Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney in Harrisburg, PA

As an attorney at Smigel, Anderson & Sacks, Alexander J. Palutis diligently serves clients regarding workers' compensation cases, as well as clients needing assistance with Social Security claims, and labor and employment issues. He represents clients, most frequently injured workers, in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area and across central Pennsylvania.

Born and raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mr. Palutis graduated cum laude from Georgetown University in 1983 and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1987. Following law school, he clerked at the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania for the Honorable Genevieve Blatt, who was the first female Pennsylvania appellate judge and the first woman elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania.

For the following decades, Mr. Palutis represented insurance companies and employers on personal injury and workers' compensation claims. This provided him with the knowledge to successfully fight against the big companies for the rights of injured workers. Since joining Smigel, Anderson & Sacks, he works hard representing a wide variety of work-related health and injury claims. This work has earned respect from his peers, as his 10.0 "Superb" peer review score through Avvo suggests. In 2016, Mr. Palutis received the "Client's Choice Award" from AVVO.

Mr. Palutis is licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania courts as well as the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He is a certified specialist in Pennsylvania workers' compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Section on Workers' Compensation Law and is a member of the workers' compensation section of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. He was on the board of directors for Kids’ Chance of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization which provides scholarships, financial support and vocational education to the children of Pennsylvania workers who have been hurt or killed in work-related accidents.