Cherry Tree Nursing Home Abuse Lawyers

A life-long resident of Harrisburg, Attorney Charles E. Schmidt, Jr. graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in 1965, the University of Notre Dame in 1969, and Dickinson School of Law in 1974. Between college and law school, he served in the U.S. Army. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1974 and the Federal Bar in 1979. Mr. Schmidt is a former panel chairman of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee and a former Special Master in Dauphin County (a lawyer who is appointed to act as a judge, taking sworn testimony in divorce cases and rendering...

Ryan focuses his practice on personal injury cases, ranging from premises liability and motor vehicle accidents to traumatic brain injuries arising from bus and tractor trailer crashes. Ryan is a member of the Montgomery County Inn of Courts and The Montgomery County Courthouse Golf League. He previously worked at a personal injury firm in Philadelphia, where he was a law clerk handling a high volume of personal injury claims.

Melissa Rothenberg-Kapustin, Esq. joined The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 2007. Melissa currently manages the law firm’s Hackensack, NJ office. While at Rutgers Law School, Melissa worked as a student attorney for the Rutgers Urban Legal Clinic where she represented low-income individuals in Social Security/SSI disability hearings and assisted in preparing briefs and motions on behalf of clients before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Melissa also completed a summer judicial internship with the Honorable Rachel N. Davidson of the Essex County Superior Court- Law Division. Before pursuing her law degree, Melissa earned a Master’s...

Neil Shukovsky, Esq. has been practicing law for over 35 years. Neil joined The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 1989 and has settled hundreds of cases and tried numerous cases to verdict on behalf of personal injury clients. Prior to joining The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP, Neil worked as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Daniel Breen, Esq., joined The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 2012. Prior to attending law school, Daniel spent three and half years in management consulting. Daniel has been a personal injury attorney since 2004 and has devoted his legal career to assisting injured people in the areas of personal injury law, workers’ compensation and social security disability claims.

Franklin R. Strokoff, Esq. is a personal injury attorney that represents victims in all aspects of litigation throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Prior to joining The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP, Franklin gained extensive litigation experience in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as an attorney at an insurance defense firm located in Philadelphia. Franklin is also a certified Arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ compulsory arbitration program. Franklin graduated from Albright College in 2003 with a B.A. in Political Science and Sociology. Franklin played NCAA Football at Albright and was a team captain his senior year. Following graduation from...

Brian L. Strauss, Esq., is an AV Preeminent rated attorney who has extensive litigation and jury trial experience, representing clients in complex, multi-million dollar lawsuits involving nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, product liability and premises liability matters. Brian joined The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP with over 30 years of trial experience and close to a decade of litigation and jury trial expertise in obtaining successful results for people who suffered injuries due to nursing home neglect and abuse. He was lead trial attorney in the seminal case confirming corporate negligence and punitive damages in nursing...

Barbara Rothenberg, Esq. began her career with The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 1978. Barbara has been the Managing Attorney of the law firm’s Philadelphia office since 1985. In addition to her career as an attorney, Barbara is married to Allen L. Rothenberg, Esq. and is the proud mother of 8 children and grandmother of many grandchildren.

Beth Rothenberg Halperin, Esq. joined The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 1999. Beth is currently the Managing Attorney of the law firm’s Lakewood, NJ office and supervises the law firm’s mass referral network of personal injury cases across the United States. In addition to her career as an attorney, Beth is the proud mother of 8 children.