Brennan Law Office

04/20/2024

Timothy P. Brennan, of Brennan Law Office, has been selected to the 2023 & 2024 lists as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Members are thoroughly vetted by a research team, selected by a blue ribbon panel of attorneys with podium status from independently neutral organizations, and approved by a judicial review board as exhibiting virtue in the practice of law. Due to the incredible selectivity of the appointment process,
only the 1% percent of attorneys in the United States are awarded membership in NADC. This elite class of advocates consists of the finest leaders of the legal profession from across the nation.

05/28/2022

Once again, the National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Timothy P. Brennan of Brennan Law Offices has been selected for inclusion into its 2022 Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers and the Top 25 Worker's Compensation Trial Lawyer in Pennsylvania, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field. Membership in this exclusive organization is by invitation only and is limited to the top 100 attorneys and top 25 worker's compensation attorneys in each state or region who have demonstrated excellence and have achieved outstanding results in their civil or workers compensation practice.

The National Trial Lawyers is a professional organization comprised of the premier trial lawyers from across the country who have demonstrated exceptional qualifications in their fields of practice. The National Trial Lawyers provides accreditation to these distinguished attorneys, and provides essential legal news, information, and continuing education to trial lawyers across the United States.

With the selection of Mr. Brennan he has shown that he exemplifies superior qualifications, leadership skills, and trial results as a trial lawyer and worker's compensation attorney. The selection process for this elite honor is based on a multi-phase process which includes peer nominations combined with third party research. This group is an essential source of networking and information for trial attorneys throughout the nation, the final result of the selection process is a credible and comprehensive list of the most outstanding trial lawyers chosen to represent their state or region.

04/30/2022

One of the things I always tell folks thinking of becoming an attorney is that the law can open up doors to doing amazing things. While not “amazing” in the full sense of what the law can accomplish, I fully endorse this use of the law to address what baseball fans know was likely the worst blown call in MLB history.

That said, I always use Armando Galarraga and how he conducted himself as an example to my son, that character matters and can and should be more important than the game. Galarraga’s character and sportsmanship are a big part of why we are still talking about this. He most definitely deserves this acknowledgement and deserves more than an asterisk in the MLB Hall of Fame because he did actually pitch a perfect game.

An admittedly blown call killed Armando Galarraga's bid for a perfect game in 2010. Now a Monmouth University law class is working to change that.

04/10/2022

Timothy P. Brennan, of Brennan Law Office, has been selected to the 2022 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Members are thoroughly vetted by a research team, selected by a blue ribbon panel of attorneys with podium status from independently neutral organizations, and approved by a judicial review board as exhibiting virtue in the practice of law. Due to the incredible selectivity of the appointment process,
only the 1% percent of attorneys in the United States are awarded membership in NADC. This elite class of advocates consists of the finest leaders of the legal profession from across the nation.

10/18/2021

On September 21, 2021, Attorney Tim Brennan taught a continuing legal education seminar to other municipal attorneys for the Northampton County Bar Association regarding the Pennsylvania Right to Know Law. The seminar addressed new case precedent, evolving procedural issues and pending legislation.

* We know FOIA doesn't apply, but the photo was too fun.

10/03/2021

The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Timothy P. Brennan of Brennan Law Offices has been selected for inclusion into its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers and the Top 25 Worker's Compensation Trial Lawyer in Pennsylvania, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field. Membership in this exclusive organization is by invitation only and is limited to the top 100 attorneys and top 25 worker's compensation attorneys in each state or region who have demonstrated excellence and have achieved outstanding results in their civil or workers compensation practice.

The National Trial Lawyers is a professional organization comprised of the premier trial lawyers from across the country who have demonstrated exceptional qualifications in their fields of practice. The National Trial Lawyers provides accreditation to these distinguished attorneys, and provides essential legal news, information, and continuing education to trial lawyers across the United States.

With the selection of Mr. Brennan he has shown that he exemplifies superior qualifications, leadership skills, and trial results as a trial lawyer and worker's compensation attorney. The selection process for this elite honor is based on a multi-phase process which includes peer nominations combined with third party research. This group is an essential source of networking and information for trial attorneys throughout the nation, the final result of the selection process is a credible and comprehensive list of the most outstanding trial lawyers chosen to represent their state or region.

06/11/2021

It was a big day for the Brennan Law Pirates today, winning their DAA Championship. In the three game playoffs, Tucker Brennan batted 7-9, closed out the games and got the game ball in the final.

Thank you DAA for another great season. Go Pirates!

11/22/2020

Over the last several months, Attorney Tim Brennan, successfully handled several cases, in election matters related to the 2020 federal election for President of the United States. Mr. Brennan, along with follow solicitors Richard Santee and Brian Taylor, helped defend the work of local election officials who spent months of their time and countless late nights ensuring the 2020 election was conducted with reliability, integrity and according to the rule of law.

All of these matters were resolved in favor of Northampton County and there were no findings of any irregularities. These cases included Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar, No. 2:20-cv-966 (W.D. Pa. October 10, 2020) and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar, No.: 4:20-cv-02078 (M.D. Pa. November 21, 2020). One case was argued for the President’s campaign by Rudy Giuliani.

“There is no more important role for an attorney then defending the rights of individuals to participate in our Democracy,” Mr. Brennan said. One suit seeking to prohibit certification of the 2020 election would have disenfranchised millions of Pennsylvania voters. “There are few times that I recall being more proud of my work as an attorney, than leaving the courthouse on election day after seeing the work of local officials and having the privilege to support them and to defend their exceptional work," he said.

In dismissing the most recent matter, the Judge described the remaining claim as a “Frankenstein’s Monster . . . haphazardly stitched together from two distinct theories in an attempt to avoid controlling precedent.” The Judge reaffirmed the rule of law and the importance of our individual votes in his opinion, stating cogently what should be immediately obvious to all citizens:

“The Plaintiff ask this Court to disenfranchise almost seven million voters. . . . One might expect that when seeking such a startling outcome, a plaintiff would come formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption . . . . That has not happened. Instead, this Court has been presented with strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations, unpled in the operative complaint and unsupported by evidence. In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state. Our people, laws, and institutions demand more.”

A US District Court judge Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by the Trump campaign trying to invalidate millions of Pennsylvania mail-in votes in a significant loss for the campaign.

10/03/2020

We want to extend a warm welcome to our new associate attorney, Casey Schweppenheiser, who joined us at the end of this summer.

She was born and raised in northeastern Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of hard working parents who instilled in her the value of a good work ethic from a young age. She attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a concentration in Law and Society.

Ms. Schweppenheiser studied at Villanova University School of Law. She was Chair of the Moot Court Board at Villanova. She received awards for oral advocacy and writing from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana and Pepperdine School of Law in Los Angeles, California.

Ms. Schweppenheiser sought out internships in law school that allowed her to be in the courtroom. She served as an intern for the Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office representing juveniles charged with delinquency in adjudication, detention and sentencing hearings. She then spent her final year of law school interning for the Chester County District Attorney’s Office handling felony and misdemeanor preliminary hearings throughout Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Following law school, Ms. Schweppenheiser clerked for the Honorable Judge Arthur L. Zulick of the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas. She continues to be active with the Young Lawyers Division of the Monroe County Bar Association.

Prior to joining Brennan Law Offices, Ms. Schweppenheiser spent five years practicing Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law for a large Philadelphia law firm. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has been chosen to the “Super Lawyers Rising Stars” list for workers’ compensation practice in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

02/13/2020

Timothy Brennan, of Brennan Law Office, has been selected to the 2020 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Members are thoroughly vetted by a research team, selected by a blue ribbon panel of attorneys with podium status from independently neutral organizations, and approved by a judicial review board as exhibiting virtue in the practice of law.

Due to the selectivity of the appointment process, only the top 1% of attorneys in the United States are awarded membership in NADC. This elite class of advocates consists of the finest leaders of the legal profession from across the nation.

02/13/2020

Tim Brennan has been a solicitor for Northampton County since 2007, serving the Controller's Office and now the County Executive's Office. Recently, the staff of the Northampton County Solicitor's Office came together for our yearly photo.

A great group to work with and incredibly talented people!

01/12/2020

Did you see the PA Bar Association New Release regarding those attorneys (including me) that were newly certified by the PBA Workers’ Compensation Law Section as specialists?

HARRISBURG (April 11, 2019) — Two lawyers are newly certified by the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Workers’ Compensation Law Section as specialists in the practice of workers’ compensation law. They comprise the sixth group of lawyers to have successfully completed the workers’ compensa...