Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)
Saxton & Stump adds Dietrich Law to its growing firm
3 attorneys and 3 paralegals will make the transition to the new firm
The Dietrich Law Firm of Whitpain Township, Montgomery County will join the firm of Saxton & Stump, effective Jan. 1, 2024.
The move is part of the Lancaster-based Saxton & Stump’s continued strategic plan to add “depth and breadth with highly talented attorneys and paralegals to further expand key practice groups,” according to a press release.
With the transition, all three of Dietrich Law’s attorneys will join the firm, and will continue providing services to senior care, healthcare, and commercial litigation clients.
Brian Scott Dietrich will join as an equity shareholder, and Taylor Nicholas and Michael Wenke will join the firm as senior counsel attorneys. All three will be members of the firm’s Senior Care, Healthcare Litigation, and Commercial Litigation groups, as will the three paralegals that will be coming from Dietrich Law Firm. “We are excited to welcome the team from Dietrich Law as a tremendous cultural fit for both firms and clients,” James W. Saxton, CEO of Saxton & Stump, said in a statement. “Brian has led his firm over the last 25 years and has developed a reputation of excellence. All three attorneys will bring decades of experience to our clients in our rapidly growing senior care and healthcare practices and we could not be more pleased to welcome their team.”
Dietrich is the owner and managing partner of the Dietrich Law Firm. He has more than 34 years in healthcare and elder law litigation throughout the Pennsylvania civil courts and the Orphans’ Court Division, and focuses his practice on the representation of assisted living facilities, hospital facilities, and long-term care nursing facilities. He also represents medical practices in matters of benefit disputes, contracts, employment, Medicaid, insurance, and litigation defense. He earned his law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law.
“We are very excited to join Saxton & Stump. We look forward to using the firm’s vast resources and platform now available to our team to help us serve our clients and provide even more value,” Dietreich said in a statement.
Nicholas also focuses his practice on the representation of assisted living facilities, hospital facilities, and long-term care nursing facilities. Before joining the Dietrich Law Firm in 2019, Nicholas served as regional counsel for the Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel in the Department of Human Services. He represented the state in Medicaid cases and the Department’s County Assistance Offices in Bureau of Hearings and Appeals administrative appeals, Orphans’ Court matters, and appellate litigation. He received his law degree from Duquesne School of Law.
Wenke has more than 40 years of experience and focuses his practice on the representation of assisted living facilities, hospital facilities, and long-term care nursing facilities. He has held multiple leadership positions in the Delaware County Bar Association and served several years in the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates. Wenke is also a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and was a charter member and president of the Guy G. DeFuria American Inn of Court. He received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law.
Dietrich Law’s three paralegals — Jessica Bartholomew, Victoria Varrese, and Ashley Kelly — will also join the firm.
Effective Jan. 1, the office will relocate from its Montgomery County location to Saxton & Stump’s office in East Whiteland Township.