Persuasion Skills for Trial Success 2026 – Lancaster

Mr. Shollenberger lives in Mechanicsburg with his wife, Marissa, and their children, Ryan and Jessica. He graduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College in 1978 and then attained his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law in 1981. He has been continuously licensed to practice law since October 27, 1981. Mr. Shollenberger joined the law firm of Meyers, Desfor, and Ronca in 1981 and became a partner in the firm in 1985, which was then renamed Meyers, Desfor, and Shollenberger. He held this position until founding the Law Offices of Timothy A. Shollenberger on November 1, 1993. In 1997, he and Mr. Januzzi entered into the partnership now known as Shollenberger and Januzzi, LLP. Mr. Shollenberger has been selected for admission into both the Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forums. Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to those lawyers who have achieved verdicts and or/settlements of a million dollars or more for one or more clients. Membership in the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum recognizes lawyers who have obtained a verdict and or/settlement of $2 million or more.
Attorney Shollenberger has attained a well-earned reputation as a staunch advocate for his clients. He has tried personal injury cases to verdict in seven different counties and the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He has arbitrated many more cases in various counties across the Commonwealth. He has successfully handled major cases for injured motorists and motorcyclists, as well as people injured because of medical malpractice and defective products. In his career, he has attained numerous six-figure settlements and, in 2003, 2005, and 2011, seven-figure settlements on behalf of injured clients. He has developed a referral practice in which other attorneys who do not handle personal injury cases themselves refer those cases to him. Mr. Shollenberger has also attained statewide recognition for his work in educating other attorneys. He currently lectures for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute on personal injury law. He has co-authored two widely regarded publications on important personal injury issues, including “Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Insurance, An Analysis of the Financial Responsibility Law” and “Pennsylvania Personal Injury Subrogation Handbook”. Mr. Shollenberger has also served the legal community in other ways. For many years, he worked tirelessly for the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, attaining its highest office, President, in 2000-2001. The Association bestowed upon him two of its most prestigious awards, the Milton D. Rosenberg Award for his leadership, work, and devotion to the Association, and the Community Service Award in recognition of his outstanding work in the community. Attorney Shollenberger is a member of the Pennsylvania, Cumberland, and Dauphin County Bar Associations as well as the Pennsylvania and American Association for Justice.

Over the past two decades, Adam has handled catastrophic injury cases throughout the Commonwealth. He has developed a statewide reputation for his work in motorcycle and commercial vehicle involved crashes, most notably in highway mass pileup cases. In 2022, after no objections from any Defense or Plaintiff’s counsel involved in the litigation, he was appointed by the Union County Court of Common Pleas to oversee and coordinate litigation of a 60 plus vehicle crash case. Since 2025, Adam has resolved five separate cases for over $2 million, including settlements of $3 million and $7.4 million. Adam was named Managing Partner of Shollenberger Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP in 2012, at the age of 32. He is an executive committee member for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (formerly the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers) and a board member (and former chairman) of the Penn State Health Children’s Miracle Network. He’s gained membership to the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers. Other recognition includes consecutive selections as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine and being named to the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal 300 (recognizing the 300 most influential leaders), as well as to their “Power List” of personal injury lawyers.

An accomplished trial lawyer, Kevin Rauch has served as Managing Partner of the Harrisburg office of Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie & Rauch, PC since its opening in 2003. Kevin handles a wide range of cases, having tried over 100 of them to verdict in both federal and state courts throughout the Commonwealth. Additionally, he has argued before the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts, as well as the federal appellate courts. Mr. Rauch serves as outside counsel for a number of area businesses in matters ranging from business planning, contract negotiation, employee relations, licensing and conflict resolution. He is also a member of the Capital Region Advisory Board of S&T Bank. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., and Allegheny County, B.A. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. District Courts of the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts.

Virginia is the Founder and Managing Member of ViKing Law, a personal injury and business law firm located in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Prior to opening ViKing Law, Virginia was an insurance defense attorney for 18 years and a partner at a national defense firm in Philadelphia. She has won several personal injury trials and arbitrations, and successfully settled many cases at mediations, both as a defense attorney and while serving as plaintiff’s counsel.Her main practice areas include automobile, trucking, motorcycle, animal attacks, premises liability, construction accidents, insurance bad faith, defamation, consumer protection, and product defects. In 2025, she was inducted into the Million-Dollar Advocates Forum for a $1.76 million jury verdict she won on a sexual abuse case. Virginia graduated from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2005, and University of Miami with a Bachelor of Business in 2002.She was an executive committee member for the Blood Cancer United (formerly Leukemia Lymphoma Society) eastern division “Light the Night Walk” and “Big Climb” events in Bucks County and Philadelphia.