Delaware County is one of the firm’s most active counties beyond its Montgomery County home base. The county runs from the densely populated Philadelphia-border townships (Upper Darby, Darby, Yeadon, Lansdowne) through the Main Line edge (Haverford, Newtown Square) down through the industrial Delaware River corridor (Chester, Marcus Hook, Ridley) and out to suburban townships like Springfield, Media, and Concord.
The firm in Delaware County
The firm appears regularly in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in Media and represents employees of major Delaware County employers — from Boeing’s Ridley Park rotorcraft operations to Crozer Health’s hospital system, from AAA Mid-Atlantic’s Wilmington-corridor offices to Harrah’s Philadelphia casino in Chester. Delaware County is also home to Wawa’s corporate headquarters in Media and to a substantial concentration of small and midsize businesses that engage the firm as outside general counsel.
Courts and tribunals
Delaware County matters move through:
- Delaware County Court of Common Pleas — 201 West Front Street, Media. Civil, criminal, and family divisions. Most employment-related civil claims and breach-of-contract disputes filed here.
- Delaware County Magisterial District Courts — small-claims, landlord-tenant, and minor criminal matters across the county’s district court network.
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia. Federal employment, civil rights, and FLSA matters from Delaware County are heard here.
- PHRC and EEOC — administrative complaints proceed through these agencies before reaching court; Delaware County complainants typically file under both for maximum protection.
- Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Office of Adjudication — Eddystone and Philadelphia branches hear most Delaware County WC matters.
Local economy and employer mix
Delaware County’s employer base is unusually diverse. Aerospace and defense anchor in Boeing’s Ridley plant. Healthcare runs deep: Crozer Health (Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Taylor Hospital, Springfield Hospital), Riddle Hospital, Main Line Health’s Riddle and Bryn Mawr campuses. Energy and refining still matter on the Delaware River corridor (Monroe Energy, Sunoco Logistics, formerly Marcus Hook). Public-sector employment is significant — the county government, county school districts (Upper Darby School District is one of Pennsylvania’s largest), the county prison, county sheriff’s office. Hospitality and gaming concentrate at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Retail headquarters at Wawa in Media. And the entire eastern townships sit within the Philadelphia commuter economy.
Practice areas that matter here
Workplace sexual harassment is the firm’s flagship matter type on both sides of the bar — representing employees who experience it and employers responding to charges and conducting internal investigations. Delaware County’s large healthcare employers, public-sector entities, and hospitality concentration produce a steady stream of harassment matters. Beyond harassment, Delaware County work tends to cluster in employment discrimination (race, age, disability, gender), wrongful termination, retaliation, FLSA wage-and-hour issues at large hourly employers, and workers’ compensation claims at the county’s industrial and healthcare facilities.
Where the firm appears
The firm represents Delaware County clients across Media, Upper Darby, Chester, Springfield, Drexel Hill, Havertown, Newtown Square, Aston, Lansdowne, Yeadon, Brookhaven, Marcus Hook, and the county’s smaller boroughs. Many matters span the county line into Philadelphia, Chester County, or Montgomery County.
Talk to a Delaware County employment attorney
Call (484) 430-4391 or schedule a free consultation. Most consultations happen by phone or video; in-person meetings at the firm’s Bala Cynwyd office are available by appointment.