Attorney Profiles

William M. Blaum

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Workers’ Compensation.

Admitted: 1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D., 1992

College: King’s College, B.S., summa sum laude, 1989

Member: Lackawanna County and Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.

Biography: Phi Delta Phi, Recipient, Professor’s Award for Excellence in Finance, King’s College. Associate, Lenahan & Dempsey, 1992-1996. Participant, Lackawanna County Pro Bono Program, 2000 – Present. Abington Area Girls Softball League, Board Member, U-8 Commissioner and Coach 2008 – 2009. Recipient Lackawanna County Pro Bono Samuel Fallk Equal Access to Justice Award, 2008. Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers' compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Section on Workers' Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

ISLN: 900708624

Janet Blaum

Practice Areas: Workers’ Compensation; Insurance Defense.

Admitted: 1992, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Law School: University of South Carolina, J.D., 1992

College: University of North Florida, B.A./B.S., Criminal Justice, 1988

Graduate School: Florida State University, M.S., Criminal Justice, 1989

Member: Lackawanna County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.

Biography: Associate, Lenahan & Dempsey, 1993 – 1995. Associate, Koff, Wendolowski, Ferguson & Mangan, 1995 – 1999. Associate, Law Offices of Thomas Kelly, 1999 – 2006.

PHILANTHROPY: Board Member, Habitat for Humanity of Lackawanna County, 1995 – 2000. Board Member, Timmy’s Town Center Children’s Museum, 2004 – 2008.
 

Colleen Pehanich

Practice Areas: Workers’ Compensation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; and Criminal Defense.

Admitted: Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Law School: Widener University School of Law, J.D., cum laude 2006.

College: Elizabethtown College, B.A. Political Science, 2003.

Member: Lackawanna County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.

Biography: Provost Scholarship Recipient, Elizabethtown College; Phi Alpha Delta Member, Widener University School of Law; Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, Widener University School of Law; Dean Scholarship Recipient, Widener University School of Law; Certificate of Merit Recipient, Widener University School of Law. Associate, Law Offices of William M. Blaum 2007 – Present. Participant, Lackawanna County Pro Bono Program, 2007 – Present. Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers' compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Section on Workers' Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. 2013 recipient of the Attorney Samuel Fallk Equal Access to Justice Award for outstanding delivery of pro bono legal service presented by the Lackawanna County Bar Association