Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.

1515 Market Street, Suite 1900
Philadelphia, PA 19102
United States

Phone: (215) 563-9811
Fax: (215) 557-0999

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Primary Contact
J. Michael Kunsch
  • Office: (215) 963-2481
  • Cell: (610) 420-2858
  • Home: (610) 902-0202
  • Fax: (215) 557-0999
Alternate Contact 1
Robyn F. McGrath
  • Office: (215) 963-2485
  • Fax: (215) 557-0999
Alternate Contact 2
Frank Gattuso
  • Office: (856) 671-6407
  • Cell: (609) 932-0326
  • Fax: (856) 869-5605

About this Firm

Founded in 1971, Sweeney & Sheehan is a litigation firm of experienced and dedicated trial attorneys and other professionals working in partnership with our clients to meet their changing and increasingly sophisticated particular needs. With client satisfaction our primary goal, we are committed to delivering superior legal services and pursuing excellence in all aspects of our practice

Our success is achieved without compromising the ideals which define the best in our profession: integrity, loyalty and expertise. We constantly enhance our firm to meet the expectations of our clients. Committed to these principles, we have a reputation as skillful and effective litigators in a broad range of practice areas, providing the talent and experience of larger firms while maintaining flexibility to deliver personalized, cost-effective quality service.

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Appellate Law
  • Auto Liability
  • Business Litigation and Class Actions
  • Cannabis Law
  • Civil Rights
  • Construction Law
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environmental & Toxic/Mass Tort
  • Insurance Law
  • Labor and Employment
  • Life, Health and Disability
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Home/Assisted Living
  • Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
  • Premises Liability
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Liability
  • Religious Institutions
  • Retail and Hospitality Law
  • SIU/Fraud/Arson
  • School Law
  • Sports
  • Subrogation
  • Transportation and Logistics
  • Workers' Compensation

Representative Clients

  • Ace Hardware Corporation
  • Allianz Global
  • American Alternative Insurance Co.
  • Aspen Insurance Group
  • Berkley Specialty Underwriters
  • Cincinnati Insurance Company
  • Gallagher Bassett Services
  • Genesis Underwriting
  • Great America Insurance
  • Gulf Insurance
  • HDI Gerling
  • The Hartford
  • K&K Insurance
  • Kemper Insurance
  • Kohler Co.
  • Lexington Insurance Company
  • Live Nation Worldwide, Inc.
  • Lloyd’s of London
  • Louisville Ladder Inc.
  • Men’s Wearhouse
  • Merchants Insurance Company
  • Penske Truck Leasing
  • Pep Boys
  • Philadelphia Insurance Company
  • PREIT
  • Scottsdale Insurance Company
  • Sedgwick Claims Management Services
  • St. Paul Travelers
  • Subaru of America
  • T-MOBILE
  • Target
  • XL Global Risk
  • Valspar Corporation

Primary USLAW Practice Group Contacts

Cannabis Law

Elizabeth A. Dalberth

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Complex Tort and Product Liability

Warren E. Voter

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Construction Law

Denise M. Montgomery

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
E-Discovery

Warren E. Voter

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Insurance Law

Guy Mercogliano

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Labor and Employment

Robyn F. McGrath

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Retail and Hospitality Law

J. Michael Kunsch

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Transportation and Logistics

Patrick J. Sweeney

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Workers’ Compensation

Diane Lee Newman

Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C.
Philadelphia, PA
United States

Resources & Articles

Legal Alert: PA Supreme Court Decision – Exclusivity Provision of Workers’ Compensation Act

Legal Alert: PA Supreme Court Decision – Exclusivity Provision of Workers’ Compensation Act

Posted July 19, 2023

ABOUT THIS ALERT Here's the scenario: An employee is bitten by a customer’s dog while at work. The retail store investigates and does not secure customer’s name so the claimant cannot bring a third-party action.  Can the claimant sue the retail store, their employer?  Tune in to this brief legal… Continue Reading

Legal Alert | Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp and Medical Marijuana

Legal Alert | Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp and Medical Marijuana

Posted April 13, 2023

ABOUT THIS ALERT This alert focuses on two workers' comp cases that came out on March 17, 2023, by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. FEATURING William L. Foley, Jr. of Sweeney & Sheehan, P.C. (Philadelphia) | william.foley@sweeneyfirm.com | (215) 963-2427 VIEW OTHER RECENT USLAW SHORT TAKES LEGAL ALERTS Click here. Continue Reading

McGrath receives compulsory non-suit for commercial property owner

McGrath receives compulsory non-suit for commercial property owner

Posted July 18, 2022

Sweeney & Sheehan Partner Robyn Farrell McGrath recently represented a commercial property owner and received a compulsory non-suit at the end of the plaintiff’s case in a premises liability action tried in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The 51-year-old plaintiff had suffered bilateral lower extremity fractures after falling… Continue Reading

Kunsch earns unanimous defense verdict in product liability case

Kunsch earns unanimous defense verdict in product liability case

Posted July 15, 2022

On July 15, 2022, Sweeney & Sheehan Partner Michael Kunsch won a unanimous defense verdict in a product liability case following a 4-day jury trial in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff sustained injuries after falling from a steel rolling tower scaffold in the course of his employment as… Continue Reading

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