Sexual Assault Attorneys Serving Bucks County, PA

No. A civil claim is separate from the criminal process. You can bring one whether or not you reported the assault, whether or not charges were filed, and whether or not a criminal case resulted in a conviction.

Yes. What you tell us is protected by attorney-client confidentiality from the first conversation, whether or not you decide to hire us. We will not contact your employer, your family, or anyone else without your permission.

Often there are options. Courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey can permit a survivor to proceed under initials or a pseudonym in some circumstances, and settlements can carry confidentiality terms. We will explain what is and is not possible in your specific situation before anything is filed.

It depends on your age when the assault happened, who is responsible, and which state's law applies, and Pennsylvania has changed these rules more than once in recent years. Some claims people assume are long closed are not. It costs nothing to have us check the deadlines that apply to you.

Sometimes. If an organization knew or should have known about the risk and failed to act, it may share responsibility for what happened. These cases turn on what was reported, to whom, and what was done about it, which is why writing down the sequence of events early matters.

The initial case review is free, confidential, and carries no obligation. Fee arrangements differ by practice group and by the facts of your matter, so we explain exactly how fees would work for your case, in plain language and in writing, before you are asked to sign anything.

Yes. Many people call to understand their options and go no further, and that is a completely legitimate reason to call. There is no obligation to hire us and no pressure to decide anything on the phone.

Bucks County sits in Bucks County, so a state court matter goes to the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, at 55 East Court Street in Doylestown. Federal claims are heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Bucks County is a county running from dense Lower Bucks boroughs to rural Upper Bucks townships. Whatever the matter, it is filed and heard in Doylestown, though an initial case review does not happen at the courthouse. Court appearances come later, and not every matter reaches one.

Not necessarily. It depends on your age when the assault happened, who is responsible, and which state's law applies, and Pennsylvania has changed these rules more than once in recent years. Some claims people assume are long closed are not. Bucks County stretches from dense Lower Bucks boroughs to rural Upper Bucks townships, and the deadline question does not change from one end of it to the other. It costs nothing to have us check the deadlines that apply to you.

What you tell us is protected by attorney-client confidentiality from the first conversation, whether or not you decide to hire us. We will not contact your employer, your family, or anyone else without your permission. That holds the same whether you are calling from a rural township or a Lower Bucks borough. You decide how much to share and how quickly to move, and nothing happens without your say-so.

Yes. Many people call to understand their options and go no further, and that is a completely legitimate reason to call. There is no obligation to hire us and no pressure to decide anything on the phone. We will explain the options, what a case would realistically involve, and what can be done to protect your identity if you ever do file at the courthouse in Doylestown. Then you take as long as you want.