Swartz Campbell LLC, one of the East Coast’s top insurance defense law firms, is pleased to announce the opening of its Baltimore Maryland office.

The office will be initially staffed by lawyers of the firm who are admitted in Maryland and who represent insurers and self-insured in litigation matters. The office will be led by partner Edmund K. John, who has practiced complex commercial litigation matters including products liability, for over 30 years. Joining him on matters will be Beth Valocchi, a partner in the firm’s Wilmington Office, and Lisa Balestrini, an associate in the firm’s Scranton office.

The Baltimore office will be the firm’s 11th office in the United States.

The office is located at 300 E. Lombard St., Suite 840, Baltimore Maryland, 21202. Phone: 410-885-4220, Fax: 410-819-2380.

Swartz Campbell LLC is a regional insurance defense firm providing legal services and counseling to insurers and self-insureds in litigated matters throughout the United States. Focusing its practice primarily on the East Coast, Swartz Campbell LLC attorneys have become leaders in their fields of expertise. Swartz Campbell attorneys are regularly called upon to take over or assist in complex matters involving issues of first impression. Many of the cases which form the basis of Pennsylvania law have their origin in the briefs and argument of Swartz Campbell attorneys. The firm has offices in Pennsylvania as well as in New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Delaware.