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Reiff & Bily
1429 Walnut St. 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
800-515-9059
215-246-9000

Pennsylvania Consumer Protection Attorneys

Consumer protection is a general area of the law that protects people from harmful or injurious products. Defective products, bad food, medication and harmful or dangerous products are just a few of the many areas of consumer protection. Over the years consumer protection lawsuits have changed the manufacturing practices of thousands of businesses and allowed injuries and deaths to be compensated for as well.

Consumer protection in Pennsylvania is taken very serious in the legal community and can be applied to many different circumstances. Consumer protection applies to disclosures that businesses make regarding their products, product liability, unfair business practices, privacy issues, fraud, warranty violations and many more. These laws also protect people from issues of bankruptcy, business contracts, financial schemes, certain monetary funds and other products that may not be physical items.

The Attorney General of Pennsylvania has a division devoted to consumer protection and has several programs and an informative website regarding all aspects of the state's laws. Usually a lawsuit in a consumer protection case involves the Attorney General's office to some extent but suits may be filed directly against the offending businesses or persons by a private law firm as well. These private lawsuits typically seek monetary compensation for some wrong done and can usually end up changing the ways that companies do business in the state as well.

With the advent of the Internet, consumers throughout Pennsylvania are also protected from Internet related products and schemes. These products may include business schemes, unsolicited or harassing emails (spam), products purchased from the Internet and many others. Because the legalities of consumer protection are so loose these laws can be applied in several different ways.

Our consumer protection law offices in Philadelphia have been protecting and defending consumers for years from faulty products, unscrupulous businesses and people, harmful or costly business practices and several other areas covered by consumer protection. Because these cases are usually complicated we suggest to all potential clients that they find an experienced legal team to represent them in their claim.

Reiff & Bily is a personal injury law firm located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is listed in the Bar of Registered Preeminent Lawyers International Edition. We have years of consumer protection legal experience throughout the state. Because most consumer protection cases in Pennsylvania are handled by contingent fees our clients never pay us anything until we win their case. If we do not win their case they do not pay us these contingent fees.

Because of our experience in consumer protection laws in Pennsylvania we believe we can be of great help to anyone injured by a consumer product, whether physically, financially or psychologically. Contact one of our Pennsylvania consumer protection lawyers today through our website for a free and confidential consultation.

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Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum

We are members of the Million Dollar Advocates forum, membership which is limited to a select group of lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional skills, experience and excellence in Advocacy by achieving multiple verdicts awards or settlements in excess of one million dollars. The firm has received settlements and verdicts for their clients in amount in excess of $100 MILLION DOLLARS.

Philadelphia Super Lawyers 2006

Jeffrey Reiff and Raymond Bily have been recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as Super Lawyers, are members of many highly specialized and prestigious trial organizations specializing in auto defects and product liability, (see lawyer bios) and have handled prominent cases nationally.