- Divorce
- Child AbuseLANCASTER, Pa. – A Mount Joy elementary school teacher, arrested on charges of sexual child abuse after his estranged wife gave a videotape to authorities in the midst of a contentious divorce proceeding, tearfully hugged his attorney, Heidi F. Eakin, after being acquitted by a Lancaster County jury on all charges.
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- DUI/DWIBacking up Costopoulos in the area of criminal defense are former prosecutors George H. Matangos and Heidi F. Eakin. Between them, Matangos and Eakin have tried dozens of homicide cases and hundreds of jury cases. Their expertise encompasses everything from DUI cases to felony crimes involving robbery, burglary and drugs.
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- Sex CrimesIn 1999, she helped establish the Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) program to give victims of domestic violence a safe haven from abuse.
- RobberyMatangos has earned four homicide acquittals; two in York County and two in Dauphin County. He as earned acquittals in other cases, as well, including an alleged case of rape in Perry County, an alleged child sexual assault in Juniata County, multiple allegations of bank robbery in Dauphin County and an alleged aggravated assault case in Franklin County.
- Burglary
- White Collar Crimes
- Theft
- MisdemeanorsEakin's background makes her an expert in appeals and negotiations with prosecutors. In one recent case, her legal insight forced prosecutors to ease a plea agreement for a bereaved local doctor accused of inadvertently causing the death of his son. Her negotiation skills convinced the District Attorney in the case to reduce the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor, giving the doctor his life back, and bring some closure to his family.
- Embezzlement
- Drug CrimesThe Cumberland County, Pennsylvania case of Commonwealth v. Hess, 617 A.2d 307 (Pa.1992), in which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to allow the prosecutor to seize the funds the defendant needed to hire his attorney of choice on the basis that they were the proceeds of illegal drug trafficking;
- AssaultFields is a formidable litigator with wide-ranging areas of expertise. She has represented personal injury clients on everything from slip and fall cases to dog attacks to assault and battery. In the area of medical malpractice, she is one of the region's most knowledgeable attorneys and has successfully litigated cases involving medical conditions and injuries to the spine, brain, internal organs and extremities. She is also an expert on law involving cancer, scarring and disfigurement, as well as conditions involving the vascular and nervous systems.
- MurderThe famous Philadelphia Main Line murder case of Commonwealth v. Jay C. Smith, 615 A.2d 320 (Pa.1992), in which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, after granting the defendant a new trial following his three murder convictions and death sentences, later released him from prison and dismissed the charges because of egregious prosecutorial misconduct;
- HomicideAs a prosecutor, Eakin tried more than 250 jury cases and earned jury convictions in dozens of homicide cases. As a defense attorney, Eakin has maintained her passionate pursuit of justice, using her knowledge of prosecutorial techniques to her client's advantage.
- Arson
- Forgery
- Money LaunderingSCRANTON, Pa. – Attorney William C. Costopoulos filed a plea of "not guilty" on behalf of two Lackawanna County commissioners accused of 41 criminal counts ranging from racketeering to money laundering. At the start of the process, Costopoulos told one of his clients, former commissioner Robert Cordaro, he was "comfortable" with the facts in the case. "If we get a fair jury," Costopoulos said," we're fine."
- Manslaughter
- Extortion
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- Medical MalpracticePlaintiff attorney Leslie M. Fields is one of the most committed civil litigation lawyers in Central Pennsylvania, having handled hundreds of cases involving auto accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, class action lawsuits and bad faith insurance claims throughout her career of more than 30 years.
- Auto Accidents
- Slip and Fall InjuryIn his quest to seek justice for those suffering from medical malpractice and slip and fall injuries to injuries from products liability and dram shop liability, Foster obtained what was at the time the two largest civil personal injury verdicts in Cumberland County history, and has since obtained numerous million-dollar civil settlements.