August Newsletter

Recent Awards

We are thrilled to announce that 27 Hangley Aronchick attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers , with 19 attorneys selected to the Best Lawyers list and eight to the Ones to Watch list. In addition, Ronald Schiller and Cheryl Young were recognized as Philadelphia Lawyer of the Year for Insurance Law and Family Law, respectively.

These recognitions are based entirely on peer review and aim to capture the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about their colleagues within the same geographical region and legal practice area.

Read the full list here.

A Texas federal judge blocked the Federal Trade Commission from enforcing its proposed ban on noncompete agreements, dealing a blow to the agency’s rulemaking authority.

Shareholder Jason Levine spoke with Law360 about the impact of the decision, as well as the challenges the FTC faces in defending its ban. Read the full article here.

Insights from the Family Law Blog

In Caldwell, Jr. v. Jaurigue, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found that a non-parent who lacks legal custody of a child does not have an obligation to pay child support. In her latest blog post, associate Dori Green provides clarity on the court's ruling and the child support obligations of non-parents. Read Dori's full blog here.

The back-to-school season is upon us, and it is a given that every parent wants their child to go to the best school available. In cases of shared custody, how do parents with differing opinions decide on what the "best" option is? In this blog, shareholder Colleen Norcross explains the important considerations parents should make when choosing a school for their child, including when to consider asking a family lawyer for help. Read Colleen's full blog here.

We're proud to recognize and celebrate the August work anniversaries of several of our Hangley Aronchick team members. Thank you for your years of hard work and dedication to the firm!

Shareholder Adena Herskovitz celebrates 19 years at HASPS this month. A graduate of Yale Law School , Adena handles commercial real estate deals for local and national businesses, nonprofits, entrepreneurs, developers, owners and tenants. Her experience also includes work in the Corporate and Transactions practice.

We also celebrate the HASPSiversaries of associates Chelsea Nichols (5th year) and Mathew Gomez (2nd year).

Chelsea Nichols is a member of the Antitrust group with extensive litigation experience in a range of matters, including antitrust and competition, products liability and mass torts. In addition to her legal work, she is an active member within the firm and in the community, having previously served in programs with the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and Philadelphia VIP .

Mathew Gomez is part of the Family Law practice, where he handles all aspects of family law, including custody, support and divorce matters. Mathew regularly speaks for legal organizations, including the Pennsylvania Bar Association , MONTGOMERY BAR ASSOCIATION , and Pennsylvania Bar Institute . He also serves as a Philadelphia Bar Association board observer for CORA Services and has been admitted to the leadership development program with the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section.

We also proudly commemorate the work of chairman Ronald Schiller and shareholders Michael Carlson and Daniel J. Layden , each of whom celebrates 15 years at HASPS this month.

Ron Schiller's broadly diversified trial, appellate, and arbitration practice has been an incredible asset to the firm, particularly in high-stakes litigation matters. Ron serves as national counsel for several clients on insurance coverage issues and routinely tries the most difficult coverage matters on current issues in the field. Ron is consistently ranked highly by his peers in publications like Chambers USA and Best Lawyers and has contributed significant time to the advancement of the practice of insurance law. We are thankful for his award-winning counsel and dedication to Hangley Aronchick's Insurance practice.

Shareholder Michael Carlson resolves sophisticated insurance and reinsurance disputes involving healthcare liability, professional liability, toxic tort, and product liability issues. In his time at HASPS, he has also handled appeals on important insurance coverage issues before state and federal courts and contributed his time to pro bono efforts.

Shareholder Daniel Layden joined HASPS with Ron Schiller and, with Ron, helps tackle the industry’s most sophisticated and challenging cases, providing coverage advice to insurers as well as litigating coverage disputes on their behalf. He consistently secures successful results through dispositive motions, bench and jury trials, and on appeal.

Hangley Aronchick's Insurance practice was honored as a Band 2 Insurance Practice in Chambers USA's 2024 list of the best legal teams in Pennsylvania. Clients noted, "The firm has excellent lawyers. They are very smart and see the big picture." Ronald Schiller and Daniel Layden were both recognized as notable practitioners.

In celebration of Hangley Aronchick's 30th anniversary, we are reflecting on meaningful cases for our firm and the greater community. This month, we recall Karl Stephenson Chambers' rescue from death row.

The firm began representing Chambers in 2003, when his capital case was remanded to the Court of Common Pleas for York County for resentencing after Chambers’ death penalty sentence was reversed on a Post Conviction Relief Act petition. Shareholders William Hangley and Matthew Hamermesh sought to have Chambers sentenced to life in prison on the grounds that he is intellectually challenged and therefore, under the U.S. Supreme Court standard established in Atkins v. Virginia, a very recent decision at the time, ineligible to receive the death penalty. At the June 2005 Atkins hearing, the judge ruled the Hangley Aronchick team had successfully impeached and discredited the Commonwealth’s witnesses and that pursuant to Atkins, Chambers could not be put to death.

In Our Community

This month, we recognized Women's Equality Day, an annual holiday commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Women's Equality Day is a day to honor the progress made toward gender equality and recognize the ongoing efforts to create an inclusive and equitable environment for all. At Hangley Aronchick, we are proud to celebrate the invaluable contributions of trailblazing women in the legal profession and beyond.

On 8/31, we will also recognize Love Litigating Lawyers Day.

Each day, our litigators go the distance for their clients. Love Litigating Lawyers Day, a day created by the American Bar Association , is a day to recognize the vital role that litigators play in our legal system and society. Thank you to the members of our Litigation Team for your innovation and tenacity.