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At Caldwell & Kearns we are devoted to developing strong personal relationships with our clients and offer a broad range of services. The firm provides representation in many areas of law, including commercial transactions, estate planning and administration, insurance defense, professional malpractice, corporate law, bankruptcy, real estate, banking, criminal, and domestic law. Several members of the firm are involved in various areas of litigation, including insurance defense, legal malpractice, REALTORS®, malpractice, workers' compensation, subrogation, medical malpractice claims, and veteran's benefits claims. Some provide counsel concerning public utility law, school law, association law, and municipal and zoning issues. Members of the firm also utilize and provide alternative dispute resolution through mediation and arbitration.Caldwell & Kearns has earned an "A" rating, the highest a firm can obtain, in Martindale Hubbell. Several of the attorneys are members of professional honorary societies. Depending on the type of case, Caldwell & Kearns offers clients the alternatives of engaging our services on a contingent, flat fee or hourly basis. We routinely provide estimates of the amount of time any given project will involve, and we strive to make our legal services efficient and productive. In addition to providing updates on health law, real estate law and litigation, as well as related subjects at local law schools, members of the firm routinely are called upon to speak at educational seminars conducted by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS®, the Public Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania REALTORS® Institute. Clients of the firm represent a broad cross section of the Central Pennsylvania community and include professional trade associations, transportation companies, computer companies, banks, partnerships, publishing companies, municipalities, school districts and a number of liability insurance carriers. Several members of our firm concentrate their practice in litigation. They practice before all state and federal courts, and some have argued cases before the United States Supreme Court. Geographically, our litigation members have concentrated on providing litigation services in those counties west of Philadelphia County and those east of Allegheny County. In addition to the firm's exceptional background in real estate and land development, some members have extensive experience in drafting contracts and agreements involving general commercial transactions, building construction matters, employment issues and the acquisition and dissolution of business enterprises. Since the existence of a thorough and understandable contract is of ever increasing importance in today's society, the firm is called upon to structure and accomplish the purchase and sale of businesses, often using innovative approaches. In the area of real estate law, Caldwell & Kearns represents The Pennsylvania Association of REALTORS®. Caldwell & Kearns has played a major role in drafting the standard real estate documents utilized by brokers and agents statewide. The firm offers a full range of title insurance services through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Residential-Commercial Abstract, Inc.