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Tamara E. Hogan

Tamara E. Hogan

Location:
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Phone:
(888) 826-6103
(717) 715-1726
Fax:
(717) 397-8227
E-mail:

Tamara Hogan (formerly Tamara Showalter) is a 1990 graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and a 1993 cum laude graduate of the Widener University School of Law where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. Although she has extensive experience in other areas of the law, Tamara concentrates her practice in the areas of general civil litigation, personal injury, Workers' Compensation, and criminal defense.

In addition to her full-time private practice at Herr & Low, Tamara also served as one of the Custody Conference Officers for the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas from 2001 to 2006. She presently provides mediation services for those engaged in custody disputes providing an alternative to expensive and protracted litigation.

Tamara has taught basic legal research as an adjunct faculty member in the paralegal program of the Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus. She is admitted to practice before all courts of Pennsylvania and the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Areas of Practice

  • General Civil Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Criminal Defense

Litigation Percentage

  • 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    • Honors: Member, Moot Court Honor Society
  • Pennsylvania State University

Classes/Seminars

  • The People's Law School, Lancaster Bar Association
  • Practice Before Custody Conference Officer, Lancaster Bar Association
  • Administrative Appeals to the Department of Public Welfare, Lancaster Bar Association
  • Considerations Before and After Petition for Incapacity and Guardianship, Lancaster Bar Association
  • Legal Research, Adjunct Faculty, The Pennsylvania State University Altoona Campus Paralegal Program

Honors and Awards

  • Lancaster Bar Association Service Award, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
  • Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
  • Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Workers' Compensation and Auto Law Sections, Member
  • Lancaster County Bar Association, Member
  • Lancaster County Bar Association, Young Lawyer's Division, Former Chair
  • Lancaster County Bar Association, Former Vice President, Board of Directors
  • Lancaster County Bar Judiciary Committee, Former Member
  • Lancaster County Humane League

Past Employment Positions

  • Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Custody Conference Officer, 2001 - 2006