Maroko, Michael

Steven J. Margolis, a partner in the firm, brings 25 years of experience as a litigator in various complex civil and criminal jury trials. He obtained his Juris Doctorate law degree from Delaware Law School of Widener University in 1985. While there, based upon scholastic merit, he was invited into and joined the honor fraternity, Phi Delta Phi. Prior to law school, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982 from Drew University.

Before joining the firm in 2001, he was a supervising prosecutor in the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, in Essex County, New Jersey; an office of 140 prosecuting attorneys. There he was assigned to the Special Prosecutions Unit. In that capacity, he tried numerous homicide trials as well as other complex criminal matters specially assigned by the Essex County Prosecutor. While there, he also acted as instructor, training other prosecutors in proper trial technique. Prior to this, Steven was a partner in the law firm of Kaigh & Margolis, in Camden, New Jersey, where he maintained a personal injury practice.

Steven is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as their corresponding Federal Courts and the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Northampton Bar Association, the Bar Association of Lehigh County and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the latter, for which he has given lectures on the proper handling of Motor Vehicle liability cases at their Annual Auto Law Update Seminar and also in the area of Attorney Ethics; currently, he is also the Co-Chair of their Automobile Law Section. Steven is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is an award bestowed on the Top Trial Lawyers in America who have obtained awards in excess of million dollars. He has also been named as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2010; an honor given to only the top 5% of lawyers within the state.

Since 2005, Steven has proudly served as a member of the Board of Directors for Easter Seals of Eastern Pennsylvania, an organization which provides quality services to children and adults with disabilities, and support to their families.a