Managing Member
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	Born: Pittsfield, Massachusetts Education: University of Hartford (B.Mus.Ed., 1983) Trenton State College (M.A., 1988) Rutgers-Camden School of Law (J.D., 1991)  Member: American Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association Philadelphia Bar Association Montgomery County Bar Association Bucks County Bar Association	Admitted to Practice: 1991 — Commonwealth of  Pennsylvania 1991 — State of New Jersey 1991 — District Court of New Jersey 1992 — Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1993 — Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1995 — Middle District of Pennsylvania 1996 — Western District of Pennsylvania 1998 — United States Supreme Court 2002 — District Court of Colorado Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation Employment Law Arts, Entertainment & Media Law Health Care Law

Biography: Mr. Torchia has been a managing member of the firm since 2000. His practice is concentrated in commercial litigation with an emphasis on employment law. He routinely and successfully represents local, regional, national, and international businesses of all sizes in state and federal courts throughout the country on a variety of litigation matters. When he first joined the firm in 1995, he established an employment law department which has expanded to include representative clients such as national manufacturers, health care providers and pharmaceutical companies, large contractors, financing institutions and a multitude of non-profit and for-profit small and mid-size businesses, many of them in the health care field.

He is a sought-after lecturer in programs that advise and train attorneys and human resources personnel, speaks extensively on employment law and litigation topics and is often asked to present in-house training and seminars for clients.

Mr. Torchia is a well-known investigator, and is routinely hired by other attorneys and corporate executives to investigate a wide variety of workplace misconduct including claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and wrongful discharge. Mr. Torchia also serves as an expert witness for workplace investigations, and has developed programs and lectures on workplace investigations as well.

Mr. Torchia’s personal style of becoming intimately familiar with the client and the client’s goals and objectives has allowed him to accurately provide preventative strategies and advice in crisis situations, and it is those qualities that have attracted and maintained his loyal client base. Clients generally are drawn to two of Mr. Torchia’s opposing characteristics, that is, his easy-going style with clients versus his aggressive and tenacious style in the courtroom and with the opposition.

Mr. Torchia enjoys an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell; has been recognized as a Preeminent Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell in the fields of litigation and employment law each year since 2002; was chosen in 2009 and 2010 as  a “Super Lawyer” in the area of Employment Law. Also chosen as a 2007, 2008 and 2009 “Leader in the Law” by Philadelphia Business Journal and in “Awesome Attorney” in 2010 by Suburban Life Magazine. In addition, Mr. Torchia is very involved in community activities, including his son’s sports teams, is a Chancellor Emeritus of his law school alumni association, and serves on the Board of Directors of The Bucks County Zoo.

EMPLOYMENT LAW AUDIT FOR YOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE
MICHAEL J. TORCHIA, ESQ. and CHARLES W. ORMSBY, JR., ESQ.

AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT AND WRONGFUL DISCHARGE IN PENNSYLVANIA
MICHAEL J. TORCHIA, ESQ. and STEPHEN C. GOLDBLUM, ESQ.

EMPLOYMENT LAW AUDITS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
MICHAEL J. TORCHIA, ESQ.

CONDUCTING WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS
MICHAEL J. TORCHIA, ESQ.