General Membership

Camden, NJ  08102

Michal Chodorek, J.D.

KRK Kieszkowska, Rutkowska, Kolasinski Law Firm

Emilii Plater 25/8

Warsaw, Poland 00688

Areas of Practice: Intellectual property, copyright law, pharmaceutical law

Alexander J. Chotkowski, Esquire

Chotkowski Law Offices, LLC

232 West Market Street

West Chester, PA 19382

Tel. (610) 994-2668

Email: alex@chotlaw.com

Website: http://chotlaw.com/

Francis M. Chmielewski, Esquire, CPCU, ARe, RPLU 

Director of Assessments

American Institute for CPCU/Insurance Institute of America

720 Providence Road, Malvern, PA 19355-3433

Tel. (610) 644-2100, x7337

Email: chmielewski@theinstitutes.org

Website: www.theinstitutes.org

Areas of Practice: Insurance and Risk Management Education.

Chrsistopher Chorzepa, JD Student

2L law student at the University of Michigan Law School

Ann Arbor, MI 

Email: chorzepa@umich.edu

Anthony Chwastyk, Esquire

Associate General Counsel

Capital Health System, Inc.

Trenton, New Jersey

Email: anthony.chwastyk@gmail.com

Michael A. Cibik, Esquire

Cibik & Cataldo, P.C.

1500 Walnut Street, Suite 900, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Tel. (215) 735-1060

Email: macam@ccpclaw.com

Website: www.ccpclaw.com

Area of Practice: Consumer bankruptcy law

Julia A. Czarniak, MA, J.D., Partner

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, NY 10036-6522

Website: www.skadden.com

Areas of Practice: Energy and Infrastructure Projects and Banking

Languages: English, Russian.

Elzbieta Debowska – Krzyszczak, JD, Partner

PDP Kancelaria Adwokacka

ul. Poznanska 21, lok. 34

00- 685 Warsaw, Poland

Tel. (+48) 609 572 585

Email: edk@kancelariapdp.pl

Website: https://kancelariapdp.pl/en/about-us

Areas of Practice: Business, civil and criminal law, including family law.

Languages: English, Polish.

Peter H. Demkovitz, Esquire

Markowitz and Richman

123 S. Broad St., Suite 2020, Philadelphia PA 19109

Tel. (215) 875-3119

24 Wilkins Place, Haddonfield, NJ 08033

Tel. (856) 616-2930

Email: Pdemkovitz@MarkowitzandRichman.com

Website: www.markowitzandrichman.com

Areas of Practice: Labor and Employment Law and Civil Rights.

Agnieszka (Agnes) Gaertner, MA, J.D., LLM

Wilmer Hale, London, UK

US and Polish qualified attorney

Vice-President and Co-founder of FIDA USA, the American Branch of the Federación Internacional de Abogadas

(International Federation of Women Lawyers)

Area of practice: international arbitration and immigration law.

Languages: English, Polish.

Emilia Golanska Kovac, Esquire

Senior Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit

Philadelphia Legal Assistance

718 Arch Street, Suite 300N, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tel. (215) 981-3862

Email: egolanska@philalegal.org

Website: www.philalegal.org

Languages: English, Polish.

Robert F. Harchut, Esquire

Retired, GSK VP Legal 

Email: bobharchut@gmail.com

Richard J. Heleniak, Esquire

Messa & Associates, P.C.

123 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia PA 19103

Tel. (215) 568-3500

Email: RHeleniak@messalaw.com

Website: https://www.messalaw.com/team/richard-heleniak

Areas of practice: Personal injury litigation, medical malpractice and product liability - Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist - National Board of Trial Advocacy.  Pennsylvania Super Lawyerr.

Wojciech Jackowski, JD, LLM, Principal

Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law

10 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016

Tel. (212) 545-1350

Email: wjackowski@offitkurman.com

Website: https://www.offitkurman.com

Areas of practice: commercial and corporate dispute resolution with an emphasis on achieving rational business solutions or cost-effective judicial resolutions of such disputes, international litigation.

Languages: English, Polish.

Thomas R. Jargiello, Esquire

Executive Vice President

International Air Carrier 

Miami, Fl

Email: tjargiello@yahoo.com

Richard M. Jurewicz, Esquire

Galfand Berger LLP

1835 Market Street, Suite 2710

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 665-1600

Email: rjurewicz@galfandberger.com

Website: www.galfandberger.com

Areas of practice: Catastrophic product liability and construction accidents specializing in these two areas of personal injury for the past 34 years.

Maria Kalinowska, J.D., LLM

Squire Patton Boggs

Email: mariekalinowska@gmail.com

Languages: English, Polish

Barbara C. Karkut, Esquire

O’Brien, Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC

1515 Market Street, Suite 1518, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Tel. (215) 246-9628

Email: bkarkut@orbslaw.com

Areas of Practice: Workers’ compensation, automobile liability, premises liability construction claims and product liability.

Kevin W. Kologinsky, Esquire

Law Office of Kevin W. Kologinsky

7151 Frankford Avenue, Suite 301

Philadelphia, PA 19135

Tel. (215) 335-9255

Email: lawgarden@aol.com

Website: www.kologinsky.com

Areas of Practice: Personal injury, real estate, estate planning, litigation and business law.

Joseph M. Konieczny, Sr., Esquire, Partner

Ryder, Lu, Mazzeo & Konieczny LLC

531 Plymouth Road, Bldg. 531, Suite 526

Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

Tel. (610) 940-1962

Cell (610) 804-5529

Email: jkonieczny@ryderlu.com

Website: www.ryderlu.com

Areas of Practice: U.S. and International intellectual property prosecution and litigation including patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, e-commerce, Internet, licensing, computer, and technology law.

Yolanda Konopacka DeSipio, Esquire

Bennett, Bricklin & Saltzburg, LLP

960 Harvest Drive

Building B - Suite 100

Blue Bell, PA 19422

Tel. (267) 654-1116

Email: desipio@bbs-law.com

Website: www.bbs-law.com

Areas of Practice: Immigration, insurance defense, personal injury, domestic and general litigation.

Languages: English, Polish.

Marian A. Kornilowicz, Esquire, Partner

Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman, P.C.

30 S. 17th Street, 19th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 564-1700

Email: mak@cohenseglias.com

Website: www.cohenseglias.com

Areas of Practice: Chair of the firm’s Business Practice Group; commercial transactions, real estate and corporate governance.

Languages: English, Polish.

James J. Kozuch, Esquire, Partner, Registered Patent Attorney

CAESAR RIVISE, PC

7 Penn Center 12th Floor, 1635 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2212

Tel: (215) 567-2010

Email: jkozuch@caesar.law

Anthony P. Krzywicki, Esquire

Krzywicki & Associates

49 North Sugan Road

P.O. Box 505

New Hope, PA 18938

Tel. 215-862-4390

Email: akrzywicki@mac.com

Languages: English, Polish.

Rett R. Ludwikowski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus *

Professor and Director, International Trade and Business Program

Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America

464 Law School

3600 John McCormack Rd., NE

Washington, DC 20064

Website: www.catholic.edu/faculty

Languages: English, Polish.

* Honorary Member

Stanley Majkut, Esquire

Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C

910 Harvest Drive

Union Meeting Corporate Center

P.O. Box 3037

Blue Bell, PA 19422

Tel. (610) 260-6000

Email: smajkut@kaplaw.com

Website: www.kaplaw.com

Areas of Practice: Real Estate, Business and Finance Transactions.

Gregory T. Malik, Esquire

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 963.5984

Email: gregory.malik@morganlewis.com

Website: www.morganlewis.com

Areas of Practice: Electronic Discovery, Litigation.

Ryan A. McGonigle, Esquire, Partner

Hodgson Russ LLP

605 Third Ave, Suite 2300 | New York, NY 10158

Tel: (646) 218.7537

Email: RMcGonig@hodgsonruss.com

Website:www.hodgsonruss.com

Areas of practice: Intellectual property law, international portfolio trademarks management,

IP litigation

Darren A. Mendrzycki, Esquire

Griffin, Dawsey, DePaola & Jones. P.C.

101 Main Street

Towanda, PA 18848

Tel. (570) 485-2005

Email: Darren@gddj-law.com

Website:www.gddjlaw.com

Areas of Practice: General practice.

David L. Narkiewicz, Esquire

Assistant Chief Counsel, Department of General Service

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

603 North Office Buildingmacam

Harrisburg, PA 17125

Tel. (717) 783-2597

Email: dnarkiewic@state.pa.us

Molly E. O’Brien, Esquire

Morgan Lewis, LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, Pa 19103

Email: molly.obrien@morganlewis.com

Areas of practice: mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and emerging growth company investments and transactional matters, securities compliance, and corporate governance.

Renata T. Pabisz, Esquire

Dorian, Goldstein, Wisniewski, Orchinik, P.C.

2410 Bristol Road

Bensalem, PA 19020

Tel. (215) 750-7200

Email: rpabisz@doriangoldstein.com

Website: www.doriangoldstein.com

Areas of practice: Decedents estates, estate planning, immigration.

Languages: English, Polish.

Katarzyna Parker, MA, Paralegal

JD Student at Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Pennsylvania

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Centre Square West

1500 Market Street, Suite 3400

Philadelphia, PA 19102

Tel. 215.665.3000

Email: kasia.parker@obermayer.com

Website: www.obermayer.com

Languages: English, Polish.

Katarzyna Pawłowska – Kmiecik, JD, Partner

PDP Kancelaria Adwokacka

ul. Poznańska 21, lok. 34

00 – 685 Warsaw, Poland

Tel. (+48) 500 188 483

Email: kpk@kancelariapdp.pl

Website:  https://kancelariapdp.pl/en/about-us

Areas of Practice: Business, civil and criminal law, including family law.

Languages: English, Polish.

Richard J. Peltz-Steele, Esquire, Professor

Chancellor Professor, University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth

333 Faunce Corner Road

Dartmouth, MA 02747-1252

Tel. (508) 985-1102

Email: rpeltzsteele@umassd.edu

Website: www.umassd.edu/directory/rpeltzsteele/

Blog: www.thesavorytort.com

Meghan Power, Esquire

Sadek & Cooper Law Offices

Philadelphia Building 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 502

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Tel. (215) 545-0008

Areas of Practice: Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy.

Languages: English, Polish.

Alexia Rosenthal, JD, partner

Tanoira Cassagne Abogados

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Juana Manso 205. 7° Piso. Puerto Madero

Tel: + 54 11 5272 5300

Email: arosenthal@tanoiracassagne.com

Website: www.tanoiracassagne.com

Dominik Rostocki, Esquire

The Rostocki Law Firm, L.L.C.

1835 Market Street, Suite 2626,  Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 575-7624

Email: Dominik@Rostocki.com

Website: www.rostocki.com

Areas of Practice: Personal injury claims, including wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical liability and product liability.

Languages: English, Polish.

Susan E. Satkowski, Esquire

Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Norway

Lavin, O’Neil, Cedrone & DiSipio, Shareholder

190 N. Independence Mall West, Suite 500

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tel. (215) 627.0303

Email: ssatkowski@lavin-law.com

Website: www.lavin-law.com

Areas of Practice: Civil litigation with a primary emphasis on the defense of corporations and other businesses in complex products liability, commercial and insurance disputes both in the courtroom and alternate dispute resolution settings.

Dimitri Smirnov, Esquire

Law Offices of Dimitri Smirnov, PC

P.O. Box 925

Southampton, PA 18966

Tel. (215) 575-7624

Email: Dimitri@Smirnovlaw.com

Website: www.smirnovlaw.com

Areas of Practice: Family law, collections, landlord-tenant, traffic violations, and employment law.

Stasha M. Sosnowicz, Esquire

Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman, P.C.

30 S. 17th Street, 19th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 564-1700

Email: ssosnowicz@cohenseglias.com

Website: www.cohenseglias.com

Areas of Practice: Construction litigation.

Paul T. Sosnowski, Esquire

VP and Head of Internal Audit

Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union

9 Law Drive

Fairfield, NJ 07004

Tel. (973) 808-3240 ext. 6138

Cell (973) 387-5527

Email: psosnowski@psfcu.net

Michael Steiman, Esquire

Eight Penn Center, Suite 1750

17th and John F. Kennedy Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 564-1866

Email: mikesteiman@gmail.com

Areas of Practice: General Practice with emphasis on personal injury and real estate.

Languages: English, Polish, Russian, Yiddish.

Lisa A. Swiatek, Esquire,

Deputy City Solicitor

City of Philadelphia Law Department

One Parkway Building, 17th Floor

1515 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102

Email: lisa.swiatek@phila.gov

Areas of Practice: Labor and Employment.

Eva Szurminska Jaworska, J.D, LLM, Partner

PricewaterhouseCoopers - PwC

Corporate M&A and Investigations Partner, PwC Vietnam

Email: eszurminska@gmail.com

Areas of Practice: M&A, international restructuring, corporate law, and compliance.

Languages: English, Polish.

Robert Szwajkos, Esquire

Curtin & Heefner LLP

Council Member, Newtown Borough, PA

1040 Stony Hill Road, Suite 150

Yardley, PA 19067

Tel. (215) 736-2521

email: rsz@curtinheefner.com

Area of practice: Creditors rights and bankruptcy, commercial transactions and litigation.

Thomas J. Szymanski, Esquire

Counsel at FordHarrison LLP

Tel: (609) 405-2567

Email:szymanski.tj@gmail.com

Areas of Practice: Labor and Employment.

Languages: English, Polish.

Natalia Teper, Esquire

Teper Law Firm LLC

106 West Franklin Ave.

Pennington, NJ 08534

Tel. (609) 737-3030

Email: nteper@teperlaw.com

Website: www.teperlaw.com

Areas of Practice (NJ & Pa): Family Law, Immigration Law, Wills and Probate.

Languages: English, Polish.

Albert J. Toczydlowski, Esquire

4 Harraway Lane

Cinnaminson, NJ 08077

Tel. (215) 200-4647

Email: tozlaw@comcast.net

Area of Practice: Construction Law and Investigations.

Nathan M. Will, Esquire

Investment Analyst

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

P.O. Box 2600, V26

Valley Forge, PA 19482

Tel. (610) 669-2689

Email: nathan_m_will@vanguard.com or nathanwilmington@gmail.com

Areas of Practice: Investment management.

David J. Winkowski, Esquire, Partner

Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP

Co-Chair, Closely Held & Family Owned Businesses

Great Valley Corporate Center

30 Valley Stream Parkway

Malvern, PA 19355-1481

Tel. (484) 323-1347

Email: Dwinkowski@stradley.com

Website: www.stradley.com

Areas of Practice: Estate planning; estate and trust administration; charitable, religious and educational institutions.

Eric G. Zajac, Esquire

Zajac & Arias, LLC

1835 Market Street, 26th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Tel. (215) 575-7615

Email: eric@teamlawyers.com

Website: www.teamlawyers.com

Areas of Practice: Complex personal injury and auto defect claims, including wrongful death, traumatic brain injury, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical liability and product liability.

The Honorable Jerome A. Zaleski (Retired)

Zaleski & Brazil

2100 Byberry Road, Suite 112

Philadelphia, PA 19116

Tel. (215) 677-3542

Email: zaleskibrazillaw@msn.com

Areas of Practice: Elder law and real estate.

Thomas M. Zaleski, Esquire

Assistant U.S. Attorney

U.S. Attorney’s Office

615 Chestnut Street Suite 1250

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Tel. (215) 861-8460

Email: tom.zaleski@usdoj.gov

Elizabeth M. Zechenter, J.D., Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar, Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Areas of Practice: Commercial law, pharmaceutical law, human subject research, PV and safety, FCPA, GDPR, international law (both private and public), and human rights law.

Languages: English, Polish, Spanish, Russian, German.

Email: elizabeth.zechenter@emory.edu