Focused on Protecting Workers’ Rights for more than 25 years
Markowitz & Richman | Listed In Best Lawyers | Linking Lawyers And Clients Worldwide
2013 | Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report | Best Lawyers
Best Lawyers | Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report | 2017
Best Lawyers | Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report | 2018
Best Lawyers | Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report | 2019
Best Lawyers | Best Law Firms | U.S. News & World Report | 2020
Martindale-Hubbell | AV Preeminent | Peer Rated For Highest Level Of Professional Excellence | 2018

Peter H. Demkovitz

  • Associate

Phone:

Fax:

215-790-0668

Email:

Areas Of Practice

  • Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
  • Affirmative Action
  • Affirmative Action -- Employee
  • Age Discrimination
  • Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employee
  • Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer
  • Arbitration
  • Class Actions -- Plaintiff
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Complex Litigation
  • Contracts
  • Defamation & Privacy -- Defense
  • Defamation & Privacy -- Plaintiff
  • Disability
  • Disability & Illness Discrimination
  • Discrimination
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
  • Employee Rights -- Employee
  • Employee Rights -- Employer
  • Employment Contracts -- Employee
  • Employment Contracts -- Employer
  • Employment Discrimination -- Employee
  • Employment Discrimination -- Employer
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employee
  • Federal Trial Practice
  • Freedom of Press
  • Freedom of Religion
  • Freedom of Speech
  • Gay & Lesbian Rights
  • Labor Arbitration
  • Labor Disputes
  • Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings
  • Mediation
  • Misdemeanor
  • Municipal Employment
  • Municipal Employment -- Employee
  • National Origin Discrimination
  • Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employee
  • Print Media
  • Race Discrimination
  • Religious Discrimination
  • Sex Discrimination
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sexual Harassment -- Employee
  • State Appellate Practice
  • State Trial Practice
  • Trade Secrets
  • Unfair Labor Practices
  • Unions
  • Wage & Hour Laws
  • Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
  • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
  • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act -- Employee
  • Wrongful Termination -- Employee
  • Wrongful Termination -- Employer

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1994
  • Pennsylvania, 1995
  • U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1994
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1997
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1996
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2009
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

Education

  • St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York
    • J.D. - 1994
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Honors: St. Thomas More Scholar
    • Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards
    • Honors: Who's Who
  • Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • M.A.
  • Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • B.A.
    • Honors: Dean's List
    • Honors: Peter Spader Award
    • Major: Communications

Representative Cases

  • Solovey v. Wyoming Valley, 2005 wv 1138472, 2005, MDPA
  • Fisher Bioservices v. Bilcare, Inc., 2006 WL 1517382, 2006, E.D.Pa. 2006

Classes/Seminars

  • Arbitration, PBA

Professional Associations And Memberships

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Past Chair, Equal Rights, 2004
  • Jagiellonian Law Society, Board of Directors
  • Oreland Lions, Past President

Past Employment Positions

  • Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Associate, 1995 to 1997
  • Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk, 1994 to 1995
  • Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Associate, 1997 to 1998

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Alpha Sigma Phi

Areas Of Practice

Labor Law
Employment Law
Personal Injury
Workers’ Compensation
Executive Representation