Stephen G. Harvey Attorney

First Admitted: 1990, Pennsylvania

Professional Webpage: https://www.steveharveylaw.com/attorney/harvey-stephen-g/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
American Bar Association, Member
Philadelphia Bar Association, Member
Temple American Inn of Court, 1999 to Present

Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):

Servis One, Inc. V. OKS Group, LLC, No. CV 20-4661, 2023 WL 8936695 (E.D.Po, Dec 27, 2023, aff’d, No. 24-1301, 2025 WL 73367 (3d C.R. Mon 7, 2025).
Somach v. Firstenberg, No. CV 22-2775, 2024 WL 1258637 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 25, 2024)
Servis One, Inc. v. OKS Grp., LLC, No. CV 20-4661, 2023 WL 8936695 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 27, 2023)
Axtria, Inc. v. OKS Grp., LLC, No. CV 20-6424, 2023 WL 7706260 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 15, 2023)
Porat v. Temple University, No. 1278 EDA 2022, 2023 WL 2533204 (Pa. Super. Ct. Mar. 16, 2023)
Povacz v. Pennsylvania Pub. Util. Comm'n, 280 A.3d 975, 982 (Pa. 2022)
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper v. Keystone Protein Co., F. supp 3d 625 (M.D. Po. 2021)
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper v. Keystone Protein Co., 2021 WL 632734, No. 1:19-CV-01307 (M.D. Pa. 2021)
CPR Mgmt., S.A. v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P., 19 F.4th 236 (3d Cir. 2021)
In Re Senior Health Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania In Rehab., 266 A.3d 1141 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021)
Ctr. for Investigative Reporting v. Se. Pennsylvania Transportation Auth., 975 F.3d 300 (3d Cir. 2020)
Bank of Hope v. Chon, 938 F.3d 389 (3d Cir. 2019)
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania v. Boockvar, 219 A.3d 594 (2019)
EQT Prod. Co. v. Dep't of Env't Prot. of Commonwealth, 645 Pa. 642, 181 A.3d 1128 (2018)
Williams v. City of Philadelphia, 647 Pa. 126, 188 A.3d 421 (2018)
Ryu v. Hope Bancorp, Inc., No. 18 CIV. 1236 (JSR), 2018 WL 1989591 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 26, 2018)
Alzheimer's Inst. of Am., Inc. v. Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, No. CIV.A. 10-6908, 2011 WL 3875341 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 31, 2011), aff'd, 560 F. App'x 996 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
Barlee v. First Horizon Nat. Corp., No. CIV.A. 12-3045, 2013 WL 706091 (E.D. Pa. Feb. 27, 2013)
Murnaghan v. United States Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs., No. CV 13-3083, 2013 WL 12403073 (E.D. Pa. June 5, 2013)
Mwantembe v. TD Bank, N.A., 669 F. Supp. 2d 545 (E.D. Pa. 2009)
People of California, ex rel. Herrera v. Check "N Go of California, Inc., No. C 07-02789 JSW, 2007 WL 2406888 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 20, 2007)
U.S. ex rel. Sanders v. Am.-Amicable Life Ins. Co. of Texas, 545 F.3d 256 (3d Cir. 2008)
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005)
Yeboah v. U.S. Dep't of Just., 345 F.3d 216 (3d Cir. 2003)
Victaulic Co. v. Tieman, 499 F.3d 227 (3d Cir. 2003)
Harrell v. Chrysler Fin. Co., 811 A.2d 597 (2002)
Johnson v. W. Suburban Bank, 225 F.3d 366 (3d Cir. 2000)
Collins v. Algarin, No. CIV. A. 95-4220, 1998 WL 10234 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 9, 1998)
Ford Motor Co. v. Ins. Co. of N. Am., 41 Cal. Rptr. 2d 342 (1995)
Randle v. Bentsen, 19 F.3d 371 (7th Cir. 1994)
Dickerson v. Dep't of Just., No. CIV. A.90-CV-60045AA, 1991 WL 337422 (E.D. Mich. July 31, 1991), aff'd, 992 F.2d 1426 (6th Cir. 1993)
Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. Madigan, 956 F.2d 670 (7th Cir. 1992)
Armstrong v. Bush, 807 F. Supp. 816 (D.D.C. 1992)
Universal Health Servs. of McAllen, Inc. v. Sullivan, 770 F. Supp. 704 (D.D.C. 1991), aff'd, 978 F.2d 745 (D.C. Cir. 1992)

Representative Clients:

Peoples Security Bank & Trust (Scranton, PA), 2019
Hibu.com, 2015
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, 2020
Superintendent of Maine Bureau of Insurance and Massachusetts Commissions of Insurance, 2020
A&H Sportswear, 2020
DeWitt Capital Management, 2019
CPR Management, S.A., 2020

Pro bono/Community Service:

Judge Pro Tem, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas (2010-present)
Master, Temple American Inn of Court (1999-present)
Past Board Member and Past President, The Homeless Advocacy Project
Founder, A Call to the Bar: Lawyers for Common Sense on Climate Change
Past Chair, Environmental and Energy Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association
Past Chair, Litigation Subcommittee, Committee on Consumer Financial Services, Business Law Section, American Bar Association

Honors/Awards:

Hyman-Goodman Award for Academic and Extracurricular Excellence from Villanova University School of Law
William R. Klaus Pro Bono Award from Pepper Hamilton LLP
Pro Bono Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association
Clarence Darrow Award from the National Center for Science Education
Civil Libertarian of the Year Award from the ACLU of Pennsylvania
Public Service Award from Villanova University School of Law Alumni Association
Super Lawyers Award Selectee (Top 5% of Attorneys in the State), 2006 - 2010, 2013 - present

Educational Background:

Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania - J.D., Honors: magna cum laude, Member - Order of the Coif, National Moot Court Champion, Managing Editor of Villanova Law Review, 1989
University of Massachusetts - B.A., 1982

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

Seven Guidellines for Success in the Practice of Law, The Legal Intelligence (January 15, 2023)
Just a Theory on People and Climate Change, Oregon State Bar, Sustainable Future Section, The Long View, at 3 (Spring 2015)
Why Every Lawyer Should Care About Climate Change, Pennsylvania Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section 2015 Newsletter
Climate Change: Time to Act, The Philadelphia Lawyer (Winter 2015)
Defending Darwin, Litigation, Fall 2010 (37:1)
Enforcing the Non-Compete and Confidentiality Duties of High-Level Executives, 1998 Employment Law Update (Aspen Law & Business 1998)
The Pattern Requirement in Civil RICO Is Working: Case law After Sedima, 33 Vill. L. Rev. 205 (1988)
Seven Guidelines for Success in the Practice of Law, The Legal Intelligencer (January 2023)
Going Green: How Environmental Sustainability Improves Your Bottom Line, a panel presentation on sustainability and its positive impacts for business at the Center for Leadership of Neumann University (September 10, 2015)
Lawyers, the Law, and Climate Change, a lecture and discussion with Yolanda Pagano, for the New York City Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee, in New York, NY (May 14, 2015)
Lecture and demonstration of direct and cross examination techniques as part of a program titled “Trial of a Federal Court Case” by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (July 23, 2014)
Panel Presentation titled “Making the Private Practice Leap” for the Philadelphia Bar Association (June 4, 2014)
Organ Allocation Meets the Judicial System: Thoughts on the Sarah Murnaghan Lung Allocation Case, a lecture at Southern Illinois Healthcare/Southern Illinois University (May 16, 2014)
Panel Presentation titled “Effective Depositions of Financial and Economic Experts” for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (April 23, 2014)
Creationism on Trial: Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, the 21st Century Monkey Trial, lecture at Marshall University, in Huntington, WV (April 1, 2014)
Organ Allocation Meets the Judicial System: Thoughts on the Sarah Murnaghan Lung Allocation Case, a lecture at a meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association in Washington, DC (January 23, 2014)
Religious Liberty and Public Education, a lecture at the University of New Orleans (October 24, 2013)
Presentation on e-discovery at the Legal Intelligencer’s annual Litigation Summit in Philadelphia (September 20, 2013)
UDAAP in the Age of the CFPB, a presentation for the ABA Committee on Consumer Financial Services in Naples, FL (January 6, 2013)
Presented a webinar titled “Mastering the Science of Cross Examination” for Lorman Educational Services (February 17, 2012)
Fair Lending ― Compliance, Risk and Liability, an invited speaker for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission in San Antonio (August 2, 2011)
Litigation and Dodd-Frank ― Possible Effects on Consumer Litigation, a presentation at the ABA Section of Business Spring Meeting in Boston (April 14, 2011)
Selected Issues in the World of Social Media, a presentation at the Delaware Valley Corporate Counsel Association annual in-house conference in Philadelphia (April 7, 2011)

Industry Groups:

Banking
Legal
Pharma
Real Estate
Tech

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