CRM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- of Counsel
- Member of the Pennsylvania
Christina L. Pitchford graduated Summa Cum Laude from West Chester University of Pennsylvania in 2005. Mrs. Pitchford received her Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law, graduating in the top third of her class. While attending law school, Mrs. Pitchford was chosen to join Villanova's National Trial Competition Team.
After graduating from law school, Mrs. Pitchford joined an insurance defense firm in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, where she focused her practice on general casualty liability matters including slip and falls, automobile accidents and construction litigation. Mrs. Pitchford has also developed extensive experience in providing coverage opinions and filing declaratory judgment actions, particularly concerning additional insured status and indemnification and defense provisions. Mrs. Pitchford is also proficient handling both simple and complex subrogation claims.
Mrs. Pitchford is a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars. Mrs. Pitchford is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Denise Workum has more than three decades of litigation experience and has first-chaired over 100 jury trials to verdict. She specializes in insurance defense litigation including personal and commercial auto liability as well as commercial and residential premises liability. She spent 26 years defending policyholders for a major insurance company. Ms. Workum is able to handle multiple competing priorities effectively and efficiently while working in high-pressure deadline situations.
Education
She received her undergraduate degree from Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland in 1984 and her law degree from the University of Baltimore in 1987. She is admitted to practice in all state courts in Ohio and in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Ms. Haase is a partner with Curry Roby, LLC in the firm's Columbus, Ohio office. She is an experienced trial attorney, who brings a wealth of diverse practice experience to her clients. She is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Ohio and Michigan. She began her legal career with a small boutique law firm in Ohio that handled commercial litigation matters. She then joined a large Detroit law firm as a member of the firm's specialty litigation team. There, she focused on defending complex personal injury claims including medical malpractice and products liability. Upon her return to Ohio, Ms. Haase worked as a corporate attorney/risk manager for Anchor Hocking in its Lancaster headquarters. There, she gained experience in labor and employment issues as well as handling compliance and contract matters. She joined CRM in 2008, where her practice involves the handling of employment claims (investigation, administrative and litigation), counseling small businesses on best practices, and the defense of business tort and personal injury claims. Ms. Haase further provides insurance companies with coverage opinions, avoidance of insurance bad faith, and has frequently argued issues in appellate courts. She is a Golden Gavel award winner for her trial advocacy. She is a member of the Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys.
Lisa C. Haase is a cum laude graduate of both Miami University (B.A. Political Science 1991) and The University of Toledo College of Law (J.D. with distinction 1994). While in law school, Ms. Haase achieved various honors and was awarded a student research internship in Insurance Law.
Robert S. Richman concentrates his legal practice in insurance defense litigation and has tried numerous cases to verdict in both the state and federal courts throughout Pennsylvania. He has represented national and multi-national corporations, insurance carriers, third-party administrators, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Richman has handled matters from the trial level through the appellate process, including before Pennsylvania's two intermediate appellate courts, the Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court, as well as before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Mr. Richman has extensive experience in medico-legal matters such as fatal, catastrophic, and chronic medical injury claims. In 2007, Mr. Richman successfully litigated Knechtel v. W.C.A.B. (Marriott Corporation) before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court which safeguards the integrity of independent medical evaluations conducted on behalf of Defendants.
Education
Mr. Richman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2001. While in law school, Mr. Richman served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Law and Commerce. Prior to law school, Mr. Richman graduated from the American University in Washington D.C. in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania state courts, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.