Walsh Pancio, LLC

02/06/2026

On the Friday before the “big game,” the Walsh Pancio crew kept our favorite tradition going with a "Souper Bowl" luncheon—homemade soups, salads, snacks, and plenty of desserts!

Even though the Birds won’t be taking the field this year, most of us proudly rocked our Eagles gear anyway. Well… almost all of us. There was one brave soul from Massachusetts who showed up in a Patriots shirt. We’re still deciding whether to forgive him. 🙄

Enjoy Sunday's game!

01/29/2026

Walsh Pancio, LLC is delighted to introduce the newest member of our team.

01/20/2026

In honor of MLK Day of Service, hundreds of high school students from Montgomery County gathered at the courthouse yesterday for the opening round of our region’s High School Mock Trial Competition, organized by the Young Lawyers Section of the Montgomery Bar Association. This event, which takes place across the Commonwealth, is recognized as one of the largest in the nation, with more than 290 high school teams taking part in the competition.
Teams of six students from local high schools took on the roles of attorneys and witnesses, presenting simulated cases before real judges and juries made up of attorneys and law firm staff. Our firm was honored to participate again this year, with managing partners Joe Walsh and Bruce Pancio serving as judges, and partners Mike Lyon, Jason Edwards, and associate Jade Heaven volunteering as jurors. Members of the Montgomery County Bench also contributed their time, including The Honorable Risa Vetri Ferman, who presided over mock trial proceedings in her courtroom.
Walsh Pancio congratulates all the students who took part in this competition, with best wishes to the winning teams advancing to the next round.

11/27/2023

Our firm hopes everyone had a great and healthy Thanksgiving.

We are now excited to announce that Walsh Pancio is moving! As of Friday, December 1, 2023, please note that our new office address will be 2326 North Broad Street, Suite 200, Colmar, PA 18915. We look forward to hosting clients and friends at our new office.

10/05/2023

Walsh Pancio is proud of its relationships with its community partners. One such partner is Manna on Main Street, a food insecurity and hunger prevention organization, which serves the greater Lansdale and North Penn region. Manna's annual online silent auction is open, which has some great items up for bid. The link to the auction can be found below.

We are thrilled to support Manna's vision: to ensure "that everyone might be fed."

Manna on Main Street is committed to ending hunger in the North Penn region by providing food, fulfilling social service and education needs, and conducting community outreach.

10/12/2022

Walsh Pancio Attorney Jason Edwards recently achieved a significant victory in the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County. He obtained summary judgment resulting in the dismissal with prejudice of a negligence suit against a local commercial property owner.

Plaintiff’s claims against the local commercial property owner arose from an alleged slip and fall on the hills and ridges of allegedly uncleared, unshovelled, unremediated, and concealed ice in February 2019 on a sidewalk adjacent to the apartment complex owned by the local commercial property owner where she lived. Plaintiff sought extensive damages for her injuries.

Jason litigated this matter over several years. Jason extensively investigated Plaintiff’s claims against the local commercial property owner and established that that was no evidence to establish Plaintiff’s claims. In fact, Plaintiff’s own deposition testimony assisted in establishing a defense under the Pennsylvania “hills and ridges” doctrine, which provides that, unless snow or ice has accumulated in ridges or elevations of such size and character as to unreasonably obstruct travel and constitute a danger to pedestrians, the property owner has no duty to remove the ice or snow..

Based on the evidence and deposition testimony gathered, Jason argued in the motion that the local commercial property owner was not liable for Plaintiff’s injuries under the hills and ridges doctrine.
Following oral argument in September 2022, the Court agreed with Jason’s arguments and granted the Motion for Summary Judgment, dismissing all claims against the client with prejudice.

09/30/2022

Walsh Pancio congratulates founding partner, Hon. Joseph P Walsh, who served as the lead trial counsel for the Plaintiff in the matter of Elliott Greenleaf PC v. Richard Demarco. The Montgomery County lawsuit involved competing claims to an $11.3 million referral fee for a personal injury settlement. Both parties filed Declaratory Judgment Actions seeking a Court declaration of their entitlement to the referral fee.

Following a non-jury trial before the Honorable Richard P. Haaz and post-trial submissions by the parties, the Court issued a written decision finding in favor of the law firm of Elliott Greenleaf and against its former employee, attorney Richard Demarco.
The Court ruled that Elliot Greenleaf was entitled to receive the entire referral fee of $11,330,804 pursuant to a legally enforceable referral fee agreement with the law firm who settled the catastrophic injury case several years prior. The Court also found that Richard Demarco was not a party to that referral fee agreement and did not have an equitable or legal interest in the referral fee. The law firm who settled the personal injury case agreed that it owed a referral fee and had held the amount in escrow pending the outcome of this case.

The case represents an important decision applying well-settled law pertaining to the enforceability of referral fee agreements between attorneys in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

09/20/2021

In a highly contested matter lasting several years, Walsh Pancio is very pleased to announce that attorney Jason Edwards has obtained a complete defense verdict and judgment on behalf of a local property owner.

The case arose from an alleged fall at a property where the plaintiff resided. On the date of the incident, while on the front porch of the property, the plaintiff leaned over the porch railing to straighten a trellis located in the garden in front of the porch. The plaintiff claimed that the porch railing gave way and caused her to tumble over the porch railing and into the bushes below the porch. The plaintiff sued our client, claiming that the porch railing was a dangerous defect on the property. As a result of incident, Plaintiff claimed she suffered injuries to her lower back, leg, and hip.

The matter was litigated through discovery over several years, and through several hearings and conferences. Finally, during an arbitration hearing in Montgomery County, through effective cross-examination of Plaintiff and direct examination of the property owner, Jason established that the Plaintiff’s own negligence caused her injuries following the incident, that the property owner had not acted negligently in maintaining their own property, and that porch failing was not a dangerous defect on the property.

An arbitration panel in Montgomery County unanimously agreed and found in favor of the property owner. That decision is now final.

Jason's victory continues an excellent run of success for Walsh Pancio attorneys on behalf of their clients. If you are in need of legal consultation, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

04/21/2021

Walsh Pancio partners Joseph P Walsh and Bruce Pancio were honored to be featured on Interrogatories with Josh Camson, a new podcast produced by the Montgomery Bar Association. Joe and Bruce discuss starting the firm, how their own practices and the firm have evolved over the years, and share tips from their own professional experiences.

You can listen to the podcast at the link in this post, or on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Make sure to subscribe to Interrogatories to hear all of Josh's great interviews with other MBA members!

‎Show Interrogatories with Josh Camson, Ep Episode 7 - Walsh Pancio - Apr 21, 2021

01/08/2021

On January 8, 2021, Walsh Pancio attorneys were once again proud to participate in the Montgomery Bar Association's Annual Business Luncheon, which was held virtually for the first time. The firm congratulates Immediate Past President Patrick Kurtas on a tremendous year in charge of the MBA. The firm also congratulates newly installed President Jacqueline Reynolds on her position, and looks forward to a terrific year under President Reynolds' direction!

Once again, Walsh Pancio attorneys are privileged and honored to serve in multiple leadership capacities and on several committees and sections within the organization:

- The Honorable Joseph P Walsh, past President of the MBA's Trial Lawyers' Section, has been re-named as co-chair of the MBA's influential Government Relations Committee, and will again serve on the MBA's Pro Bono Committee and Government Relations Committee.

- Past MBA President Bruce Pancio will serve as Vice Chair of the Council of Past Presidents, and has also been re-named to the Nominating Committee, Bench Bar Committee and Managing Partners Committee. He will also continue serving on the MBA's important Judiciary Committee.

- Past Young Lawyers' Section chair Mike Lyon will continue his second year of a three-year term on as a Director on the MBA's Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Executive Committee, Law Reporter Committee, and Fee Dispute Committee.

- Chelsea Dearden was selected for the MBA's prestigious Leadership Academy. She was also re-appointed to the Steering Committee of the MBA's Women in the Law Committee and will serve as a liaison within the Young Lawyers Section.

- Jason Edwards will join Chelsea as a member of this year's Leadership Academy. He will also serve again on the MBA's Solo and Small Firm and Criminal Defense Committees, and as a liaison within the Young Lawyers' Section.

The firm's attorneys also will remain active members of the MBA's Trial Lawyers' Section.

The firm is grateful for these opportunities to serve the MBA. We look forward to a terrific year!

Blue Bell, PA -- On Friday, January 8, 2021, the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA) held its Annual Business Meeting virtually. Over 200 members, legal professionals and community leaders attended the event which included the election of the MBA’s officers for 2021, an awards presentation to honor o...