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Daniel E. Cummins is an skilled attorney in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania with a focus on motor vehicle coincidence legal responsibility instances, insurance defense paintings, and civil litigation matters. Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire is an AV-rated associate inside the Clarks Summit (Scranton place), Pennsylvania law workplace of Cummins Law with over 22 years of litigation experience in Northeastern Pennsylvania. His exercise includes insurance protection work within the Poconos region and surrounding counties, with a focal point on defending motor vehicle coincidence liability instances, UIM/UM arbitration matters, premises liability, and products liability cases. He is also well-versed in coping with insurance coverage questions and insurance subrogation claims for his clients. Mr. Cummins has obtained numerous accolades for his prison work, inclusive of being selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America Directory every yr given that 2015 and being named a Super Lawyer over the equal term. In 2014, he became venerated as the Distinguished Defense Counsel of the Year by way of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Daniel E. Cummins practices in state and federal courts masking Northeastern Pennsylvania counties together with Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, Susquehanna, and greater. He is a cum laude graduate of Villanova University and the Dickinson School of Law, with additional law college research finished on the University of London in England. Prior to coming into personal exercise, Mr. Cummins served as the Senior Law Clerk for the Honorable Harold A. Thomson, Jr. inside the Pike County Court of Common Pleas. In addition to his legal paintings, he is an award-winning civil litigation columnist for the Pennsylvania Law Weekly and the writer of the Tort Talk weblog.

Legal Issues

Insurance Claims
Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
Insurance Defense
Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Products Liability
Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
  • Car Accidents
  • Insurance Bad Faith

Certificates

No Certifications

Languages
    Accepted Jurisdictions
    Pennsylvania Jurdictions
    Pennsylvania
    Since 1993

    Experience
    • Managing Partner
      Cummins Law
      2020
    • Blogger
      www.TortTalk.com
      2009
    • Columinist on Civil Litigation matters
      Pennsylvania Law Weekly
      1996
    • Partner
      Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins Law Office
      1999
    • Writer of Annual Supplement to Pennsylvania Trial Advocacy Handbook
      George T. Bisel Compnany, Inc. - Publisher
      2010
    • Adjunct Instructor - Paralegal Program
      Penn State University
      2001
    • Associate Lawyer
      Bialkowski & Savitsky
      1997
    • Law Clerk to the then President Judge Harold A. Thomson, Jr.
      Pike County Court of Common Pleas in Milford, Pennsylvnia
      1995
    Education
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Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law Education School Logo
    Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law
    J.D. | LAW
    Graduation year: 1990
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University of London (England), Faculty of Laws Education School Logo
    University of London (England), Faculty of Laws
    Study Abroad Program | LAW
    Graduation year: 1993
    Villanova University Education School Logo
    Villanova University
    B.A. | English Major, History Minor
    Graduation year: 1986
    Associations
    Monroe County Bar Association Professional Association
    Monroe County Bar Association
    has membership
    2013 - Current
    Claims and Litigation Management Alliance Professional Association
    Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
    has membership
    2010 - Current
    Pennsylvania Defense Institute Professional Association
    Pennsylvania Defense Institute
    has membership
    2007 - Current
    Pennsylvania Bar Association Professional Association
    Pennsylvania Bar Association
    has membership
    1997 - Current
    Lackawanna Bar Association Professional Association
    Lackawanna Bar Association
    has membership
    1997 - Current
    Pike County Bar Association Professional Association
    Pike County Bar Association
    has membership
    1995 - Current
    The Pennsylvania Law Weekly, statewide legal news publication Professional Association
    The Pennsylvania Law Weekly, statewide legal news publication
    Columnist on civil litigation topics
    1995 - Current
    Pike County Bar Association Professional Association
    Pike County Bar Association
    has membership
    1995 - Current
    Pennsylvania Defense Institute Professional Association
    Pennsylvania Defense Institute
    Board has membership
    2007 - 2015
    Lackawanna Bar Association Professional Association
    Lackawanna Bar Association
    Officer - Secretary
    1997 - 2015
    Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Professional Association
    Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
    Officer-Treasurer (2010), Secretary (2009)
    2008 - 2014
    Defense Research Institute Professional Association
    Defense Research Institute
    has membership
    2008 - 2014
    Costs
    • Retaines and Rates
      Currently accepting new clients along with referrals as local counsel, defense arbitrator, mediator, or otherwise
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