Stephen R. Bolden, Esquire

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Partner

phone   (215) 563-6161

fax         (215) 563-8330

email    email@fellandspalding.com

 

Practice Area Description:

 

Mr. Bolden, a graduate of Temple University Law School, concentrates his practice in the area of complex civil litigation. He holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell, the recognized Gold Standard rating system for attorneys and law firms. The AV rating is recognition by his peers that he meets the highest levels of professional excellence.

 

 In 1982, he met the rigorous standard and requirements of the National Board of Trial Advocacy and received its certification as a Civil Trial Advocate.  He has been recertified every five years from that time until the present.  The National Board of Trial Advocacy is the only certifying agency which the Pennsylvania Supreme Court at the present time accepts for the purpose of permitting an attorney to include the certification on his or her letterhead. 

 

Mr. Bolden has tried over 50 jury trials and a large number of non-jury trials and hearings.  representing plaintiffs.  He has trial experience in such diverse and complex matters as defamation, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and contract litigation.  He also has litigation experience in business torts, including RICO and medical peer review proceedings and litigation growing out of such peer review proceedings. 

 

 

 

Bar Admissions:

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

 

Admissions Pro Hac Vice for Trial Purposes:

 

Superior Court of New Jersey

Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois

Trial Court, Oklahoma

Federal District Court, Michigan

 

Education:

 

Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
LL.B.

 

Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.S.
Major: Business

 

Specialty Certification:

 

National Board of Trial Advocacy/Civil Trial Advocate, 1982

Recertified every five years down through present time

Martindale Hubbel A.V. Rating

 

Published Works:

 

Motor Boat Propeller Injury Accidents, 41 Am Jur "Trials" 161

 

Defamation in the Work Place, the Plaintiff's Prospective, Pennsylvania Bar

Institute, PBI # 1999-2220

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Previously named One of Philadelphia Magazine's Super Lawyers for Several Years