Lecturer Bios
J. Michael Considine, Jr., Esq.
J. Michael Considine, Jr. is experienced in Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate, Wills & Estates, Business, International Business and tried cases (jury and non-jury) in federal and state courts.
Admitted in PA, CO and the Southern Ute Tribe, he is chairman of the Chester County Bar Ass. Civil Rights section, former Vice President of the Rutherford Institute of PA and counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom and Liberty Counsel.
Reported cases: Com. v. Johnson, 368 Pa. Super. 427, 534 A. 2d 511 (1987); Roe v. O.R., 123 F.R.D. 500 (E.D. Pa. 1988), 710 F. Supp. 577 (E.D. Pa. 1989), 919 F. 2d 857 (3rd Cir. 1990); NWC v. McMonagle, 868 F. 2d 1342 (3rd Cir. 1989); Slotterback v. Interboro S.D., 766 F. Supp. 280 (E.D. Pa. 1991); Sease v. S.D. of Phila., 811 F. Supp. 183 (E.D. Pa. 1993); Com. v. Gillis, 61 Pa. D & C 4th 42 (2002); Com. v. Rose, 820 A. 2d 164 (Pa. Super. 2003); Victory Outreach Center v. Melso, 313 F. Supp. 2d 481 & 371 F. Supp. 2d 642 (E.D. Pa. 2004); Birdine v. City of Coatesville, 347 F. Supp. 2d 182 (E.D. Pa. 2004) and 225 F.R.D. 157 (E.D.Pa. 2004); Snell v. Duffy, 306 F. Supp. 2d 506 (E.D. Pa. 2004); Victory Outreach Center v. City of Phila., 233 FRD 419 (E.D. Pa. 2005); Robinson v. Fetterman, 378 F. Supp. 2d 534 & 387 F. Supp. 2nd 432 & 483 (E.D. Pa. 2005); Gilles v. Davis, 427 F. 3rd 197 (3rd Cir. 2005); Siegel v. Miller, 446 F. Supp. 2nd 346 (E.D. Pa. 2006); First Korean Church of NY, Inc. v. Montgomery County BOAA, 926 A. 2nd 543 (Pa. Com. 2006); LeBoon v. Lancaster Jewish Community Center Ass, 504 F. 3rd 217 (3rd Cir. 2007); Frantz v. Gress, 520 F. Supp. 2nd 677 (E.D.Pa. 2007); Pitner v. Murrin, 812 F. Supp. 2Nd 661 (E.D.Pa. 2008); Dreibelbis v. Young, 351 Fed. Appx. 711 (3rd Cir. 2009); Nelson v. Ulster County, 789 F. Supp. 2nd 345 (N.D.N.Y. 2010); Hayes v. Easterday, 879 F. Supp. 2nd 449 (E.D.Pa. 2012); Kubiak v. Harris, 949 F. Supp. 2nd 584 (E.D.Pa. 2013); Kintzel v. Kleeman, 965 F. Supp. 2nd 610 (M.D.Pa. 2013), 166 F. Supp 3rd 523 (M.D. Pa. 2016); Godfrey v. Upland Borough, 209 F. Supp. 3rd 804 (E.D.Pa. 2016), 246 F. Supp. 3rd 1078 (E.D.Pa. 2017), 268 F. Supp 3rd 717(E.D.Pa. 2017); Adams v. Henry, 416 F. Supp. 3Rd 424 (E.D.Pa. 2019), 421 F. Supp. 3Rd 10 (E.D.Pa. 2019); Moton v. Harris, 581 F. Supp. 3Rd 701 (E.D.Pa. 2020); Hamilton v. Radnor Township, 502 F. Supp. 3Rd 978 (E.D.Pa. 2020), 545 F. Supp. 3Rd 244 (E.D.Pa. 2021), & 662 F. Supp. 3rd 536 (E.D. Pa. 2023). Henderson v. Matthews, 502 F.Supp 3rd 970 (E.D.Pa. 2020), 570 F. Supp. 3Rd 272 (E.D.Pa. 2021); Perry v. Judge, 621 B.R. 34 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2020), 630 B.R. 338 (10th Cir. 2021); Richardson v. Didok, 556 F. Supp. 3Rd 455 (E.D.Pa. 2021); Hale v. Liess, 579 F. Supp 3rd 632 (M.D.Pa. 2022); Grant v. City of Phila., 637 F. Supp. 3rd 247 (E.D.Pa. 2022)
These include free speech in the public arena, rights to distribute literature in public schools, habeas corpus relief for speakers arrested for disorderly conduct, excessive force and rape by police, rights of onlookers to complain of police brutality, right to videotape police while on duty, rights of adults to participate in student activities under the Equal Access Act, violation of the right to bodily integrity under the 14th Amendment, due process violations regarding notice of tax sale of real property, horses and regarding a forged easement to acquire access for pipes, first amendment retaliation, malicious prosecution and fraud arising out of commingling of sewer and stormwater pipes leading to raw sewage in basements at times of high rainfall, police brutality and wrongful death and nurse liability and summary judgment and need to file a certificate of merit in a §1983 deliberate indifference prison suicide case.
Guy Donatelli, Esq.
Guy Donatelli is a partner in the Litigation Department at Lamb McErlane.
He concentrates his practice on employment and commercial litigation, representing individuals, businesses and municipalities in employment, business and land use disputes throughout Chester, Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia and Lehigh counties and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In addition to litigation practice, Guy serves as solicitor to a number of municipalities, including two townships and three school districts. He provides counsel on varied issues of local and regional public importance. At the state level, Guy has represented various agencies of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on issues of statewide significance. In particular, he has developed a niche practice in matters related to school zero-tolerance policies and student discipline.
Guy writes for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Continuing Legal Education program as a member of the faculty and has also published articles on issues faced by local and state governmental agencies. Guy has consecutively been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2008.
Bill Wilson, Esq.
William (Bill) T. Wilson Wilson is a respected, AV® rated lawyer with forty years of law practice in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He has a wealth of experience in a wide variety of legal fields. He is most known for his expertise in employment law and civil rights, having represented individuals, businesses and governmental entities regarding state, federal and constitutional law.
Bill has practiced law since 1979. Before opening his current firm, Bill practiced with three other law firms in West Chester, acquiring a wide range of experience in personal injury, workers’ compensation, land use and municipal law, insurance and other commercial disputes. His practice is best known for success in employment law and civil rights cases. He is extensively involved in the community, having served on a number of boards, and been president of the West Chester Area Senior Center and West Chester Daybreak Lions Club. In 2016, he was President of the Chester County Bar Association, and was President of the Chester County Bar Foundation the following year. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the National Employment Lawyer’s Association.
Before moving to West Chester, Bill served in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He continued his service in the Army Reserve thereafter, and was called back to active duty for tours in Kosovo in 1999 and Iraq in 2004-2005. He retired as a Colonel after a total of thirty-three years of active and reserve service.
Bill is a graduate of The Citadel and Duke University School of Law. Over the years, he has appeared in courts through much of Pennsylvania, including all of its appellate courts, and in various other state and federal courts in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio and the District of Columbia.
Christopher P. Gerber, Esq.
For the past 29 years, Mr. Gerber has had a successful record defending municipal officials and police officers in civil rights lawsuits. Armed with knowledge and experience defending claims involving the use of force, vehicular pursuits, false arrest and unlawful employment practices, Mr. Gerber advises Pennsylvania townships, boroughs, regional police commissions and their police command staff on risk management, policy drafting and training. He also conducts internal affairs investigations and presents administrative charges of misconduct before labor arbitrators, civil service commissions and state courts.
Mr. Gerber is a featured speaker and author on issues that impact police management and liability on behalf of municipal organizations such as the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) and the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB). Mr. Gerber has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine.
Mr. Gerber is an associate member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.
Mr. Gerber is a native of Atlantic City, New Jersey. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1991. He graduated from Widener University School of Law in 1995, where he was a member of the Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Honor Society and the Moot Court Honor Society. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.
Craig Parshall, Esq.
Craig Parshall serves as Special Counsel for the Washington D.C. – based American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) where he focuses on constitutional issues and civil liberties in appellate and Supreme Court litigation and advocacy.
Craig has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth and D.C. Circuits, and before several state supreme courts in cases involving civil liberties, the First Amendment and constitutional rights. He was the principal author of ACLJ’s Amicus Curiae briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in two pending First Amendment cases, National Rifle Association v. Vullo and Murthy v. Missouri, and contributed to the ACLJ Amicus Curiae brief in the two consolidated NetChoice cases that are also pending before the Supreme Court and that involve the interplay between the First Amendment and social media regulation. Craig has testified before committees of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives regarding First Amendment rights, and before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on matters of media, communications, and freedom of the press.
Craig writes widely on internet and social media free speech issues and has represented clients before the international Oversight Board of Facebook (Meta) regarding its social media content decisions. He has authored or coauthored numerous legal policy papers on internet free speech and related regulatory proposals to protect it, and has acted as a consultant to members of Congress regarding legislation on that subject.
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-parshall-631b9571/
John P. Gonzales, Esq.
John is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Marshall Dennehey. He practices in the areas of civil rights, municipal liability, school claims and employment law.
John has represented police officers and public officials in state and federal court in all aspects of civil rights litigation including claims involving use of force, wrongful arrest and land use. In addition, John has represented public and private employers in wrongful discharge, employment discrimination and defamation claims from administrative proceedings through trial. John has tried dozens of cases in state and federal courts and argued cases before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
In addition to his trial work, John has presented numerous seminars to police departments, law firms and government agencies in the areas of police practices, civil rights issues and municipal liability. He has consulted with police departments concerning the development of policies and procedures and provided advice and guidance to employers concerning employment-related matters.
John received his juris doctor from Temple University School of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society, and graduated from the University of Scranton with a Bachelor of Arts in history and philosophy and a Master of Arts in history. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
