Brian H. Getson, Esq. leads the Firm's nationwide immigration practice and has extensive experience in representing both individuals and corporations in a wide variety of complex immigration matters. Among his clients are hospitals, universities, advertising agencies, doctors, research scientists, and engineering firms throughout the United States. After graduating cum laude from Duke University, Mr. Getson attended The University of Pennsylvania Law School. Upon receiving his law degree in 1995, he joined the Firm and concentrated his practice on immigration law. He has lectured to other immigration lawyers at continuing legal education courses, and has been selected multiple times as a
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. Mr. Getson is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association and the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Contact Brian H. Getson at
bgetson@getsonschatz.com
Robert B. B. Schatz, Esq. is a partner in the Firm and focuses his practice on personal injury and commercial litigation. Mr. Schatz has more than 35 years of experience as a lawyer. He is a graduate of The University of Wisconsin - Madison, L' Academie de Droit International -The Hague Academy, and Washington & Lee University School of Law. He represents a major international automaker in lemon law cases and also practices in the area of personal injury. He has successfully represented plaintiffs injured in car accidents and slip and fall cases and has extensive trial experience. Mr. Schatz is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, the Lawyers Club of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. He has been selected multiple times as a
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.
Contact Robert B.B. Schatz at
rschatz@getsonschatz.com
Marco Pignone III, Esq. is an associate in the Firm and concentrates his practice on immigration litigation. He has extensive trial experience and has represented immigrants in immigration courts nationwide in matters ranging from asylum to employment based green card applications. He has represented clients at all levels of the immigration court process, including the Board of Immigration Appeals, United States Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Pignone graduated with high honors from the University of Florida in 1996, and subsequently graduated with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2000. Prior to joining Getson & Schatz, P.C., he was a solo practitioner focusing exclusively on Immigration Law.
Contact Marco Pignone, III at
mpignone@getsonschatz.com
Lisa Getson, Esq. practices in the areas of Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate, and Lemon Law. Ms. Getson is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova University School of Law. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Montgomery Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association. She was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. Ms. Getson is also a licensed Pennsylvania Realtor with Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors.
Contact Lisa Getson at
lgetson@getsonschatz.com
Chelsea D. Germak, Esq. is an associate in the Firm and concentrates her practice in Immigration Law. Ms. Germak graduated cum laude from The University of Pennsylvania and cum laude from Temple University Beasley School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Germak served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review and interned for both U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones, II and U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Contact Chelsea Germak at
cgermak@getsonschatz.com
