Steven D. Snyder is a partner in the firm's Harrisburg office.  With over 35 years of litigation experience, he focuses his practice in general liability matters including premises liability, product liability and motor vehicle liability defense, as well as medical malpractice and other professional liability/licensure matters.

In the medical malpractice arena, Mr. Snyder has defended hospitals, doctors and nurses in state courts throughout central Pennsylvania.  He has handled cases in all specialties of medicine including obstetrics, orthopedics, cardiology, surgery and emergency medicine.

He has successfully litigated cases in most Courts of Common Pleas in South Central Pennsylvania and in Federal Court.  Additionally, he has handled a variety of matters before Pennsylvania Administrative Agencies and the Pennsylvania Appellate Courts.  Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Snyder served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dale F. Shughart, former President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.  

Mr. Snyder is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Snyder is a member of the Pennsylvania, American and Dauphin County Bar Associations and the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.   He currently serves on the Court Rules Committee and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Dauphin County Bar Association.  He has lectured on a variety of topics at the request of his institutional clients and the Dauphin County Bar Association.

Mr. Snyder is a 1978 honors graduate of Bucknell University and graduated magna cum laude from The Dickinson School of Law in 1981, where he was a member of the Woolsack Society.

Mr. Snyder resides in Harrisburg with his wife, Robin.  He is a member of the Faith Presbyterian Church and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the East Shore Kiwanis Club, where he served as President in 1990-1991.