Attorney Profiles
Robin B. Snyder Scranton, Pennsylvania
| Shareholder Managing Attorney, Scranton, PA Office | |
| phone | (570) 496-4610 |
| fax | (570) 496-0567 |
| rbsnyder@mdwcg.com | |
Robin is a member of the firm's Healthcare Liability Practice Group and the managing attorney of the firm's Scranton office. Since joining the firm in June of 1994, Robin has tried over 30 cases to verdict, including medical malpractice, civil rights, motor vehicle and premises liability cases. Currently, she concentrates in the defense of medical malpractice and school civil rights cases, including education and employment law. However, she continues to handle some premises and motor vehicle cases as she also serves as the Scranton office's leader of the casualty and healthcare groups.
Robin is a 1987 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University. Following graduation, she worked with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and attended law school at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware, graduating in 1993. During her last year of law school and for a short period of time immediately thereafter, she clerked for Judge Jacobs in the Court of Chancery in Wilmington, Delaware.
Robin is a member of the Lackawanna Bar Association, serving on its Civil Rules Committee. She is admitted to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1994
- Areas of Practice:
- Civil Rights
- Education Law
- Employment Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Liability
- Premises Liability
- Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- Education:
- Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware,
1993
J.D. - Pennsylvania State University,
1987
B.A.
Major: Foreign Service and International Politics
- Published Works:
- ERISA Subrogation: Who Pays The Litigation Expenses?, Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1996
- Recent Appellate Court Cases Applying Pennsylvania's Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, Civil Litigation Update, Winter, 2000
- Recent Appellate Court Cases Applying Pennsylvania's MVFRL, Defense Digest, Dec. Vol. 5, No. 6, 1999
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Panel Discussion - Remedies: IDEA v. Section 504, 38th Annual Education Law Conference, Lehigh University College of Education, May 2010
- Charting Pitfalls, NOR - PANPHA, An Association of Pennsylvania Nonprofit Senior Services, Continuing Education Conference, April 2009
- Americans with Disabilities Act Update, New Realities in Employment Law, April 2009
- Overview of Legal Issues Confronting School Districts, Tunkhannock Area School District, January 2009
- Charting Pitfalls, University of Scranton / Wyoming Valley Healthcare System, Inc. School of Nurse Anesthesia, February 2006
- Updates to IDEA, National Business Institute, January 2006
- Medical Malpractice Update, MDWC&G Healthcare Seminar, November 1999