Ethan R. O’Shea

Employment

• Obtained injunctive relief for a medical device manufacturer against a former employee and multi-national corporation for breach of restrictive covenants.
• Obtained a defense verdict for a professional corporation in a suit filed by a former employee alleging age discrimination.
• Assisted packaging company in successful defense of employment discrimination claim.
• Obtained defense verdict for principals of construction consulting firm against a claim made under Pennsylvania’s Wage Payment and Collection Law.
• Represented two restaurants and their owner defending a class-action complaint alleging Fair Labor Standard Act violations.
• Obtained a confidential 6-figure settlement from a multinational pharmaceutical company for an employee resulting from the company’s violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Obtained dismissal of discrimination charges for numerous corporate clients at EEOC and PHRC.
• Negotiated employment and separation agreements for individual and business clients.

Criminal

• Successfully negotiated a guilty plea in a case where the defendant husband was charged with the aggravated assault of his wife resulting in serious brain injuries. Following extensive negotiations with the District Attorney, the client pled guilty to only a misdemeanor and received six months’ non-reporting probation.
• Successfully represented a defendant charged with various firearm offenses, including Persons Not to to Possess a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm with an Altered Manufacturer’s Number, Criminal Use of a Communication Facility and Conspiracy. Following arguments on several pretrial motions to suppress evidence and a non-jury trial, client was acquitted on the aforementioned charges.
• Obtained not-guilty verdict following a jury trial on all felony charges for a client charged with numerous offenses in a high-profile assault case.
• Obtained not-guilty verdict following a non-jury trial for client wrongfully accused of assaulting estranged spouse.
• Successfully argued pre-trial motions leading to the dismissal of charges against numerous clients because of unlawful searches and violations of the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
• Negotiated guilty pleas on behalf of many clients leading to a reduction of charges and/or reduction of sentence.

Commercial and Real Estate Litigation

• Successfully argued case before PA Supreme Court creating new law pertaining to easements by necessity.
• Represent mortgage lenders in various actions to establish the validity and/or priority of the clients’ mortgages, and represent property owners to defend claims against title.
• Successfully defended property owner’s petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.
• In a case of first impression in Pennsylvania, successfully obtained a judgment on behalf of a mortgage lender against a competing lender whose mortgage was declared void due to an improper notarization of the loan documents.
• Obtained verdict for specific performance on behalf of real estate developer to enforce Agreement of Sale.