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Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller

The firm led pivotal litigation over Pennsylvania's crucial 2020 election, handling disputes before, during and after what became one of the most contentious elections in our lifetime, and handling first impression insurance issues, multi-million dollar judgments and overturning a wrongful conviction along the way.

With courtrooms shut down across the country, 2020 was a unique year for litigators. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced and how did you overcome them?

With courtrooms shut down, the biggest challenge was shifting the way we do business without damaging the way we do business—our clients come to us and stay with us both for our ability to win at trial and for the personal attention they receive. While our trial preparation and approach did not change, we had to adjust to the limitations of making arguments over webcasts and fix technical difficulties on the fly. Luckily, the best attorneys are able to adapt to get the job done, and a year of stay-at-home trials were an opportunity to use all of the legal skills our attorneys have honed over the years. As for the contact we pride ourselves on, while it was an adjustment to not be able to get on a plane and see our clients in person, the ubiquity of video meeting programs actually allowed us to spend even more time speaking face-to-face with our clients. We could speak any time the need arose, with a more personal touch than a phone, and without being at the mercy of train or airline schedules.