Attorney Cardamone, named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100, is the Founder and President of Cardamone Law and is a Certified Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Specialist with over 26 years of experience and success representing injured workers across Pennsylvania. An avid martial artist with experience in Kickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Aikido, Karate, and Jiu-Jitsu, Cardamone loves a good fight- and every workers’ compensation case brings exactly that- a war to win! He has been named to the Best Lawyers of America by Best Lawyers, Best Attorneys of America List by Rue Ratings, America’s Top 100 Attorneys, Top 25 in Workers’ Compensation and Brain Injuries in Pennsylvania by The National Trial Lawyers, has a 10 out of 10 rating on Avvo, and is a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Law. In 2023, Michael was voted AV Preeminent by his peers through the rigorous Martindale- Hubbell process- the highest possible rating for legal ability and professionalism. Michael graduated from St. Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia in 1992, then attended Boston College and graduated with honors in 1996, then going on to earn his Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law in 1999. He served as Co-Chair of the prestigious Montgomery County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section from 2022-2024. He was the Pennsylvania Workers’ Comp Expert on the Ask the Experts Radio Show in Philadelphia every month from 2020 until 2024. Attorney Cardamone has a high winning percentage and is known to fight tooth and nail for his clients, to either win their case, or to get every penny possible in settlement. In his 20s, Attorney Cardamone ran three marathons, including the Boston Marathon in 1995 and the Bay State Marathon- finishing Bay State with a 3:16 time. He enjoys spending time with his wife and three children and three stepchildren, playing tennis, traveling, and trying new restaurants.

Christopher C. Cara joined Pond Lehocky in September of 2012. Chris attended Middlebury College in Vermont where he made the Dean’s List and graduated with a B.A. in English and with Honors in Environmental Studies. He received his J.D. from Villanova University in 2012. Following his undergraduate graduation, Chris worked at Isles in Trenton, NJ, a nonprofit community development organization. During his time at Villanova, Chris was a three-year recipient of the Deirdre L. Bailey Leadership Scholarship, member of the Pro Bono Society, and treasurer of the Environmental and Energy Law Society. Additionally, Chris worked as a law clerk for the following organizations: Exelon Corporation, the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Regional Counsel for Region 3 in Philadelphia, and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office in Trenton, NJ. During law school, Chris interned with the Honorable Judge Linda Carpenter in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Chris’s interest in Workers’ Compensation law sprung from his enrollment in a Workers’ Compensation course at Villanova taught by Workers’ Compensation Judge Todd Seelig, Mr. Cara earned one of the highest grades in the class. Chris now devotes his practice to representing injured workers.