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1601 Market Street Suite 2600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 T 215.563.0500 F 215.563.5532 Send me an e-mail Download V-card BA, Allegheny College, 1993 JD,Case Western Reserve University, 1997 Pennsylvania, State and Federal Court Ohio, State and Federal Court Tort Litigation Commercial Litigation Ohio State Bar Association Professional Liability Underwriting Society Running Golf Back to top J. Colin Knisely focuses his practice on the trial of complicated commercial and tort matters, employment matters, professional liability matters, and insurance coverage issues. Before joining Deeb Blum Murphy Frishberg & Markovich in 2006, he practiced for several years in Cleveland, Ohio, where his practice centered on the trial of professional liability, employment discrimination, products liability, insurance, and commercial matters. Mr. Knisely has represented lawyers and their respective law firms at trial in legal malpractice actions, as well as in grievance and disciplinary proceedings. He also counsels companies and human resources professionals in all areas of employment law, defending employers in claims of discrimination under Title VII and the ADA, wrongful terminations, and other employment disputes and litigation. Mr. Knisely has represented accountants in accounting malpractice actions, architects in design and construction defect matters, and insurance agents and brokers in professional liability matters. Mr. Knisely also has extensive experience defending director and officer clients in suits alleging fraud, deepening insolvency, breach of contract, discrimination, and other alleged wrongdoing, as well as advising clients on policy interpretation and coverage analysis. Recent matters handled by Mr. Knisely include: $1.85 million verdict in favor of a bank client in a commercial mortgage dispute in which the borrowers alleged that their signatures were forged. Joseph and Terry Dwek v. Sun National Bank, US Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, Adv No. 07-1697 Successful prosecution and settlement of a matter on behalf of a New Jersey manufacturer against a Hong Kong based receiver for breach of contract and tort claims, including successfully conducting discovery of Southeast Asia Representation of banks in lender liability, deepening insolvency and fraud cases prosecuted by Bankruptcy Trustees. These resulted in a reported decision at Stanziale v. Sun National Bank (In re Dwek) Civ. Div. 39:09-cv-5046 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 3203 (D.N.J. Jan. 15, 2010) Defense verdict in favor of one of the nation's foremost manufacturers of dump, transfer and flatbed trailer in a products liability matter Mr. Knisely graduated magna cum laude from Allegheny College in 1993 with a B.A. in Political Science, where he was also honored with the Political Science Senior Thesis Award. He studied law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, where he received his J.D. degree in 1997. Mr. Knisely is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and is an active member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

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