Background
Seidel, Richard Stephen was born on January 3, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gary Leonard and Judith Lee Seidel.
Seidel, Richard Stephen was born on January 3, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gary Leonard and Judith Lee Seidel.
Bachelor in Criminal Justice cum laude, Temple University, 1986. Juris Doctor cum laude, Temple University, 1989.
Worked at Bernstein, Silver & Agins (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Negligence and Personal Injury Law. Trials and Appeals.
Admitted to the bar, 1989, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 1990, United States. District Court, District of New Jersey, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and United States.
Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Recipient, West Publishing Award for Excellence in Criminal Law and Procedure.
Company-Author: "Damages in Pennsylvania," National Business Institute, Publication Number. 0111108; "Defendant-Physician Expert Opinions: Are They Always Discoverable?" The Legal Intelligencer, February 25, 1991.
Author: "Selecting Quality Medical-Mal Cases," The Legal Intelligencer, May, 1994, Litigation Support Supplement, at 54, Colonel 1.
"Corporate Liability for Hospital"s Systemic Negligence: Overcoming the Pennsylvania Peer Review Protection Acting," The Barrister, Summer 1995. "The First Step: Pre-suit Investigation, Chapter I of Advocacy Skills for New Lawyers," Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Publication. "To Preempt or Not to Preempt: Pennsylvania Appellate Court"s Collide Over Airbags," The Barrister, Summer, 1996.
Lecturer: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers.
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers. Professional Education Systems, Incorporated.
Member: Philadelphia (Member, Medico-Legal Committee, 1995), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Bernstein, Silver & Agins is the successor to the oldest law firm in Pennsylvania limiting its practice to personal injury litigation. lieutenant was founded by Robert M. Bernstein in 1919, a time when tort litigation was in its infancy.
He was joined by his son, Marshall A. Bernstein in 1949, and gradually the law firm grew to its present size.
Formerly known as Bernstein, Bernstein & Harrison, the present firm name acknowledges those partners active in the practice today. While maintaining the traditions that have sustained it for so long, the firm is recognized for its advocacy of victims" rights and remedies using new and existing legal theories, innovative strategies and tactics, and state-of-the-art technology in its chosen area of concentration.
Member American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (student trial advocacy competition judge), Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (board directors since 1997, bar elections committee, young lawyers committee, Musmanno committee), Pennsylvania Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association (state civil committee, state civil sub-commission on the Philadelphia discovery court, state civil sub-commission on American Bar Association civil trial practice standards, state civil mentoring program, medico-legal committee, young lawyers division High School mock trial competition, young lawyers division law firm liaison, legal line volunteer), Philadelphia Bar Foundation.
Married Jodi Helene Woodin, May 14, 1992. Children: Hallie Alexa, Jamie Morgan.