Lee Ciccarelli is the founder and motivating force behind Ciccarelli Law Offices, a law firm with a team approach aimed at engaging our clients while providing them the benefit of our combined experience and efforts to handle the most significant and complicated issues and problems facing our clients in both civil litigation, criminal defense, and family and marital law. Our firm represents clients throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area and throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in a range of interesting and relevant cases. We are based in the heart of Chester County at 304 North High Street, West Chester PA 19380 on Professional Row, and can be reached at (610) 692-8700.

Attorney Christopher Bokas handles all felonies and misdemeanors, including white collar crimes, juvenile crimes, drug offenses, parol and probation violations, drunk driving, and traffic violations. Mr. Bokas has ample experience trying jury and bench trials, and handles his cases with great care and professionalism. Each of his clients is given individual attention and all the time and effort necessary to bring about a favorable result. This is essential, because there is no substitute for thorough preparation. Mr. Bokas examines all facets of his cases, looks at all the evidence, and researches the applicable law before deciding on a proper defense and strategy. All decisions are shared with the client, as team efforts are highly valued. I practice in the federal courts, and all the state courts in the Philadelphia and suburban area. including common pleas court, municipal courts and magisterial district courts. Mr. Bokas graduated from Temple University in 1970 with a degree in political science, with honors, and attended the University of Baltimore from which he graduated in 1974 with a law degree. He immediately undertook the practice of law with enthusiasm and a sense of mission to right wrings and bring about justice for his clients. Mr. Bokas is a member of numorous legal and civic organizations, including The Pennsylvania and Deleware County Bar Associations. He is also active in The Pan Epirotic Society, for which he has served as legal advisor, as well as The Pan Macedonian Society. He has been serving the community for 39 years as a practitioner and a trial lawyer, with an emphasis on criminal law. Mr. Bokas practices criminal law in all levels of the Pennsylvania state, county, and local courts as well as in the United States District Court.

Attorney Daniel McGarrigle is an aggressive advocate and experienced litigator; he has tried hundreds of cases and handled all types of criminal matters, from misdemeanors to major felony trials. Mr. McGarrigle prides himself on preparing every aspect of every case for trial and has spent his entire career practicing solely criminal defense. Clients know that Daniel McGarrigle is a very responsive attorney, keeps client fully informed, and always gets back to them in a timely manner.

Gerard earned his Juris Doctor from the Widener University School of Law and went on to focus his practice around criminal defense and civil litigation of all kinds. He has significant experience representing clients before trial courts, administrative judges, and appellate courts. With more than 30 years of experience, he has become a respected member of the legal community who is well known for his friendly personality.

Lee Ciccarelli is the founder and motivating force behind Ciccarelli Law Offices, a law firm with a team approach aimed at engaging our clients while providing them the benefit of our combined experience and efforts to handle the most significant and complicated issues and problems facing our clients in both civil litigation, criminal defense, and family and marital law. Our firm represents clients throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area and throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in a range of interesting and relevant cases. We are based in the heart of Chester County at 304 North High Street, West Chester PA 19380 on Professional Row, and can be reached at (610) 692-8700.

Zak Goldstein is a Philadelphia criminal defense and civil rights attorney. Zak Goldstein has experience trying hundreds of cases before judges and juries, and he has represented clients in both state and federal court. He has successfully obtained full acquittals for his clients in both bench and jury trials. When appropriate, he has also been able to obtain favorable non-trial dispositions such as the dismissal of charges, entry into diversionary programs, or negotiated pleas to significantly reduced charges. Prior to entering private practice, Zak Goldstein was an Assistant Defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia; one of the most well regarded and highly trained public defender offices in the country. As a defender, he represented thousands of clients charged with crimes ranging from simple misdemeanors to the very most serious and complex felonies. After leaving the Defender Association, he worked as an associate for a nationally recognized AmLaw 200 law firm specializing in complex civil litigation. Zak Goldstein started his own practice because he is passionate about defending the constitutional rights of the accused and helping victims of police misconduct obtain justice. He is an experienced advocate who will fight hard for your rights in order to make sure that you have every possible advantage when dealing with the power of the police and the prosecutor. Zak Goldstein is an award winning criminal defense attorney. He is ranked as a Top Attorney in Criminal Defense with the highest Avvo rating of Superb. He was also recently selected as one of the National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 under 40 in criminal defense. Attorney Goldstein graduated summa cum laude from Moravian College with a degree in Economics and a minor in Spanish. He graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the Villanova Law Review. During law school, Mr. Goldstein completed internships with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and a boutique law firm specializing in white collar criminal defense. Attorney Goldstein is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is an active member of the legal community, and he maintains memberships in the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Philadelphia Criminal Law Inn of Court, the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

If you are facing criminal charges in the Pennsylvania state or federal courts, you want a law firm with the experience, guts and the dedication to fight for you. That is the Law Office of Richard J. Fuschino, Jr. Defense attorney Richard J. Fuschino, Jr. is a former prosecutor with a decade of experience defending people in criminal court and on appeal. If your case goes to trial, he will personally handle your defense and stand by your side in the courtroom. Mr. Fuschino has handled hundreds of cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, in federal and appellate courts, in jury trials, bench trials, and in hearings before administrative boards and administrative law judges. Mr. Fuschino has handled the gambit of criminal cases – homicides, drug cases, complicated federal regulation violations, and every sexual offense in the state of Pennsylvania.

Lee Ciccarelli is the founder and motivating force behind Ciccarelli Law Offices, a law firm with a team approach aimed at engaging our clients while providing them the benefit of our combined experience and efforts to handle the most significant and complicated issues and problems facing our clients in both civil litigation, criminal defense, and family and marital law. Our firm represents clients throughout the Philadelphia metropolitan area and throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in a range of interesting and relevant cases. We are based in the heart of Chester County at 304 North High Street, West Chester PA 19380 on Professional Row, and can be reached at (610) 692-8700.

Chris Johnson is a native of Philadelphia and graduated from the William Penn Charter School. He received an academic scholarship to the University of Delaware where he majored in Economics and also competed on the Division I Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field teams. He graduated from Widener University School of Law in December 2009 and immediately went into private practice with the firm of Shanese I. Johnson & Associates, P.C. Chris currently practices in the firm's Family Law, Real Estate, and Criminal Law practice areas. Even though Chris is fairly new to the practice of law, Chris has already represented hundreds of clients in local Family Law matters in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, and Berks counties. Chris prides himself on his commitment to serving his clients with excellence by providing experienced, detail oriented, high quality and affordable representation. Chris also has worked at several other diverse legal agencies including the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Domestic Relations Division, the State of Delaware Attorney General's Office Criminal Division, and also a major civil litigation firm in Lancaster County, PA. Chris is currently a very active volunteer as he gives his time to represent clients in both civil and criminal matters for Philadelphia VIP, the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, and South Jersey Legal Services. Chris also serves national and local political campaigns as a voter protection attorney. His other activities include the Philadelphia Bar Association (Family Law Section, Criminal Justice Section), Pennsylvania Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division), Camden County Bar Association, Support Center for Child Advocates, Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia.

The firm’s principal attorney, Nigel S. Scott, Esquire, began his legal training in the Delaware County Office of the Public Defender, where he represented indigent defendants charged with criminal offenses. Nigel then represented the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. There he continued to hone his trial advocacy skills prosecuting misdemeanors and minor felonies. The combined experience allowed Nigel to gain valuable insight and training with regards to both defending and prosecuting criminal cases in Philadelphia and neighboring jurisdictions. Nigel took the experience, skills, and training he acquired in the criminal courtroom and applied them to civil trials as well, zealously protecting the rights of clients who were injured by the negligence of others. With very little advertising, Nigel has been able to develop a growing practice based largely on the word of mouth referrals of satisfied clients, as well as fellow attorneys familiar with the quality of his work and the depth of his commitment to equal justice. As part of our commitment to equal justice, our firm dedicates a minimum of 50 hours each year to pro bono service, with Mr. Scott being named to the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania’s Pro Bono Honor Roll for each of the past five years. As a firm, we are honored to continue in service to Pennsylvania’s vulnerable communities.