AMBLER, Pa., May 31, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- For the second year in a row, Robert M. Silverman and Craig Thor Kimmel, founding partners of the lemon law and consumer advocacy firm of Kimmel & Silverman, have been named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers by Law & Politics Magazine. The findings are published in the June 2005 edition of Philadelphia Magazine. This is the most recent honor for the lemon law lawyers, whose efforts have been featured on Good Morning America, Extra, The CBS Early Show, and hundreds of newspapers and magazines including Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine, Consumer Reports, Automotive News and USA Today. The Firm, which has offices in Ambler, PA and Pittsburgh, PA, will also be featured in the July 2005 issue of Black Enterprise Magazine.
More than 34,000 attorneys were asked to vote for the most effective counsel they have personally observed in action. Kimmel and Silverman were recognized for building the state's oldest and largest full-service lemon law firm in 1991 and assisting more than 30,000 distressed drivers across the tri-state region with cost-free legal representation.
In the last 14 years, the firm has grown to include six full-service offices across Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts and Delaware with a team of 16 attorneys, five certified automotive experts and a support staff of over 30 employees. The firm's attorneys have also successfully represented consumers against several automotive manufacturers, and expanded their practice to include automotive dealer fraud claims and unfair trade practice litigation.
In addition, Kimmel & Silverman is the only lemon law firm in the state to work with the House of Representatives in expanding the Pennsylvania Lemon Law to include leased cars and tighter title provisions for used cars. The firm is currently working with the Consumer Affairs Committee on House Bill 2284, which they hope will become the nation's first Computer Lemon Law, and recently testified on bills to include additional protection for Pennsylvania consumers with motorcycles and recreational vehicles.
This is the most recent honor for Kimmel and Silverman. Last month, Robert Silverman was named a New Jersey Super Lawyer, becoming the first lemon law attorney in the nation to be honored as a Super Lawyer in two states simultaneously, representing the top 5% of all attorneys in both states. Micah Buchdahl, nationally known as "The Internet Marketing Attorney," has twice named the Firm's website, www.lemonlaw.com as one of the best legal websites in the Country. Kimmel & Silverman is also the only law firm of its kind to be recognized by the American Bar Association (Meritorious Recognition, Louis M. Brown 2002 Legal Access Competition) and was named the region's Best Lemon Law Attorneys in Philadelphia Magazine's only "Best Lawyers" issue (published in 1999).
Kimmel & Silverman have full-service offices in Ambler, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Wilmington, DE; Owings Mills, MD; Norwell, MA; and Cherry Hill, NJ. For more information about Kimmel and Silverman, and the services they provide, please call 1-800-LEMON-LAW (1-800-536-6652) or visit the firm's website at www.lemonlaw.com.