Michael C. Schafle, Esq. represents mesothelioma patients and their families across Pennsylvania from one office on South Broad Street in Philadelphia. He is admitted in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and he is counsel in the Philadelphia asbestos docket, the court program that has handled the region’s asbestos cases. Where you live in the state does not decide whether he can take your case. It only shapes how the case gets built.
How a statewide mesothelioma practice helps victims and families?
A mesothelioma case is assembled from records: employment files, union rosters, Social Security earnings histories, military records, medical charts, and evidence identifying the asbestos products used at a job site. None of that depends on where the attorney sits. Records travel. Subpoenas travel. The work of proving that a specific product reached a specific workplace is done the same way for a mill town in the Monongahela Valley as for a refinery in South Philadelphia.
What changes from city to city is the exposure history itself. Each industrial town in Pennsylvania had its own employers, its own job sites, and its own products, and knowing them is most of the work. That is why this site keeps a separate page for each city and a library of Pennsylvania asbestos exposure sites.
Representing families across the state
Most people with this diagnosis are in treatment, and many are managing significant health limitations. So the case comes to the client. Michael meets families at home, in a hospital room, or by phone and video when that is easier. If your testimony is needed, a deposition is typically arranged near where you live, scheduled around treatment. The family’s job is to share what it remembers. The office handles the rest.
Where the case is filed is a strategic decision
Pennsylvania venue rules often give a family more than one proper county for filing, depending on where the exposure happened and where the defendant companies do business. Philadelphia has run a dedicated asbestos program for a long time, and for many cases it is a proper and sensible forum. For others, the county where the exposure occurred is the better choice. That decision is made case by case, weighing the defendants, the exposure sites, and the client’s health, and it is one of the first things reviewed after intake.
City pages
Mesothelioma lawyer in Philadelphia: the Naval Shipyard, the refineries, the Nicetown plants, and the court that hears asbestos cases for the region.
Mesothelioma attorney in Pittsburgh: the steel mills, the Westinghouse plants, the railroads, and how a case is handled without asking your family to travel.
Pages for other Pennsylvania cities are listed below. If your town is not listed yet, the practice still covers it.
Local city sites
Michael Schafle also keeps a dedicated site for each of these Pennsylvania cities. Same attorney, same Philadelphia office, same free case review; each one carries that city’s asbestos exposure history and links back here.
- Aliquippa, PA (Beaver County)
- Altoona, PA (Blair County)
- Ambler, PA (Montgomery County)
- Ambridge, PA (Beaver County)
- Bradford, PA (McKean County)
- Carlisle, PA (Cumberland County)
- Chambersburg, PA (Franklin County)
- Chester, PA (Delaware County)
- Clairton, PA (Allegheny County)
- Conshohocken, PA (Montgomery County)
- Duquesne, PA (Allegheny County)
- Lebanon, PA (Lebanon County)
- McKeesport, PA (Allegheny County)
- Media, PA (Delaware County)
- Monessen, PA (Westmoreland County)
- Munhall, PA (Allegheny County)
- New Castle, PA (Lawrence County)
- New Kensington, PA (Westmoreland County)
- Northampton, PA (Northampton County)
- Philadelphia, PA (Philadelphia County)
- Phoenixville, PA (Chester County)
- Pittsburgh, PA (Allegheny County)
- Swissvale, PA (Allegheny County)
- West Mifflin, PA (Allegheny County)
What this means for your family
You do not need to find a lawyer in your own zip code, and you do not need to understand venue law before you call. You need your family’s work history, roughly remembered, and a copy of the diagnosis. It is worth starting the conversation early. From there, the questions about how a lawsuit works, what compensation can cover, and what changes for veterans all have answers.
When you are ready, request a free case review and Michael will tell you where your case stands.