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Post & Schell Elects Five New Principals in the Firm's Casualty, Energy & Utilities, Professional Liability, and Workers' Compensation Practices


Philadelphia, PA - August 14, 2023 - Post & Schell, P.C. is pleased to announce that three of the firm's Associates and two of its Counsel have been elected as Principals:

Mr. Berlucchi represents and defends self-insured employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators in workers' compensation litigation throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Post & Schell, Mr. Berlucchi served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Office of the District Attorney of Lancaster County. In 2023, Mr. Berlucchi was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers' "Rising Star" in the category of Workers’ Compensation. He is barred in Pennsylvania. Learn More.

Mr. Bruni has more than 25 years of defense litigation experience in toxic tort, products liability, and premises liability claims and is barred in Pennsylvania and Ohio. His clients include product manufacturers, industrial contractors, suppliers and distributors, utilities, employers, and owners in various product and premises liability, negligence, and toxic tort claims including asbestos, silica, and benzene exposure claims across the nation. Learn More.

Mr. Lamperski concentrates his practice on matters involving toxic tort, products liability, and general liability matters and is barred in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. The Best Lawyers in America© recognized Mr. Lamperski in its 2022 and 2023 editions in the "Ones to Watch" category in the areas of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Learn More.

Mr. Lent represents oil and liquids pipeline, natural gas, electric, water, wastewater, and steam heat and chilled water utility clients in a variety of matters before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PAPUC), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and appellate courts. His practice focuses on administrative litigation for utilities regarding base rate proceedings and other rate cases, utility infrastructure construction and siting issues, and public utility mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions requiring PAPUC approvals. Mr. Lent has particular expertise in litigating base rate cases and proceedings involving the siting and construction of high-voltage electric transmission facilities before the PAPUC. He also advises clients on regulatory compliance issues and newly enacted and pending legislation. He is barred in Pennsylvania. Learn More. 

For more than 15 years, Ms. Schumaker has devoted her practice exclusively to defending health systems, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, physicians, therapists, nurses, dentists, and other medical professionals in medical malpractice cases. She has been involved in numerous high-exposure cases involving catastrophic injuries. Her cases routinely involve alleged misdiagnoses, delayed diagnoses, negligent treatment, surgical malpractice, birth injuries, decubitus ulcers, and falls, among others. She is barred in Pennsylvania. Learn More.

About Post & Schell, P.C.

For over 50 years, Post & Schell’s attorneys have combined the operational knowledge and insight into the industries they represent with creative legal solutions – and helped clients overcome their legal and business challenges.
 
Founded in 1968, we have grown from a Philadelphia insurance defense-focused firm to a firm with diverse, collaborative, and complementary practices and attorneys. With over 50 practice groups and eight offices, we provide litigation, regulatory compliance, business and transactional, and dispute resolution services to clients regionally, nationally, and internationally.

With offices in Washington, DC, Mt. Laurel, NJ, Wilmington, DE, Wheeling, WV, and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Allentown, PA, our attorneys represent industries in a variety of venues and geographic markets.