Jonathan D. Koltash serves as deputy general counsel for the Governor’s Office of General Counsel (OGC). In this position, Mr. Koltash provides counsel to the Governor’s Office regarding health-related matters, serves as a liaison to the health agencies, and litigates cases on behalf of the agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction. He is also an adjunct professor at Widener Commonwealth Law School and Central Penn College. Prior to serving as deputy general counsel, Mr. Koltash served as the inaugural chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority, known as Pennie®. He previously served as assistant chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH), where he provided counsel to the Secretary of Health, the Physician General, supervised DOH’s litigation, and handled legal matters related to the Bureau of Human Resources, the Bureau of Laboratories, and the Office of Medical Marijuana. Before serving as counsel for DOH, Mr. Koltash served as deputy attorney general with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, where he represented the Commonwealth in various matters before both the federal and state courts and as assistant counsel for the Department of Labor and Industry. Mr. Koltash is an active member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA). He is currently co-chair of the Bar Leadership Institute, a position he has held since 2023; chair of the Legal Career Transitions Committee; and co-chair of the Young Lawyers’ Division (YLD) State Mock Trial Competition. Mr. Koltash is the immediate past chair of the PBA’s House of Delegates; a past member of the Board of Governors, as well as its former parliamentarian, and a past chair of the YLD, Government Lawyers’ Committee, and Administrative Law Section. Mr. Koltash is the immediate past president of the Dauphin County Bar Association; chair of the Events Committee, Life Fellow, and director of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation; chair of the Advancement Committee and board member of the New Birth of Freedom Scout Council; a board member of the YMCA Youth and Government program; a member of the Commonwealth Court Historical Society Board of Directors; chair of Widener Commonwealth Law School’s Dean’s Board of Advisors; and board member and inaugural first president of Widener’ Commonwealth’s Alumni Association. Mr. Koltash is the current vice president of the James S. Bowman American Inns of Court; a member of the William W. Lipsitt American Inns of Court; and he serves on a national membership committee for the American Inns of Court. He was a member of PBA’s Bar Leadership Institute Class of 2012-2013; a past president of the Middle District of Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association; and a past treasurer of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Mr. Koltash is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the United States District Courts of the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. He currently serves as a mediator for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, a hearing officer Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Board, and a site coordinator at Widener Commonwealth’s Volunteer Income Tax Association clinic. Mr. Koltash received a B.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University and his J.D., cum laude, from Widener Commonwealth Law School.

Mr. Yoon is Chief Staff Attorney-Legal of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as Administrative Assistant to President Judge Correale F. Stevens, a law clerk to the Honorable John T.J. Kelly, Jr., and chief law clerk to the Honorable James J. Fitzgerald, III, in the Superior Court, as well as law clerk to Justice Fitzgerald in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He is a 2004 graduate of the Washington and Lee University School of Law and a 2000 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He is based in Philadelphia, and is an active member of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, having served on the PBA Board of Governors as Minority At-Large Governor and as Chair of the PBA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team, as a current Philadelphia Bar Association delegate to the PBA House of Delegates, and as an active member of the Law-Related Education, Appellate Advocacy, and Minority Bar Committees. He currently serves as co-chair of the Minority Bar Committee and as vice-chair of the Law-Related Education Committee.

Mr. Kirkpatrick is the Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Appellate Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. In this role, he supervises all civil appeals litigated by the Attorney General’s Office. He is also co-author of West’s Pennsylvania Appellate Practice. Prior to joining the Office of Attorney General, Mr. Kirkpatrick clerked for Judge Yvette Kane of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and was an associate at White and Williams LLP.

Ms. Sanghvi is the Legal Director at the Pennsylvania Innocence Project. Before her employment at the Project, she taught in the Appellate Litigation Program at the Georgetown University Law Center and worked at law firms in New York, Washington DC, and Philadelphia, with a practice focus on appellate litigation. Ms. Sanghvi holds a B.A. from Columbia University and J.D. and LLM degrees from the Georgetown University Law Center. She clerked for Judge William B. Shubb in the Eastern District of California and Judge Thomas L. Ambro of the Third Circuit. In addition, Ms. Sanghvi serves on the board of the Third Circuit Bar Association.

Casey Alan Coyle is the Managing Shareholder of Babst Calland’s Harrisburg Office and past Co-Chair of the firm’s Appellate and Litigation Practice groups. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation and appellate law. Mr. Coyle has significant first-chair trial experience and regularly represents businesses in high-stakes or bet-the-company litigation in state and federal trial courts throughout the country. He has worked on a variety of cases, including cases involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, civil conspiracy, constitutional challenges, emergency injunctions, environmental litigation, non-competition/non-solicitation agreements, shareholder litigation, and theft of trade secrets. He also represents clients in matters brought before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court as part of its original jurisdiction. Beyond his extensive trial work, Mr. Coyle frequently represents businesses and trade associations in state and federal appellate courts. Over his career, he has represented either a party or an amicus curiae in over 15 appeals before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Mr. Coyle has successfully petitioned the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to grant review of an appeal—commonly known as “allocatur”—on six different occasions. In addition, he has presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, and Pennsylvania Superior Court. Mr. Coyle frequently serves as a commentator for The Legal Intelligencer and Law360 on appeals pending before the Pennsylvania appellate courts. Prior to joining Babst Calland, Mr. Coyle was a partner at a national law firm with offices throughout the eastern United States. While there, he served as Chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Working Group. Before entering private practice, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas G. Saylor, Chief Justice Emeritus of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, for nearly two and a half years. Mr. Coyle graduated from the Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Journal of Science, Technology & Environmental Law. He earned his B.A. in Journalism, with distinction, from the Pennsylvania State University. During his time at Penn State, Mr. Coyle was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and spent a semester in Washington, D.C., interning for CNN’s Capital Gang.

Mr. Gordon’s practice focuses on commercial, personal injury, medical malpractice, and appellate litigation. He has served clients as lead counsel before trial and appellate courts across Pennsylvania. He also regularly represents media and other clients in matters involving the Right-to-Know-Law, Freedom of Information Act, and other methods of obtaining public records and court records as well as defending those accused of defamation. Mr. Gordon received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude and earned membership in both the Order of the Coif and the Order of the Barristers. He also earned the John P. Gismondi certificate in civil litigation for completing specialized litigation coursework. Before law school, Mr. Gordon graduated magna cum laude from Juniata College earning his Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Politics.

Drew earned his B.A. in Communication from Messiah College and M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Baylor University. He is a certified teacher in Pennsylvania and taught middle grades for five years before he went on to obtain his J.D., magna cum laude, from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri. Drew graduated in the top 5% of his class and earned membership in the Order of the Coif. Following law school, Drew clerked for the Honorable Renée Cohn Jubelirer, President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Drew is active in the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section and was recently selected for its Leadership Development Program. He is also involved in PBA’s LGBTQ+ Rights Committee and has written articles for its quarterly newsletter. He is licensed in both Pennsylvania and Maryland. Drew is a member of the firm’s family law and municipal groups.

At Keller Postman, John works on a broad range of disputes, including products liability and consumer protections suits. John helps develop legal strategies, writes briefs, and presents argument on legal questions. He also uses his econometrics training to help with expert discovery and examination. John recognizes the importance of pro bono work. Recently, he has won two appeals that ultimately granted his client PCRA relief. He also has helped Catholic non-profits with corporate issues. Before joining Keller Postman, John was senior litigation counsel at Washington Legal Foundation. There, he wrote about 100 amicus briefs supporting free enterprise in courts across the country. He filed the first amicus brief in the Supreme Court supporting the challenge to OSHA’s vaccine mandate, which helped convince the Court to take the extraordinary step of hearing argument and staying the mandate. He also filed a brief supporting ending the unconstitutional in-house proceedings at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Previously, John served as assistant solicitor general in a state attorney general’s office. There, he was first chair in a federal trial challenging a state election law that was ultimately upheld. He also wrote the briefs that convinced the state supreme court to uphold the State’s right-to-work statute. This experience helps John understand the nuances of working with state attorneys general. John obtained his B.S. in economics with a minor in mathematical sciences from Clemson University. He then received his J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school, John worked for Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and clerked for Judge Judith Ference Olson of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Christina McKinley is an experienced trial lawyer and appellate litigator who continually strives to provide business-focused solutions to her clients and routinely serves as a general adviser, counseling clients on day-to-day legal and business questions involving any number of issues. Her practical, proactive approach to problem-solving allows her to provide solutions to clients in a variety of industries. Her experience spans a wide range of industries, including chemicals, manufacturing, retail, energy, and environmental. As a litigator who focuses on complex commercial matters, Christina’s trial litigation practice encompasses all phases of litigation, from early alternative dispute resolution through post-trial motions. She has concentrated experience in complex purchase agreement and commercial contracts disputes, environmental statutes, protection of competitive interests (e.g., Lanham Act, unfair competition, tortious interference, trade secret protection, restrictive covenants), technology disputes (e.g., software services and license agreements), and corporate governance. She has tried numerous cases to verdict, including multiple cases involving complex environmental statutes (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and the Clean Water Act). Notwithstanding her significant first-chair trial experience, Christina’s passion lies in the appellate realm. An experienced appellate litigator, Christina has practiced before the United States Supreme Court at every stage of the process, including the briefing and preparation of two merits cases that were argued before the Court. She also has briefed and prepared cases for argument before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Sixth, and District of Columbia Circuits, and she has argued numerous cases before the Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts. Her appellate practice spans a range of substantive fields, including energy policy, intellectual property, immigration, tax, bankruptcy, and criminal law. In addition, her appellate practice frequently involves challenges to regulatory action and agency decision-making via petitions for review, complex statutory construction issues, and the intersection of regulation and policy. In 2023, Christina was selected by The Legal Intelligencer as one of only 29 “Lawyers on the Fast Track” statewide in Pennsylvania. This recognition is only given to attorneys under the age of 40 who have demonstrated excellence in four categories: development of the law; advocacy and community contributions; service to the bar; and peer and public recognition. Before entering private practice, Christina was a law clerk to the Honorable Janice Rogers Brown of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before that, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael S. Kanne of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Christina graduated summa cum laude from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, where she served as a Production Editor on the Board of the Law Review and on the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team. She earned her B.A. in History from Duquesne University, where she also graduated summa cum laude and received the Department’s Joseph R. Morice Award for Excellence. Christina is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys everything related thereto. Christina also is a voracious reader. Her favorite passion, though, is watching and coaching her boys in their numerous sports endeavors. Christina is an active member of the Italian Sons and Daughters of America and frequently has volunteered her time at the organization’s annual event at Kennywood amusement park, where it hosts intellectually and physically challenged young adults.

Born in Rosedale, West Virginia, Lucas recognized early on that becoming a lawyer was his desire. He completed both his undergraduate and legal studies at WVU. Lucas worked for Attorney Sean Logue in criminal defense throughout his time in law school. He later moved to the Fourth Judicial District of Colorado to work in criminal prosecution. After discovering that defense was his genuine vocation, he started working as a 3L for Attorney Walker, where he assisted on general criminal defense matters such as DUI, underage drinking, fake ID, Homicide, Sex Offenses, Drug Offenses, Summersville Traffic Tickets, College Crimes, Morgantown Municipal Court Cases, Federal Offenses and Criminal Appellate matters.

Corrie Woods focuses his practice on post-trial and appellate litigation and provides support for Kline & Specter’s attorneys on a full range of legal issues. Woods joined the firm in 2025 after founding and practicing for seven years at a small appellate boutique firm in Allegheny County. Prior to that, Woods served as a judicial staff attorney to then Justice, now Chief Justice Debra Todd of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and to Justice Arthur M. Recht of the First Judicial Circuit of West Virginia. Woods has frequently represented clients before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the Commonwealth Court and trial courts throughout Pennsylvania. He has appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He has litigated complex legal issues ranging from constitutional restrictions on redistricting, impeachments of public officials, and punitive damage awards to the proper interpretation of consumer protection, mental health, and various criminal and regulatory statutes. He has developed expertise in procedural and evidentiary issues in civil and criminal cases alike. Woods is an active member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, where he has served as the Chair of its Appellate Practice Committee since 2020, and he has also served on its Amicus Curiae Brief Committee, Judiciary Committee, Nominating Committee, and its Publications Committee. He routinely organizes and speaks at continuing legal education and continuing judicial education seminars on appellate practice issues. He regularly covers the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s docket on his personal blog, SCOPABlog, and his personal podcast, The Standard of Review. Woods earned his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from West Liberty University in West Liberty, West Virginia. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as a Research Editor for the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and received awards for excellence in the areas of constitutional law and appellate practice.

Ben Baer is a seasoned trial lawyer and a founding partner of Injury Law Partners. Ben’s passion for helping victims has led his career. Ben has developed a reputation for handling the most complex personal injury cases in which clients have suffered life-changing injuries. His experience spans a wide range of catastrophic accidents, construction and workplace accidents, auto and crashworthiness accidents, aerial lift tip-overs, electrical contacts, and cases involving defective or malfunctioning products. What sets Ben apart is his track record of success. Over the last decade, he has obtained record-breaking, multimillion dollar settlements and verdicts, with many reaching seven, eight, and nine figure outcomes. These substantial recoveries are a testament to his exceptional legal skills and relentless advocacy for his clients. Ben was part of the legal team that secured a record-breaking $160 million settlement for the individuals most severely burned in the devastating Philadelphia Food Truck Explosion, with one of Ben’s clients receiving over $69 million. At the time of its resolution, it was the largest individual pre-verdict settlement in the history of Pennsylvania State Court. Ben’s exceptional legal skills have garnered recognition from his peers and the extended legal community. He has been recognized for many years as a Super Lawyer, a prestigious honor reserved for the top 5% of all attorneys in Pennsylvania. He was also acknowledged by The National Trial Lawyers Association in their list of Pennsylvania’s “Top 40 under 40,” a distinction reserved for the most promising young trial lawyers. In 2025, Ben was named a “Power Player” finalist by the Legal Intelligencer’s Pennsylvania Legal Awards. Appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court as the vice chair of the Pennsylvania Civil Rules Committee, Ben assists the Supreme Court in the preparation, revision, publication, and administration of the Pennsylvania rules of civil procedure. After becoming a lawyer, Ben attended the Temple University Beasley School of Law’s nationally renowned Trial Advocacy Master’s program, where he graduated with honors. After obtaining his LL.M, Ben was invited to join Temple’s faculty. He currently teaches both law students and other lawyers who wish to become better trial attorneys. Ben is also a member of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Inn of Court. Ben places major importance upon giving back to the community. Ben serves on two charities focused on helping Pennsylvania’s children. Ben is a board member of the Justice Max Baer Memorial Fund, a charity he started with others to keep his late father’s dream alive of enhancing the lives of abused and neglected children. Ben is also a member of the Allegheny County Musical Festival Advisory Committee, which provides children with life-enriching opportunities and items that are not otherwise available to them through government funding. Ben is also a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and also volunteers his time working as Judge Pro Temp for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. At the request of the Court, Ben works with opposing counsel to mediate pending cases and helps resolve discovery disputes. Prior to founding Injury Law Partners, Ben worked with a Philadelphia-based, nationally-renowned injury law firm, where he was made partner in 2020. Before entering private practice, Ben worked as an Assistant District Attorney for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. During his time as a prosecutor, Ben took approximately 20 major trial cases to verdict, prosecuting violent crimes. Ben also handled thousands of bench trials and hearings pursuing justice for crime victims. His integrity, passion for justice, and commitment to excellence are evident in every case he handles, making him a trusted advocate for catastrophically injured clients. While the results are significant, Ben is most proud of the relationships he forms with his clients. Ben always makes himself available to clients and takes the time to talk with them and explain every step of the often long and difficult legal process. Ben was born and raised in Pittsburgh and now lives in South Philadelphia with his wife and three children.