News & Wins:

Bob Kelly, Managing Partner of the firm, moderated a CPSC issues panel presentation entitled “Avoiding Nightmares and Catastrophes Part IV: The Buckyballs Disaster” at the Sports & Fitness Industry Association Litigation & Risk Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Confidence: A Key Ingredient for Minority Success in the Legal Profession” was published in the January 2015 edition of DRI’s national For the Defense magazine. Read the article

In Rosevear v. Trans National Trading Company, Inc. et. al., Jim Ughetta, Scott Toomey and Dan Kain obtained dismissal for one of the firm’s helmet manufacturer clients. In a detailed eleven-page opinion, the Superior Court of Floyd County, Georgia held that it lacked personal jurisdiction over Shanghai Tung Kuang Light Industry Co. Ltd. under Georgia’s…

In Kleinschmit v. U.S. Steel, et al., Scott Toomey and Dan Kain obtained a rare Philadelphia County summary judgment for one of the firm’s retailer clients. After lengthy and contested motion practice, the Court held that Plaintiff could not sustain his toxic tort benzene action because Plaintiff could not sufficiently identify the frequency, regularity and…

In Lim v. Huang, et. al., Dan Kain obtained dismissal for one of Littleton Joyce’s Korean based clients. The Northampton County Court of Common Pleas granted Maxsun Co. Ltd.’s Preliminary Objections on the basis that Plaintiffs served Maxsun in violation of the Hague Service Convention. The Court also found that it lacked personal jurisdiction as…

Scott Toomey, Managing Partner of the firm’s Radnor, PA office, gave a CLE presentation before the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel on the status and future of Pennsylvania’s product liability law after the recent Supreme Court decision entitled Tincher v. Omega Flex: At First Blush.

BTI has named Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly to the “BTI Client Service A-Team 2015.” The BTI Client Service A-Team is limited to law firms considered by clients to deliver the absolute best levels of client service. BTI rankings are based solely on objective feedback from corporate counsel.

Law 360 has released their 2014 list of law firms with the largest liability practices. Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly ranks #65 in the 100 Largest PL practices nationwide. Click here to download PDF.

The firm congratulates Christine Delaney and Sarah Fang of our Red Bank office who were named to the New Jersey Rising Stars 2015 list.

Bob spoke at a CLE sponsored by the Law Practice Management Section of the New York State Bar on Law Firm Succession Planning.