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Attorneys
- Katherine L. Niven, Esquire
- Victoria P. Edwards
- Adam N. Crosier, Esquire
- Krystal J. MacIntyre, Esquire
- Steven M. Serra, Esquire
- Jane Muller-Peterson, Esquire
Katherine L. Niven, Esquire
Katherine is the owner of Katherine L. Niven & Associates, PC. She completed her law degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1986. She was employed as an Associate at Pepper, Hamilton and Sheetz, a large law firm. She then served as the Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation and was a Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Judge for a number of years. She has made several presentations on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, which provides continuing education courses to lawyers. Katherine feels strongly about giving the best possible service to all clients.
Affiliations
- US District Court Middle District, PA
- US District Court Eastern District, PA
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- PA Bar Association – Workers' Compensation Section
- Dauphin County Bar Associations
- Dauphin County Bar Association – Disabilities Section
- Berks County Bar Association
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
Victoria P. Edwards
Victoria P. Edwards graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in 2005. While in law school, Attorney Edwards interned with the Honorable Judge Sylvia H. Rambo of the Middle District of Pennsylvania and clerked with MidPenn Legal Services. Following law school, Attorney Edwards practiced as an attorney for the law firm of Zimmerman, Lieberman & Tamulonis, where she represented various municipal clients with legal issues and litigated civil rights defense causes of action.
Ms. Edwards is an experienced litigator and is now focusing her practice on Workers' Compensation and Social Security law.
Affiliations
- US District Court Middle District, PA
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
Adam N. Crosier, Esquire
Adam N. Crosier graduated from the Dickinson School of Law in 2005. While in law school, Attorney Crosier served as an intern for the Berks County Public Defenders’ Office and as a summer law clerk to the Hon. Kim R. Gibson of the Western District of Pennsylvania. Prior to law school, Attorney Crosier graduated from Pennsylvania State University with degrees in History and Anthropology. Following law school, Attorney Crosier served as a law clerk with the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Appeals Board and then as an attorney with the law firm of Lau & Associates, P.C., where he practiced bankruptcy and general civil law matters. Attorney Crosier is experienced in both Workers' Compensation and Social Security law and is focusing his practice in both areas.
Affiliations
- US District Court Eastern District, PA
- US District Court Middle District, PA
- Berks County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Lancaster County Bar Association
Krystal J. MacIntyre, Esquire
Krystal MacIntyre graduated from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in 2010. Prior to law school, she graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006 with a degree in Political Science and a certificate in Public and Professional Writing. While in law school, she worked at the Community Justice Project in Harrisburg and spent a year working as a Certified Legal Intern at the Penn State Dickinson Family Law Clinic. Ms. MacIntyre earned the Eric D. Turner Award for her work at the Family Law Clinic, and she earned the Miller Center Public Interest Award for her dedication throughout law school to public interest work and serving the lower-income community. Ms. MacIntyre now looks forward to representing clients in a variety of Workers' Compensation and Social Security cases.
Affiliations
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
Steven M. Serra, Esquire
Steven M. Serra graduated from Thomas M. Colley Law School in 2007. His Bachelor’s Degree is from Pennsylvania State University. Following law school, Attorney Serra practiced as an attorney for the law firm of Laputka, Bayless, Ecker & Cohn, P.C., where he focused mainly on Workers’ Compensation law and Business transactional matters. Mr. Serra is an experienced litigator and is now focusing his practice on Workers’ Compensation and Social Security law.
Jane Muller-Peterson, Esquire - Of counsel
Jane Muller-Peterson has a Master's Degree in English and graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1979. Before moving to Pennsylvania, she held a federal judicial clerkship and was a supervising attorney in a law school clinical program. After her move, she served as director of Legal Services, Inc., a program serving people in poverty and victims of domestic violence in Cumberland, Franklin, Adams, and Fulton counties. She left that position to teach full time at Penn State Dickinson School of Law in the areas of poverty law and Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing.
Since 2009, she has specialized in federal district and circuit court appeals of Social Security disability cases, and since early 2011, she has been doing that work exclusively for our firm.
