Bednarz Law Offices

05/25/2025

Attorney John A. Bednarz, Jr., whose law office is located in Dallas, has again been selected a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2025.

Bednarz is also pleased to announce that Philadelphia Magazine has foreighteen years, named him as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the field ofClaimant’s Workers’ Compensation law. Only five percent of allPennsylvania lawyers obtain the status of Super Lawyer. Since 1991 Bednarz has also been a Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney as recognizedby the National Board of Trial Advocacy, an organization approved by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to certify lawyers.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, “is a rating service ofoutstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained ahigh degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominationsand peer evaluations.”

Attorney Bednarz was a member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice from 1988 until 2017.

He was also honored in 2011 by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice with the receiptof the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award for his outstanding appellate advocacy as an Amicus Brief Writer primarily on important Workers’ Compensation topics before the Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and also in the case of Hutchison v. Luddy, one of the first cases in the nation filed against a priest, bishop and Roman Catholic diocese, which was decided by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in support of claims for clergy sexual abuse.

He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, from King’s College in 1975 in Government and Politics, his Juris Doctor degree fromthe Villanova University School of Law (now known as the Charles WidgerSchool of Law) in 1978, and also earned a Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing in 2006 from Wilkes University.

He has been practicing law in Pennsylvania and more particularly, all of thecounties of Northeastern Pennsylvania since 1978, and limits his workers’compensation practice only to the representation of injured workers.

10/15/2024

Some things take a little time, and like fine wine, get better with age!⛳️

12/24/2023

This article says something about which members of Congress support miners and which ones support the mining companies. Democrats support the miners and their families.

Kentucky's lone Democrat in Congress is joining a renewed push to expand benefits for coal miners suffering from black lung and their families.

08/12/2023

I posted this nine years ago, but I still feel the same way today! "No matter what the other side does to you, you grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It drives them crazy."
James Lee Burke
"In The Electric Mist with Confederate Dead"

With due respect to all writers everywhere whether they be friends, acquaintances or unknown to me, I don't believe I have ever read better poetic prose than this man has written in his Dave Robicheaux detective series novels.

This line will keep me going even when I am fighting a battalion by myself. It is why I practice the type of law I do. It is why representing the little guy or gal against the insurance company in a workers compensation claim, fighting a corporation in a personal injury lawsuit, battling the coal company in a miner's Black Lung claim, or the bureaucratic federal government in Social Security disability keeps me who I am, Don Quixote tilting at windmills!

06/25/2023

Attorney John A. Bednarz, Jr. , is honored to announce that he has been selected a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2023.

Bednarz Law Offices is also pleased to announce that Philadelphia Magazine has for over fifteen years named John A. Bednarz, Jr., as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the field of Workers’ Compensation law.

Only five percent of Pennsylvania lawyers obtain the status of Super
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, “is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.”

Attorney Bednarz was a member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice from 1988 until 2017. He was also honored in 2011 by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice with the receipt of the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award for his outstanding appellate advocacy as an Amicus Brief Writer primarily on important Workers’ Compensation topics before the Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kings College in 1975 in government and politics, his Juris Doctor degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1978, and also earned a Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing in 2006 from Wilkes University.

He has been practicing law in Northeastern Pennsylvania since 1978, and limits his practice to representing injured workers in Workers’ Compensation claims.

He can be reached by calling 570-821-0480.

05/28/2023

This is an absolute disgrace. Please take the time to read this article

Federal judges found fault with almost sixty percent of disability cases — the highest rate of rejections in years. But Social Security often rejects their findings.

03/30/2023

Just want to announce that I am no longer associated with Freeburn Law no matter what you might read or see online. I am still conducting my solo practice and have now limited myself to handling injured workers claims, as well as Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Estates.

03/19/2023

This is an absolute disgrace! One of the many reasons and ways lawyers can help people!

After Hurricane Ian, Florida insurance companies have been aggressively seeking to limit payouts by altering the work of licensed adjusters trained to assess damaged homes, according to a Washington Post investigation. As a result, homeowners are left footing most of the bill for repairs.

10/19/2022

Representing Injured Workers
Preparing Wills-Powers of Attorney
Handling Estates-Inheritance Taxes

06/27/2022

Attorney John A. Bednarz, Jr. a resident of Shavertown, is honored to announce that he has been selected a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2022.

Bednarz Law Offices is also pleased to announce that Philadelphia Magazine has for fifteen years named John A. Bednarz, Jr., as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the field of Workers’ Compensation law.

Only five percent of Pennsylvania lawyers obtain the status of Super
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, “is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.”

Attorney Bednarz was a member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice from 1988 until 2017. He was also honored in 2011 by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice with the receipt of the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award for his outstanding appellate advocacy as an Amicus Brief Writer primarily on important Workers’ Compensation topics before the Commonwealth Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kings College in 1975 in government and politics, his Juris Doctor degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1978, and also earned a Master of Arts degree in Creative Writing in 2006 from Wilkes University.

He has been practicing law in Northeastern Pennsylvania since 1978, and limits his practice to representing injured workers in Workers’ Compensation claims.

He can be reached by calling 570-821-0480.