Jesse L. Pleet
Shareholder and President of Firm
Location:
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania
Phone:
610-492-7078
800-470-8217
800-470-8217
Fax:
610-373-8571
E-mail:
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial Law
- Aviation Accidents
- Construction Law
- Discrimination
- Employment Law-Employee
- Labor Law
- Medical Malpractice
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Personal Injury-Plaintiff
- Personal Injury-Defense
- Products Liability Law
- Workers Compensation
- Litigation Appeals
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1997
- Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, 1997
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1991
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Education
- Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware
- J.D. - 1981
- Honors: Distinguished Service Award
- Honors: Moot Court Honor Society, President
- Honors: Judicial Law Clerk
- Honors: Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Two Internships, Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
- The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
- B.S.
- Major: Accounting
- Alvernia College
- Major: Criminal Justice - 30 credits
Classes/Seminars
- Mediator/Arbitrator, Berks County Bar Association Civil Dispute Resolution Program, 1995 - Present
- Adjunct Instructor, Reading Area Community College - Aviation Law, Professional Pilot Program, 2001 - 2002
Honors and Awards
- Aviation Law Instrument-Rated Private Pilot
- Distinguished Expert - Riflery
- Pennsylvania State University Concert Band, First Clarinet
- Pennsylvania State University Marching Blue Band, First Alto Saxaphone
- Selected, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Law & Politics, Philadelphia Magazine, 2007
- Selected, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Law & Politics, Philadelphia Magazine, 2009 - 2011
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Berks County Bar, Board of Director, 1994 - 1996
- Berks County Bar, Secretary, 1995 - 1996
- South Mountain YMCA, Chairman of Financial Assistance Committee, 1994 - 2005
- Jewish Community Day School of Reading, Founding Director & President, 1999 - 2002
- Aircraft Owners & Pilots, Member
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- Berks County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, President, 1985 - 1986
- Berks County Bar Association, Chairman, Civil Rules Committee, 1996
- American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Member
- Law Foundation of Berks County, Fellow
- Law Foundation of Berks County, Lifetime Fellow, 1995
- Law Foundation of Berks County, Trustee, 1995
- Law Foundation of Berks County, President, 2006 - 2007
- Kesher Zion Synagogue, Vice President, 1999 - 2001
- Kesher Zion Synagogue, President, 2001 - 2003
- Kesher Zion Synagogue, Assistant Treasurer, 1997 - 1999
- Kesher Zion Synagogue, Secretary, 1995 - 1996
- Long Range Planning Committee , Chair, 2004 - 2006
- Reading Jewish Community Center, 1997 - 2000
- The Jewish Community Day School of Reading, Director
- The Jewish Community Day School of Reading, President, 1999 - 2002
- Berks Technical Institute, Paralegal Advisory' Board, 1999 - Present
- United Jewish Communities, Board of Director
- Jewish Federation of Reading, Board of Director
- Berks County Bar Association, Member, Client Dispute Resolution Committee, 2003 - Present
- Berks County Bar Association, Chairman, Civil Rules Committee, 1993
- Berks County Bar Association, Vice Chairman, Civil Rules Committee, 1992
- Berks County Bar Association, President, Young Lawyers Division, 1985 - 1986
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, PBA Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section, Member
- Conference of Pennsylvania County Bar Leaders
- American Association for Justice, Member
- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Defense Research Institute, Member
- The Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Member
- Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County, Judicial Law Clerk, 1981 - 1982
Fraternities/Sororities
- Alpha Kappa Lambda
- Sigma Phi Alpha
