Atlee, Hall & Brookhart LLP

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One of Pennsylvania’s most respected personal injury firms, Atlee, Hall & Brookhart, LLP has spent more than 40 years working to achieve justice for its clients. Today, the firm employs eight lawyers who represent clients in catastrophic injury cases, with an emphasis on medical malpractice and auto products liability, as well as cases involving trucking accidents, premises liability, employment discrimination and other catastrophic cases. This year, attorneys Thomas W. Hall and firm founder William A. Atlee Jr. were again named to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list.

PASSION AND EXPERIENCE

“Some firms are reluctant to take on these types of cases,” says firm founder Atlee. “The work is labor- and document-intensive, and the cases don’t settle easily. But we are passionate about achieving justice for people who have suffered personal injury.” In recent years, the firm has won millions of dollars in awards and settlements for clients, including the largest personal injury jury verdicts in York and Lancaster counties—$6.5 million and $13 million respectively.

Atlee is a nationally recognized expert who regularly presents to other attorneys, particularly on auto products liability, crashworthiness and medical malpractice cases. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates, he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 10 years. Hall, who joined Atlee as a partner in 1991, is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers and The American Trial Lawyers associations, and also serves as an arbitrator for the county of Lancaster.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

The cases handled by Atlee, Hall & Brookhart often require an in-depth knowledge of medicine, engineering and the insurance industry. The firm’s support staff includes a nurse consultant and medical information specialist, and the firm has a close working relationship with technical experts. Exhaustive research and investigation, creative negotiating techniques and effective legal strategies—both at the courtroom and the bargaining table—allow the firm to reap impressive results.

PERSONAL ATTENTION

The attorneys of Atlee, Hall & Brookhart recognize that personal injury victims may feel especially vulnerable. They are committed to keeping clients informed and giving them the personal attention they deserve. “We never lose sight of the people we serve,” Atlee says. “We make it a priority to give our clients a dependable support system so that they can always get in contact with us.”