| CURTIS P. CHEYNEY, member of the law firm's Management Committee, Director of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, Apothecary Fund and Member in the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, received his law degree from Wake Forest University in 1968, and since that time has engaged in the practice of law related solely to areas of professional, commercial and product liability litigation. A member of the International Association of Insurance Counsel, Defense Research Institute and Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Mr. Cheyney has frequently lectured in the areas of insurance and commercial litigation issues, including commercial trade secrets, privacy and privilege in litigation; employer's liability exempt from workers' compensation immunity; and the employer's liability for title VII violations. He was also an instructor in the Trial Practice Program for litigators from 1995-1998 under the PDI.
Areas of Practice
Insurance Law Environmental Law Professional Malpractice Law Professional Responsibility Workers' Compensation Law Bankruptcy Law Contracts Employment Law -- Employee Employment Law -- Employer Labor Law Products Liability Law Personal Injury -- Defense Personal Injury -- Plaintiff Toxic Torts Banking & Finance Law Business Organizations
Bar Admissions
1968 Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
1974
U.S. Supreme Court
1968
U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit
1968
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1968
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
Education
1968
Wake Forest University School of Law
Winston Salem, NC
J.D.
1967
Academy of International Law
The Hague, Netherlands
Certificate
Major: International Private Law Course
1964 Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA
B.A.
Affiliations
Philadelphia Bar Association - Bar Foundation Director, 1996 - 1998 American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Law Practice Pennsylvania Bar Association Employment Law Section American Society of International Law United States Maritime Law Association National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) International Association of Defense Counsel Member, Professional Liability Committee Cheyney Family Trust Trustee, President and Treasurer, 1978 - Present American Corporation Counsel Institute/The Industrial Defense Library Board of Directors St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Member, Board of Directors, 1968 - 1990 Paul's Run Lutheran Retirement Home Board of Directors, 1978 - 1990 Paul's Run Lutheran Retirement Home Secretary, 1980 - 1981 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Devon Horse Show Benefit Board of Directors, 1968 - 1989 Director, Finance Committee, 1980 - 1985 Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce Insurance Committee, 1978 - 1988 Bailcare Program for the City of Philadelphia Board of Directors, 1989 - Present Boy Scouts of America Troop Leader Delaware County Commission on the Bicentennial Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution Board of Managers, 1998-1992 Counselor, 1997-1999 Union League Club, Philadelphia Membership Committee Quaker City Farmers' Club Corinthian Yacht Club, Cape May, New Jersey Aston Martin Owners' Club
Publications
Professional Liability Claims Professional Education Systems, 1992, 1996 Class Actions - Update Nationwide Insurance Company Symposium, 1996, 1997 Class Action Settlements in State and Federal Courts Nationwide Insurance Company Symposium, 1997 Faculty, Trial Advocacy Pennsylvania Defense Institute Judgment and Debt Collection Practice Pennsylvania Credit Union League Attorney's Conference, 1991, 1997 Collection Litigation Issues Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1998-1999 Magnum-Ferguson Act and Insurance Regulations Philadelphia Institute of Claims Manager and Associate, 1989-1990 Workers' Compensation and Employer Liability Committee on Education, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1986-1990 Lecturer, Overview of Jury Trial and Techniques Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1989, 1995-1998 Reserving Corporate Privilege and Confidentiality American Corporate Counsel Association, 1988 Product Liability Update Virginia Defense Institute, 1984 EEOC and Affirmative Action American Society of Radiologists, 1982 Speaker, Philadelphia and Chester County Bar Association, 1980-Present Professor of Trial Advocacy Temple University, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 Speaker, Large Firm Management Committee Philadelphia Bar Association, 1997, 1998, 1999 Speaker, Apotheker Awards Committee Philadelphia Bar Foundation, 1997-1998 Defense Class Actions Nationwide Insurance Company Symposium 1996 Settlement in Class Action Claims Nationwide Insurance Company Symposium, 1997 Trial Techniques DRI Academy of Advocacy, 1995, 1996, 1997 Fair Dept Collection Practices Act, In Review Contributing Author for Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1991. Updated 1993-1994, 1997, 1999 Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Contributing Author for Legal Management Council, Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1988-1990 Preserving Corporate Confidentiality, Trade Secret and Privilege Contributing Author, American Corporate Counsel Association, 1989 Mold and Exterior Finish Systems: An Introduction HarrisMartin MOLD, June 2002 Mold Science, Near Science or No Science: A Review of Mold and its Effects on Human Health HarrisMartin MOLD, December 2002
Representative Clients
Nationwide Insurance Companies
Foremost Insurance Co.
Scottsdale Insurance Co.
Travelers insurance Companies
Home Insurance Companies
(REM) Employers of Wausau
Representative Matters
Luker v. Home Ins. Co., 138 3d 808 3rd Circuit 1994 Madison v. Harleysville Insurance Co., 678 A.2d 802 Supreme Court 1996 |