Chester County’s economy has shifted west. What was once farmland and mushroom country is now anchored by major pharma campuses (Endo, Cephalon legacy operations, Teva, AstraZeneca tail offices), Vanguard’s sprawling Malvern headquarters, QVC’s West Chester campus, and a growing technology sector along the Route 202 corridor. The firm represents employees and employers across that landscape.
The firm in Chester County
The firm appears regularly in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas in West Chester and handles matters spanning the county’s economic geography — from Vanguard’s Malvern campus to QVC’s West Chester operations, from the Phoenixville healthcare corridor to the Kennett Square mushroom industry. Chester County’s mix of large professional-services employers and small specialty manufacturers produces a particular kind of caseload: executive-level severance and non-compete disputes, equity-vesting fights, and the discrimination and retaliation matters that occur at every employer regardless of industry.
Courts and tribunals
Chester County matters move through:
- Chester County Court of Common Pleas — 201 West Market Street, West Chester. Civil, criminal, and orphans’ court divisions.
- Chester County Magisterial District Courts — small-claims and minor criminal matters across the county’s district court network.
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia. Federal employment, FLSA, and ERISA matters originating in Chester County are filed here.
- PHRC and EEOC — administrative venues for discrimination, harassment, and retaliation charges.
- Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Office of Adjudication — Malvern branch hears most Chester County WC matters.
Local economy and employer mix
Chester County has one of the strongest concentrations of pharmaceutical and biotech employers outside the New Jersey corridor: Endo, Teva (Malvern campus), and a long tail of contract research and specialty pharma. Vanguard’s Malvern headquarters is one of the largest single-employer concentrations in Pennsylvania. QVC’s West Chester campus anchors a media and direct-retail sector. Bentley Systems (Exton) anchors enterprise software. Healthcare runs through Chester County Hospital (Penn Medicine), Phoenixville Hospital (Tower Health), and Brandywine Hospital. Agriculture and food processing remain economically meaningful through the Kennett Square mushroom industry.
Practice areas that matter here
The firm’s flagship matter type is workplace sexual harassment, representing both employees who experience it and employers responding to charges and conducting internal investigations. Chester County’s professional-services concentration produces matters of unusual seniority — senior managers, principals, and partners. That tilts the practice mix here toward executive severance and separation negotiations, restrictive-covenant and non-compete enforcement (and defense), and equity-vesting disputes alongside the standard discrimination and retaliation matters. Outside general counsel work is also significant: the county’s many small specialty manufacturers and professional-service firms engage the firm for ongoing employment and contract advice.
Where the firm appears
The firm represents Chester County clients across West Chester, Exton, Malvern, Paoli, Phoenixville, Coatesville, Downingtown, Kennett Square, and the county’s smaller boroughs. Many engagements span into Delaware County, Montgomery County, or Bucks County.
Talk to a Chester County employment attorney
Call (484) 430-4391 or request a free consultation. Most consultations happen by phone or video; in-person meetings at the firm’s Bala Cynwyd office are available by appointment.