Pennsylvania Lemon Law Attorneys Kimmel & Silverman Honored as Super Lawyers for

Eighth Year
Founding Partners were honored for building the State's oldest and largest lemon
law firm and helping to recover $165 million for distressed drivers throughout
the region.
Philadelphia, PA May 27, 2011 -- For the eighth year in a row, Robert M. Silverm
an and Craig Thor Kimmel, founding partners of the Ambler and Pittsburgh-based l
emon law and consumer advocacy firm of Kimmel & Silverman, have been named Penns
ylvania Super Lawyers in a survey conducted by Law & Politics Magazine. In addit
ion, Jacqueline Herritt, Managing Attorney for the Firm and a 12-year lemon law
veteran, has also been named to the list for a fifth year running; and associate
s Richard Scholer and Amy Bennecoff were named Rising Stars for the second year
running. Kimmel & Silverman is proud to have more Consumer Protection Lawyers na
med to the list than any other Firm in the State.
The findings are published in the June 2011 edition of Philadelphia Magazine. Mo
re than 34,000 attorneys were asked to vote for the most effective counsel they
have personally observed in action. Kimmel and Silverman attorneys were recogniz
ed among the top 5% of all lawyers statewide for building Pennsylvania's oldest
and largest full-service lemon law firm and assisting more than 60,000 distresse
d drivers across the Northeast with cost-free legal representation.
Kimmel & Silverman is the only lemon law firm in the nation to be honored by the
American Bar Association. Their efforts have been featured on Nightline, Good M
orning America, Extra, The CBS Early Show, and hundreds of newspapers and magazi
nes including Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine, Consumer Reports, Automotive
News, Black Enterprise, and USA Today.
The Firm, which started out of a small office in Blue Bell, PA in 1991, has grow
n to include seven offices across Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Connecticut, New York, Ohio, and Delaware with a team of 11 attorneys, three cer
tified automotive experts, and a support staff of over 40 employees. In addition
to handling claims under state lemon laws and federal warranty statutes, the fi
rm's attorneys have also successfully represented consumers against several auto
motive manufacturers in national class action suits, and expanded their practice
to include automotive dealer fraud claims and unfair trade practice litigation.
In 2002, Kimmel & Silverman worked with the House of Representatives in expandin
g the Pennsylvania Lemon Law to include leased cars and tighter title provisions
for used cars. The firm has also worked with the Consumer Affairs Committee on
House Bill 2284, which they hope will become the nation's first Computer Lemon L
aw; and testified on bills to include additional protection for Pennsylvania con
sumers with motorcycles and recreational vehicles.
Celebrating their twentieth anniversary as consumer advocates, Kimmel & Silverma
n provides 100% cost-free lemon law and breach of warranty representation to con
sumers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshi
re, Connecticut, Maryland, Washington DC, New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Wyoming
, and Ohio. For more lemon law information about Kimmel and Silverman, and the s
ervices they provide, please call 1-800-LEMON-LAW (1-800-536-6652) or visit the
firm's website at http://www.lemonlaw.com
Contact:
Michael J Sacks
Lemon Law.com
30 East Butler Pike
Ambler PA 19002
(215) 540-8888
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