Managing Member

	Harold Semanoff hsemanoff@sogtlaw.com    Download vCard
Born:	Allentown, Pennsylvania December 10, 1952
Education:	University of Maryland (B.S., 1974) Albany Law School (J.D., 1977)
Member:	American Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Admitted to Practice:	1977 - Pennsylvania 1977 - United States District Court 1982 - United States Court of Appeals 1998 - United States Supreme Court

Biography: Mr. Semanoff graduated from the University of Maryland with High Honors and was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honor societies. After graduation, he attended Albany Law School where he also served for two years as a Legislative Assistant to a New York City Assemblyman in the New York State Assembly. After law school, Mr. Semanoff returned home to Philadelphia, joined a Center City Law Firm and began to develop his litigation skills and his relentless attention to detail which would become his hallmark in years to come.

Mr. Semanoff heads the firm’s Complex Bodily Injury practice. He has successfully represented clients against major automotive, consumer product and boating manufacturers as well as negligent health care providers including hospitals, physicians and dentists. In addition to representing clients in serious and complex bodily injury cases, Mr. Semanoff is also an accomplished Commercial Litigator. He regularly represents physicians in a variety of cases including professional licensing hearings, partnership disputes and insurance related litigation. He also has represented numerous financial institutions, corporations and small businesses in both federal and state courts

Mr. Semanoff has also taught other professionals in the Penn State Paralegal Program, has lectured to community groups and has served as an Expert Witness in Legal Malpractice cases.

For more information about Mr. Semanoff’s areas of practice, please see Personal Injury Practice Areas.