CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — Ethen Ostroff Law is expanding its personal injury litigation practice with nine new employees, including three trial attorneys, and plans to open a third office in Bucks County as the firm increases its presence across Philadelphia’s northern suburbs.
The firm announced that Timothy A. Nolte Jr., Bryan M. Hanratty and Christopher P. Lynett have joined its Conshohocken office, bringing additional trial experience in motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice and other serious injury litigation.
Nolte will serve as managing partner, while Hanratty and Lynett join as senior trial lawyers. The group also includes paralegals, a legal assistant and law clerks, along with newly admitted attorney Jaymarie Gonzalez, who joins as an associate.
All nine employees begin work Friday, Nov. 13, expanding the firm’s litigation and support capabilities while establishing a foundation for its planned Bucks County location.
The expansion will give Ethen Ostroff Law three offices, adding to its existing locations in Conshohocken and Bala Cynwyd. The Bucks County office is intended to serve clients in the northern Philadelphia suburbs.
Nolte joins from Keches Law Group, where he helped establish and lead the firm’s Pennsylvania office in Blue Bell after joining its Massachusetts operations in 2017.
His experience managing a regional law office and handling plaintiff litigation positions him to oversee operations as Ethen Ostroff Law expands.
Before entering the legal profession, Nolte served in the U.S. Marine Corps, completing two deployments to Iraq as an infantry squad leader with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines.
A Philadelphia native who lives in Bucks County, Nolte graduated from Penn State and earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School, concentrating in trial and appellate advocacy.
“I’m proud of what we built over the years, and I’m grateful to the colleagues I worked alongside,” Nolte said. “Ethen has built a firm that invests in its people and technology, and that lets trial lawyers focus on what matters most: preparing cases and getting results for injured people.”
Hanratty brings experience representing plaintiffs in civil litigation, including cases resulting in settlements exceeding $1 million.
He graduated summa cum laude from Penn State and earned his law degree from Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law. The National Trial Lawyers previously recognized him among its Top 40 Under 40 civil plaintiff attorneys.
Hanratty also resides in Bucks County, strengthening the firm’s connections to the market it intends to enter.
Lynett joins with experience in both criminal prosecution and civil litigation, including five years with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
As a prosecutor, he tried cases involving offenses ranging from theft to attempted murder and later supervised the office’s Municipal Court unit, where he trained and managed 40 new prosecutors.
He subsequently handled complex civil and criminal litigation at a Philadelphia law firm ranked among the nation’s 150 largest by American Lawyer.
Lynett earned his law degree with highest honors from Suffolk University Law School.
Gonzalez joins the firm after passing the bar examination in October 2026 and being sworn in as an attorney. She previously worked as a law clerk.
The additions represent a significant increase in the firm’s trial capacity, particularly in personal injury cases that require extensive preparation, expert testimony and courtroom litigation.
Founder Ethen Ostroff, a third-generation Pennsylvania personal injury attorney, said the expansion is intended to strengthen the firm’s litigation resources while bringing services closer to clients.
“Bringing their whole team with them means our clients get that experience from day one, with no learning curve,” Ostroff said.
The planned Bucks County office also reflects the geographic ties of the incoming attorneys and the firm’s efforts to expand its regional client base.
“Tim has deep roots in Bucks County, and Bryan lives there,” Ostroff said. “A third office there puts our trial team closer to the people we represent.”
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