About
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

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

Graduation year: 1990

Graduation year: 1993

Graduation year: 1986
Associations

2013 - Current

2010 - Current

2007 - Current

1997 - Current

1997 - Current

1995 - Current

1995 - Current

1995 - Current

2007 - 2015

1997 - 2015

2008 - 2014

2008 - 2014
Costs
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Retaines and Rates
Currently accepting new clients along with referrals as local counsel, defense arbitrator, mediator, or otherwise