Sexual Assault Attorneys Serving Montgomery 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.

Montgomery County sits in Montgomery County, so a state court matter goes to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, at the courthouse on Swede and Airy Streets in Norristown. Federal claims are heard in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Montgomery County is King of Prussia's office and retail corridor, Norristown's county government, and dozens of established residential townships. Whatever the matter, it is filed and heard in Norristown, though an initial case review does not happen at the courthouse. Court appearances come later, and not every matter reaches one.

Sometimes. If an organization knew or should have known about the risk and failed to act, it may share responsibility for what happened. The offices and retail employers around King of Prussia are no different from anywhere else in Montgomery County on that point. These cases turn on what was reported, to whom, and what was done about it, so writing down the sequence of events early matters. Bring whatever you already have and we will work from there.

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. That is the same whether you are in Norristown, one of the residential townships, or anywhere else in the county.

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. A prosecutor declining to charge is not a finding about you. We cannot promise a particular outcome in any case, and we will not tell you otherwise, but the absence of charges does not by itself close the civil door.