Sheilah A. Tone
Partner

(570) 343-0029 (phone)
(570) 343-1534 (fax)

Scranton, PA Office

SHEILAH A. TONE has been with Swartz Campbell since 1993, and was made a partner with the firm in 1999. She was initially associated with the firm’s Allentown office, and has managed the Scranton office since its inception in 1997. She specializes in representing Pennsylvania employers and insurers in workers' compensation defense matters and insurance coverage issues. She is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the District of Massachusetts. She is a member of the Wyoming-Sullivan County, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.

Ms. Tone graduated with a degree in Political Science from the University of Scranton and earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. She is licensed in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

Ms. Tone has lectured on Topics in Workers’ Compensation for Lorman Education Services and on Act 57 Amendments to the Worker’s Compensation Act to Cascade Rehabilitation Counseling, Inc.

In 2006 and in 2007, Ms. Tone was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine.

Areas of Practice

Insurance Law
Employment Law -- Employer
Worker's Compensation Litigation

Bar Admissions

1988 Massachusetts
1988 Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts

Education

1987
Suffolk University Law School
Boston, MA
J.D.

1984
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
B.S.
Major: Political Science

Affiliations

American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Lackawanna County Bar Association
Wyoming-Sullivan County Bar Association

Presentations

Topics in Pennsylvania Worker's Compensation
Lorman Education Services, 2002

Topics in Pennsylvania Worker's Compensation
Lorman Education Services, 2001

Topics in Pennsylvania Worker's Compensation
Lorman Education Services, 1998

Act 57 Amendments to the Worker's Compensation Act
Cascade Rehabilitation Counseling, Inc., 1996

Representative Matters

Hashagen v. WCAB (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.), 785 A.2d 276 (2000)