Stephanie L. Hersperger|Shareholder

Stephanie L. Hersperger is a shareholder of the Harrisburg office of Pion, Nerone, Girman & Smith, P.C.  She is the Chair of the Firm’s Appellate Practice. Ms. Hersperger has been practicing in Pennsylvania Courts for over 25 years. She specializes in preparing motions and briefs on complex legal matters and post-trial and appellate litigation. She also handles all other aspects of litigation on a regular basis.

Stephanie practices before the Pennsylvania State Courts, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court. She also litigates in the Eastern, Middle and Western United States District Courts of Pennsylvania and handles appeals before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She further has been active in preparing and filing amicus curiae briefs for various organizations including TIDA and The American College of Transportation Attorneys. Stephanie also had the honor of preparing and presenting a White Paper on “Challenging State and Municipal Ordinances that Interfere with Trucking’s Interstate Commerce Movement” for the American College of Transportation Attorneys.

Stephanie graduated from the Dickinson School of Law, magna cum laude, in 1996. While at Dickinson, Stephanie was a member of the Appellate Moot Court Board; The Dickinson Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Managing Editor; and the Woolsack Society. She also received the Cali Excellence for the Future Award for Insurance. Stephanie graduated from Juniata College with a major in political science and a minor in history, cum laude, in 1993.

Stephanie is affiliated with the Pennsylvania Appellate Advocacy Committee, Pennsylvania Federal Practice Committee, Third Federal Circuit Bar Association, Dauphin County Bar Association; and Pennsylvania Bar Association. She is a member the Pennsylvania Federal Practice Committee where she previously served on the Executive Committee, as the secretary, and as the Editor of the Committee Newsletter. She also was the Chair of the 2020 Federal Practice Institute and was a faculty member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.  Stephanie also is a member of USLAW where she speaks at various conferences.