Legal Expertise You Can Rely

ATTORNEY RICHARD FINE began his career clerking for Judge Joseph Sloane of Philadelphia County. He then moved into private practice in Pennsylvania state courts and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, where he has over 45 years of experience, having successfully litigated and resolved hundreds of jury trials, bench trials, mediations and arbitrations.  He has also been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Fine was appointed by Chief Judge Sylvia H. Rambo of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of PA to serve as one of the original mediators under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990. He was also appointed by President Judge Chester T. Harhut to serve as mediator for the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County. Attorney Fine currently accepts Court appointments to serve as a mediator and/or arbitrator for National Arbitration and Mediation Hearing Officer, Resolute Systems, Inc., and The Peacemakers. He also serves as a Judge/Mentor for students participating in the Negotiation Marathon at Penn State Dickinson School of Law.  He is rated "AV Preeminent" with Martindale-Hubbell.

He was the managing partner of the law firm of Fine and Wyatt, PC, based in Scranton and Honesdale, Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1928 by Richard's father, Attorney Louis A. Fine.

Mr. Fine has served his community as a board member of the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish Federation, the Community Medical Center, Temple Hesed, and Allied Services; as a trustee of Webster Towers; and as a member of the Mellon Bank advisory board. He has served two 3-year terms on the Hearing Committee of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and has lectured for the Lackawanna Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.  He was also a founding member of the Harmonie Group.

A Scranton native, Mr. Fine and his wife currently reside in Clarks Summit, PA.

EDUCATION

The Choate School, 1960

The University of Pennsylvania, B.A. cum laude, 1964

Washington University School of Medicine, 1965

Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1968

PRACTICE AREAS

Mediation & Arbitration

Medical Malpractice

Personal Injury

Premises Liability

Trucking Accidents

Product Liability

Insurance Coverage and Litigation

Wills and Estates

Real Estate

ADMISSIONS

Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

United States Supreme Court

MEMBERSHIPS

American Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Lackawanna County Bar Association (Past President and Board Member)

Wayne County Bar Association

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

PAMIC

International Association of Defense Counsel