal Law. | | | | W. Donald Sparks (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1958, Pennsylvania. Education: Drew University (B.A., 1955); Duke University (J.D., 1958). Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Litigation; Personal Injury; Criminal Law. | | | | Scott D. Godshall (Of Counsel) born Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1987, District of Columbia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); Columbia University (J.D., 1985). Editor, Columbia Law Review. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990-1993. Practice Areas: Health Care; White Collar Crime; Litigation. | | | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | | | Peggy Hayden (Office Administrator) |
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