Richard A. Stanko
Member

Born: Lansford, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1955
Family: Mary Regina Kershaw - spouse; Three boys, one girl

Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Automobile Accidents; Wrongful Death; Slip and Fall; Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Unsafe Products; Products Liability Law; Insurance Law

Admitted: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PA (1979), Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1979), U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of PA (1983), Supreme Court of the United States of America (1984)

Education: LaSalle College (B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1976); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1979). Fellow, Academy of Advocacy.

Memberships: Delaware County (Member, Legislative Committee, 1988-) and Pennsylvania (Member, Lecturer: Wrongful Death; Survival Act Damages) Bar Associations; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1992; Lecturer, Automobile Insurance, Governmental Immunity); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyers for Consumer Rights; American Inns of Court (Founding Member, Guy G. de Furia Chapter).

Honors/Awards:
	1976	Omicron Delta Epsilon - Economics Honor Society
	1976	LaSalle College Honor Fraternity
	1978	Treasurer - Student Bar Assoc. of Dickinson School of Law
	1979	National Trial Moot Court Team
	1979	Corpus Juris Society - Vice President
	1984	Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy
	1999	Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Professional Employment:
	2008-present	Schrom and Shaffer
	2006-2008	Sole Practitioner-The Law Office of Richard Stanko
	1989-2006	Partner - Kassab Archbold & O'Brien, L.L.P.
	1982-1989	Associate - Kassab Archbold & OBrien, L.L.P.
	1979-1982	Associate - Meyers & Desfor, Harrisburg, PA
Academic/Professional Society Memberships:
	1979-1982	Dauphin County Bar Association
	1982-Present	Delaware County Bar Association Committee Member of: Civil Rules Committee - 1982-1985, 2001-2002, 2007 Legislation Committee - 1988-1993, 2007 Handicapped Law Committee - 1990-1995 Legal Education Committee-1991-92, 2001-2002, 2007 Trial Practices Committee-2007
	1979-2006	Pennsylvania Bar Association
	1977-Present	Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Board of Governors Member - 1988-1992, 2001-2003 Barrister Committee Member - 1988-1993 Publications Committee Member-1990-1993, 2001-Present Public Relations Committee Member-1991-1993
	1979-2006	Association of Trial Lawyers of America
	1991-1995	Guy G. deFuria Chapter of American Inns of Court Charter Member
	2004-2006	Delaware County Trial Lawyers Assoc.
Lectures:
	2007	Neuman College- Governmental Immunity
	1993	Pennsylvania Trial Advocacy Foundation Automobile Insurance for Paralegals
	1995	Penna. Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention - Governmental Immunity
	1999	PaTLA Trial Advocacy Foundation Governmental Immunity - Still Crazy After All These Years
	1997	Delaware County Bar Association Governmental Immunity Update
	1991-1992	Delaware County Bar Association Committee Celebrating Bicentennial of Bill of Rights Frequent lectures to civil groups on Bill of Rights
	1992	Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Introduction to Handling Automobile Accident Cases
	1992	Pennsylvania Bar Association Damages in Death Cases
Community:
	2003-2007	Nether Providence Zoning Hearing Board
	1993-1994	Nether Providence Township Commissioner
	1988-1993	Nether Providence Township Republican Party Committeeman
	1994-2007	Nether Providence Township Judge of Elections
	1994-2006	St. John Chrysostom Roman Catholic Church CYO Basketball Coach - 1994 to 1997, 2002-2006 Member CYO Board of Directors - 1998-2006 CYO Treasurer - 2002-2006
	1995-Present	Boy Scouts of America Troop 605 Assistant Scout Master, Committee Chairperson
	2005-present	Child Guidance Resource Center Board of Directors