Jane Richardson is an attorney with the Litigation and Employment Law Groups at Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco. She is a firm shareholder and chairs the Litigation Group.

Jane has diverse civil litigation experience, which includes handling a broad variety of real estate, business, construction, employment, and insurance matters for national and local clients of all sizes, as well as individuals. 

Well established in southeastern Pennsylvania’s legal community, Jane skillfully handles claims and cases from the time the initial dispute arises through trial as necessary. She is frequently called upon to advise clients on risk management strategies and to help resolve business disputes by avoiding litigation whenever possible. Her understanding of business issues outside the courtroom and problem-solving approach helps clients successfully resolve disputes, claims, and cases of all types.  When litigation is required, Jane uses her substantial state and federal court experience to successfully represent clients and identify ways to use litigation as part of a broader strategy to obtain objectives.

Additionally, Jane has an expertise in real estate assessment and tax exemption matters.  Jane represents property owners who are seeking relief from excessive property valuations, defending a taxing authority’s efforts to increase property valuations, as well as those seeking real estate tax exemption and those applying for preferential assessment.  Jane’s representation in matters before the Boards of Assessment Appeals for Chester, Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks, Berks, Carbon, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Schuylkill, Snyder, Wayne, and York Counties has delivered value and cost-savings to commercial, office, industrial, retail, and residential property owners.

Jane’s broad experience also includes advising employers on leave, wage, and discrimination laws, drafting employee handbooks, and working closely with human resource departments to develop policies.   In addition to advising employers before any dispute arises, Jane handles employment litigation issues, including employment contract disputes, the enforcement and defense of restrictive covenants (including non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements), breach of fiduciary duty claims, unfair competition, and misappropriation of trade secret cases, as well as wrongful discharge and wage payment matters.

 Jane holds a Juris Doctorate from California Western School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego.