Paige M. Willan

Paige focuses her practice on providing cost-effective resolutions to commercial disputes ranging from simple breach of contract issues to complex business tort and statutory claims. In addition to her commercial dispute resolution practice, she represents clients in investigations conducted by federal and state government agencies, as well as internal corporate investigations.

Before becoming a member of the bar, Paige lived and worked in Ukraine for an organization promoting public diplomacy through educational and cultural exchange. She is fluent in Russian and proficient in Ukrainian.

Significant matters Paige has handled include:

• Prevailed on a motion to dismiss a hedge fund’s five claims for alleged violations of ERISA in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on behalf of a regional bank
• Obtained a permanent injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on behalf of a regional bank in connection with a claim for willful trademark infringement
• Achieved a dismissal on the pleadings on behalf of the directors and officers of a North Carolina food and beverage distributor in a suit for breach of contract and unjust enrichment in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

In July 2019, Paige was appointed to a six-year term as a member of the Pennsylvania Transportation Commission by Governor Wolf.

Author, “Travel Restrictions: What to Expect Now and for the Foreseeable Future,” April 6, 2020

Presenter, “E-Discovery Disasters and How to Avoid Them,” accredited CLE presentation

Presenter, “Letters of Intent: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,” accredited CLE presentation

Presenter, “20/20 Hindsight: A Litigator’s Critique of Merger and Acquisition Agreements in Private Company Transactions,” accredited CLE presentation

Presenter, “Mobile Strategies for Trial Presentations and Traveling for Trial,” accredited CLE presentation

Presenter, “Finding the Money: Piercing the Corporate Veil & Successor Liability,” accredited CLE presentation

Presenter, “Basics of U.S. Contract Law,” presented for a group of Bosnian attorneys in connection with the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative’s Balkan Regional Rule of Law Network program

• Obtained summary judgment disposing of claims for fraud, breach of contract, conversion, violation of the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, trespass, and negligence brought against a distributor of recreational vehicles in the Berks County Court of Common Pleas;
• Obtained two successive dismissals on the pleadings of claims for tortious interference with contract, the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, tortious interference with rights of inheritance, invasion of privacy, indemnity, and injunctive relief on behalf of a regional bank and an attorney in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas;
• Represented a regional bank and its investment subsidiary in successful interpleader action involving accounts containing approximately $1.5 million in funds for which there were more than 50 claimants;
• Litigated coverage dispute and negotiated favorable settlements of breach of fiduciary duty claims on behalf of twelve former directors and officers of a bankrupt publicly-traded insurance company and its subsidiaries; and
• Successfully defended a petition to vacate a favorable arbitration award on behalf of a former equity partner and member of the executive committee of a dissolved national law firm.