Higher Education Litigation

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Bad Faith & Insurance Coverage

Cyber Security

Employment Law

General Liability & Casualty Litigation

Higher Education Litigation

Hospital/Healthcare Professional & General Liability

Insurance & Healthcare Fraud Litigation

Motor Vehicle & Commercial Truck Liability

No-Fault Insurance

Personal Injury / Plaintiff Litigation

Products Liability

Real Estate & Property Management Transaction/Litigation

Retail & Restaurant

Toxic Tort & Asbestos

Workers’ Compensation

When representing colleges and universities, our firm partners closely with each institution to develop effective solutions to complex legal challenges. Our attorneys draw on their extensive experience and insight to help higher education clients navigate the issues and resolve difficult legal matters.

Our attorneys at Goldberg Miller & Rubin are ready to efficiently handle higher education client issues ranging from:

Constitutional Claims
Construction Defects
Title IX Investigations/Litigation
Sexual Misconduct
Fraternity/Hazing Misconduct
Slip, Trip and Falls
Breach of Contract
Campus Security
Pre-suit Investigations
General Liability Case

Practicing Attorneys

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Lori C. Miller

Robert P. Stein

Eamon C. Merrigan

Claire Neiger

Joseph W. Petka

Bobby Jaffe

Warren Holland

As Goldberg, Miller & Rubin’s first female CEO, Lori Miller is one of the region’s top litigators with a distinguished career specializing in bad faith, auto and general liability cases with a specialty of health system liability defense. Her unmatched dedication has earned her the reputation as a strategic and aggressive negotiator who has an unbridled dedication in fighting to defend her client’s best interests. For 30 years, Lori has earned the respect of the legal community, including plaintiffs’ attorneys, arbitrators, and judges, for her expertise, professionalism and most importantly her unparalleled client relationships.

Robert brings extensive trial experience and a diverse background built on blended experience in the legal and business world. While he is a successful and aggressive litigator, it is his understanding of how complex issues impact business which allows him to make smart decisions for his clients based on sound and progressive rationales.

Partner and Chief Information Security Officer, Eamon Merrigan’s distinguished career as a trial attorney at Goldberg, Miller & Rubin is virtually unmatched throughout the region. For nearly two decades, he has practiced diligently in the defense of a broad range of exposures including many catastrophic loss and death cases. Eamon has remarkably obtained over 65 defense verdicts in jury trials throughout his tenure, many of which involved pre-trial settlement demands of over seven figures.

Claire Neiger leads GMR’s Medical Malpractice Practice Department with over thirty years of experience representing the area’s major hospitals, physicians, nurses, dentists, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities in major medical malpractice trials. These cases have included oncology, orthopedics, wound care, general surgery, radiology, family practice, psychiatry, obstetrics, and gynecology in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and the surrounding counties.

Joseph Petka is one of the most active trial attorneys in the Philadelphia area. He specializes in general liability, assault and battery, hospital professional liability, and medical malpractice. He has tried a wide range of cases defending hospitals and companies sued for slip and falls, assaults, medical malpractice, patient falls, and pressure ulcers. He has obtained defense verdicts in jury trials throughout Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, Bucks, and Montgomery counties.

Bobby Jaffe is an Associate Attorney at Goldberg, Miller, and Rubin, based in the Philadelphia office.

Warren has litigated cases in several state and federal jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey with over 100 defense verdicts at trial. Over the course of his career, Warren has gained extensive experience in the field of insurance and healthcare fraud. He has helped his corporate clients investigate and prosecute fraud on numerous occasions, and has served as counsel in several complex insurance fraud and civil RICO cases which have resulted in substantial verdicts or settlements in his clients’ favor.