Attorney Profiles


Spero T. Lappas 
2080 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (717) 540-9170
(800) 294-2889 (Toll Free)
(717) 232-4200
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: (717) 540-5481
Web site: http://www.ssbc-law.com


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Spero T. Lappas graduated with honors from Allegheny College and received the Juris Doctor degree cum laude from the Dickinson School of Law (now, the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University). While at Allegheny College, he was twice named an Alden Scholar, he received Departmental Honors at graduation, and he received the Muhlfinger Prize for his independent research. At the Dickinson School of Law, he was named to the Editorial Board of the Dickinson Law Review and was a member and faculty advisor to the National Trial Moot Court Team. He won two American Jurisprudence Awards, and published two items in the Dickinson Law Review. He was later named to the Dickinson's Woolsack Society.

Attorney Lappas is licensed to practice before all Pennsylvania state courts, the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He has served as lead counsel in hundreds of major civil, criminal, and civil rights actions.

His career achievements have been noted in many publications about legal professionals. He was among the nation's youngest attorneys to be named in the first edition of The Best Lawyers in America. He has been named in Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who in America, and America's Leading Lawyers and he is recognized in The Bar Register of Pre- Eminent Lawyers.

Attorney Lappas has taught Trial Methods and Pretrial Practice as an Adjunct Professor at the Widener University School of Law and is the author of the article "Thermal Imaging and the Fourth Amendment" which appeared in The Champion, the journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

He is a member of American Mensa, the national "High IQ" society, the Chairman of the Harrisburg Division of the United States Fencing Association, and a locally and nationally competitive three weapon fencer.

Current Employment Position(s):
Senior Attorney
Areas of Practice:
Civil
Criminal
Civil Rights Actions
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Juris Doctorate
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: National Trial Moot Court Team, Member and Faculty Advisor
Honors: Two American Jurisprudence Awards
Law Review: Dickinson Law Review, Editorial Board


Allegheny College
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: With Honors
Honors: Alden Scholar
Honors: Departmental Honors
Honors: Muhlfinger Prize for his Independent Research
Major:  English


Published Works:
Thermal Imaging and the Fourth Amendment, The Champion, The Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


Classes/Seminars Taught:
Trial Methods and Pretrial Practice, Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law


Honors and Awards:
Nation's Youngest Attorneys to be Named in the First Edition of The Best Lawyers in America


Who's Who in American Law


Who's Who in Finance and Industry


Who's Who in America


Who's Who in America's Leading Lawyers


The Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Dauphin County Bar Association
Member


Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member


National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member


Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Member


Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member


American Mensa
Member


United States Fencing Association, Harrisburg Division
Chairman


Past Employment Positions:
Stefanon and Lappas, Partner, 1985 - 1988


Sole Practitioner, 1984 - 1985


Kusic and Lappas, P.C., Member, 1979 - 1984


The Law Office of Arthur Kusic, Associate, 1977 - 1979


Our Location

Serratelli, Schiffman, Brown
& Calhoon, P.C.

Suite 201
2080 Linglestown Road
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9693

Tel: 717-540-9170
Fax:
717-540-5481

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Serving clients in central Pennsylvania including Harrisburg, Lebanon, Carlisle, Lancaster, York, Lewiston, State College, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Huntington and Pottsville as well as the following counties: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Perry, Lebanon, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, Schuylkill, York and Lancaster.