GEORGE B. HECKLER, JR., born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Delaware. Education: Baldwin-Wallace College (B.A., 1969); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1974). Omicron Delta Kappa; The Order of Barristers. Member: Delaware State (Past Chair, Workers’ Compensation Section) and American Bar Associations; Delaware Worker's Compensation Advisory Council; Defense Counsel of Delaware; Defense Research Institute. [U.S. Army, 1970-1971]. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; Workers’ Compensation Litigation; Asbestos and Toxic Tort Litigation; General Civil and Trial Practice. gheckler@hfddel.com
ANTHONY M. FRABIZZIO, born Wilmington, Delaware, March 31, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., with honors, 1977); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1980). Pi Sigma Alpha. Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware, Department of Justice, 1982-1984. Member: Delaware State (Member, Sections on: Workers’ Compensation; Labor Law) and American Bar Associations; Defense Counsel of Delaware. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; Workers’ Compensation Litigation; General Civil and Trial Practice. afrabizzio@hfddel.com
MARIA PARIS NEWILL, born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware. Education: University of Delaware (B.S.A.S., 1986); Oklahoma City University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Delaware State Bar Association (Past Chair, Section on Workers’ Compensation and Section on Women and the Law) and American Bar Association; Defense Counsel of Delaware; Defense Research Institute. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers’ Compensation Litigation; General Civil and Trial Practice. mnewill@hfddel.com
DANIEL L. MCKENTY, born Danville, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1960; admitted to bar 1988, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 1989, Pennsylvania. EDUCATION: College of Wooster (B.A. 1982); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Advocacy, 1988. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Personal Injury; Insurance Coverage Defense. dmckenty@hfddel.com
WILLIAM D. RIMMER, born Englewood, New Jersey, April 3, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Delaware and New Jersey; 1992, Pennsylvania; 2008 U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Drew University (B.A., 1987); Widener University (J.D., 1991). Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Assistant Public Defender, State of Delaware, 1993. Member: Delaware, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers’ Compensation; Insurance Defense Litigation; General Litigation. wrimmer@hfddel.com
JOHN W. MORGAN, born West Chester, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1992, Delaware and Pennsylvania; 1993, New Jersey. Education: University of Delaware (B.A. 1982); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Assistant City Solicitor, City of Wilmington, 1995-1999. Member: Delaware State Bar Association (Chair, Labor & Employment Section 1994-1995). PRACTICE AREAS: Workers' Compensation; Labor & Employment. jmorgan@hfddel.com
JOHN GILBERT, born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2003, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1984); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Delaware State Bar Association (Current Chair, Section of Workers' Compensation) and American Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers' Compensation Litigation; Insurance Defense Law. jgilbert@hfddel.com
PATRICK G. ROCK, born Burlington, Vermont, September 1, 1972; admitted to bar 2001, Massachusetts, Maine; 2005, Delaware, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. EDUCATION: Thomas More College (B.A., 1996); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2000). MEMBER: Delaware State, Maine State and Massachusetts Bar Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense; General Practice; Civil Trial Practice. prock@hfddel.com
FIRM ASSOCIATES
MICHAEL J. LOGULLO, admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; Delaware, 1999; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 2002; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2004; and U.S. Supreme Court, 2010. EDUCATION: University of Delaware (B.S., Dean’s List 1994); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1998). MEMBER: Delaware State Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense, Liability.mlogullo@hfddel.com
JOHN J. ELLIS, born Wilmington, Delaware, February 25, 1980; admitted to bar 2006, Delaware and New Jersey, 2007, Pennsylvania. EDUCATION: West Chester University (B.A. cum laude 2002); Widener University School of Law (J.D. 2006). Widener Law Review, Senior Staff Member. Phi Delta Phi. Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Francis P. DeStefano, Superior Court of New Jersey, 2007-2008. MEMBER: Delaware State, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers’ Compensation, Insurance Defense. jellis@hfddel.com
AMY M. TAYLOR, born Wilmington, Delaware, September 18, 1982; admitted to bar 2006, Delaware; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 2007. EDUCATION: University of Delaware (B.A. with honors and distinction, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 2003); Villanova Law School (J.D. cum laude 2006). Phi Delta Phi. Villanova Law Review, Managing Editor of Outside Articles. MEMBER: Delaware State Bar Association; Guardian ad Litem for the Office of Child Advocates. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers' Compensation. ataylor@hfddel.com
ANDREA C. PANICO, born Wilmington, Delaware, November 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania; 2006, Delaware and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. EDUCATION: Wilmington University (B.A., cum laude 2001); Widener University School of Law (J.D. 2004). MEMBER: Delaware State, Pennsylvania State and American Bar Associations. PRACTICE AREAS: Workers’ Compensation; Insurance Defense; and General Civil and Trial Practice.apanico@hfddel.com
NICHOLAS G. KONDRASCHOW, admitted to bar 2006, Delaware; U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 2010. EDUCATION: University of Delaware (B.A. 2001); Villanova University School of Law (Dean’s Merit Scholarship, J.D. magna cum laude 2006). MEMBER: Delaware State Bar Association; Guardian ad Litem for the Office of the Child Advocate. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense, Workers’ Compensation. nkondraschow@hfddel.com
JOSEPH ANDREWS, admitted to Maryland bar (2008); Delaware bar (2009); and U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (2010). EDUCATION: Graduated Cum Laude from King’s College (B.A. in 2003) and from Widener University School of Law (J.D. in 2007). MEMBERSHIPS: American Bar Association; Delaware State Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association; National Italian American Bar Association; Terry Carey Inn of Court; Justinian Law Society; Brehon Law Society; and NNALSA. PRACTICE AREAS: Worker’s Compensation; Intellectual Property (trademarks and copyrights); Federal and State Importation Law; Corporate Law; Contracts and General Litigation. LANGUAGES: Latin, Italian, French. jandrews@hfddel.com
KATHERINE L. HEMMING, admitted to bar 2010, Pennsylvania and Delaware; 2011, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. EDUCATION: University of Delaware (B.A. 2003) and Widener University School of Law (J.D. 2009). Alternative Dispute Resolution Society. Member: Pennsylvania State Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: insurance defense litigation. khemming@hfddel.com
JASON D. WARREN, born Wilmington, Delaware, September 10, 1984; admitted to bar, 2011, Delaware; EDUCATION: University of Delaware (B.S., 2007); Florida Coastal School of Law (J.D. 2010). MEMBER: Delaware State Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense, Liability. jwarren @hfddel.com