Attorney Eric J. Purchase represents people and families suffering from injury or the death of a loved one.  He was born and raised in Erie County, Pennsylvania. He is a 1988 graduate of Gannon University. In 1991, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Pittsburgh, graduating with honors. While at the University of Pittsburgh, Mr. Purchase served as a member and editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. In recognition of his class standing upon graduation, Mr. Purchase was inducted into the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Order of the Coif.

Before opening his Pennsylvania personal injury practice, Mr. Purchase was a trial lawyer with one of Erie's largest law firms where he was both an equity partner and practice group chairman. His practice then consisted primarily of representing the region's largest insurance companies and employers in trials and arbitrations. His cases included personal injury and wrongful death claims, contract disputes, insurance coverage disputes, insurance bad faith claims, medical malpractice claims and shareholder rights disputes. Mr. Purchase has represented clients all over Pennsylvania, the United States and overseas, including cases and clients in Singapore, Denmark, the Netherlands, Brazil and Canada.

In 2006, Mr. Purchase founded his own law practice and has devoted himself to representing people and families, primarily in their cases against the larger insurance companies and corporations in the region. Today, that practice is successfully representing clients in auto accident, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and personal injury cases.*

Mr. Purchase has taught and lectured to other lawyers and insurance adjustors on subjects including trial tactics, Pennsylvania auto insurance, car accident law and other injury law subjects.  His lectures include Supreme Court approved Continuing Legal Education seminars as well as private seminars for claims professionals.
 
Mr. Purchase and his team have the knowledge, experience and resources to handle nearly all types of trials, from the most basic to the most complex. If you've been injured as a result of someone else's carelessness call today at (814) 833-7100.

*  Mr. Purchase also represents local businesses and business people in commercial litigation cases, including contract litigation, shareholder/partner disputes and other business disputes.

General McLane High School, Edinboro, Pennsylvania - 1984
Gannon University, B.S., Erie, Pennsylvania - 1988
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D. (With Honors) - 1991; Member and Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review; Order of the Coif, Pittsburgh Chapter

2011 - Erie County Bar Association - Civil Litigation 101 (Seminar for Newly Admitted Attorneys)

2011 - Erie County Bar Association - Joint and Several Liability (Seminar for Lawyers, Approved for Continuing Legal Education Credits by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania)

2011 - Erie County Bar Association - Moderator, Inside Secrets of ERISA: A Third Party Administrator Peels Back the Curtain (Seminar for Lawyers, Approved for Continuing Legal Education Credits by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania)

2009 - Erie County Bar Association - Auto Law Update Seminar for Lawyers (Approved for Continuing Legal Education Credits by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania)

2008 - Erie County Bar Association - Trial Tactics: Making the Most of What 'Ya Got (Seminar for Lawyers - Approved for Continuing Legal Education Credits by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania)

2007 - Erie County Bar Association - Underinsured and Uninsured Motorist Claims Practice Seminar for Lawyers (Approved for Continuing Legal Education Credits by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania)

Various Seminars for Insurance Claims Professionals including: The Trial of Personal Injury CasesTrials; Defending Appeals following Successful Jury Verdicts; the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law; Premises Liability Claims, including the Slip and Fall Claims; the Effective Use of Expert Witnesses in Automobile Accident and Personal Injury Cases; First Party Auto Insurance Benefits in Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania's Bad Faith Insurance Law; the Trial of Bad Faith Claims Against Pennsylvania Insurers; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage in Pennsylvania; the Use of Surveillance Video in Pennsylvania Injury Cases; Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress; the Limited Tort Option in Pennsylvania Auto Insurance; Medical Liens in Personal Injury Cases and a wide variety of other subjects.

"A Roadmap to Justice : The Ultimate Guide to Car Accident Cases in Pennsylvania"
Business Magazine, "The Problem of the Minority Discount" - A Discussion of the Valuation of Shares Held by Non-Majority Shareholders in a Closed Corporation

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Erie County Bar Association
Venango County Bar Association

All Pennsylvania Courts
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States

New Blossoms, New Life Foundation - Board of Directors
Saint Vincent Health Center - Institutional Review Board, 2008 - 2010
Boys and Girls Club of Erie, Past Board of Directors

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2525 W 26th St.
Erie, PA 16506
Phone: (814) 835-0400
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