Areas

of Practice

College and University Law

McQuaide Blasko’s College and University Law Practice Group has represented public and private colleges and universities across nine decades. We help these clients with the same types of matters we help our non-university clients with, such as civil litigation, employment matters, business and real estate transactions, and more.

Estate Planning and Administration

McQuaide Blasko offers comprehensive services in estate planning and estate administration. Our attorneys, along with a large and experienced support staff of paralegals, offer a diverse group of personalized services to individuals, family-owned businesses and non-profit organizations.

Real Estate, Title & Closing Services

McQuaide Blasko’s real estate attorneys and its staff of real estate paralegals have the technical knowledge and practical experience to deliver top quality legal services promptly and cost-effectively. We offer full real estate legal services, including residential and commercial closing transactions, and title insurance.

Labor and Employment Law

McQuaide Blasko’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group has experience representing clients ranging from individual employees to small businesses to large employers with thousands of employees.

Civil Litigation

McQuaide Blasko represents clients in Pennsylvania and has for nearly a century. Our litigation attorneys handle cases in state trial courts throughout Pennsylvania, and handle appeals in the Pennsylvania Superior, Commonwealth, and Supreme Courts. We also have attorneys who are licensed to practice in every federal court with jurisdiction over Pennsylvania, including all three district courts, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and even the United States Supreme Court.

Business and Corporate Law

McQuaide Blasko represents a broad range of business entities, from nonpublic start-up companies and partnerships, to well established, publicly-traded companies with a full array of legal services to help them overcome the obstacles they face.

Professional Negligence Defense

Attorneys in McQuaide Blasko’s Professional Negligence Defense Group represent a range of organizations and professionals, from large tertiary care institutions to individual health care providers, in the defense of complex Professional Liability Litigation Claims.

Mergers and Acquisitions

McQuaide Blasko’s team of attorneys are well-equipped to handle mergers and acquisitions. Whether the transaction is a purchase or sale of assets or stock, or a merger, our attorneys have the expertise to prepare and negotiate the necessary legal documents, along with the experience to provide the practical counseling required in the transaction.

Financial Services

McQuaide Blasko has a long history and extensive experience in representing financial institutions and real estate developers in a broad spectrum of banking related matters. The firm regularly represents both regional banks and borrowers in structuring and documenting secured and unsecured loan transactions of every description, including asset-based lending, extension of lines of credit, term loans, loan restructuring, commercial and residential mortgage loan transactions, and financing condominium and commercial real estate projects.

Intellectual Property Law

McQuaide Blasko’s Intellectual Property Group has expertise across the spectrum of intellectual property rights, including trademark, copyright and trade secret law.

Healthcare Law

Attorneys in McQuaide Blasko’s Healthcare Law Group have experience serving a wide array of medical organizations and providers, including healthcare systems, academic medical centers, large tertiary care institutions and individual health care providers, in a variety of matters.

Municipal Law

McQuaide Blasko has significant experience representing municipalities, authorities, zoning hearing boards, and commissions as solicitor and special counsel.

Charities and Non-Profits

McQuaide Blasko is fully equipped to handle the needs of charities and non-profit organizations. The firm has extensive experience representing these organizations in formation and operational matters, whether applying for tax exempt status, advising on funding matters, compliance with state and federal law, or governance issues.

Natural Resources Law

McQuaide Blasko’s attorneys have extensive experience representing both property owners and producers in various natural resource production matters, whether it be negotiating and drafting lease agreements or handling complex litigation matters.