Mr. Torchia has been a managing member of the firm since 2000. His practice is concentrated in commercial litigation with a strong emphasis on employment law. He routinely represents and counsels local, regional, national and international businesses of all sizes in state and federal courts throughout the country on a variety of litigation matters. When he first joined the firm in 1995, he established an employment law department which has expanded to include representative clients such as national manufacturers, health care providers and pharmaceutical companies, large contractors, financing institutions and a multitude of non-profit and for-profit small and mid-size businesses.

He is a sought-after lecturer in programs that advise and train attorneys and human resources personnel, speaks extensively on employment law and litigation topics and is often asked to present in-house training and seminars for clients. He is a regular presenter for PBI, a course planner for its annual Employment Law Institute and since 2018 has presented the opening plenary session “Year in Review.” He is the former Chair of the Montgomery Bar Association’s Employment and Labor Law Committee

Mr. Torchia’s personal style of becoming intimately familiar with the client and the client’s goals and objectives has allowed him to accurately provide preventative strategies and advice in crisis situations, and it is those qualities that have attracted and maintained his loyal client base. Clients generally are drawn to two of Mr. Torchia’s opposing characteristics, that is, his easy-going style with clients versus his tenacious style in the courtroom and with the opposition.

Mr. Torchia enjoys an AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell; has been recognized as a Preeminent Lawyer in the fields of litigation and employment law each year since 2002; and was chosen every year since 2009 as a “Super Lawyer” in the area of Employment Law. Consistently for the past several years, he has been named to the Philadelphia Top 100 Super Lawyers list, which recognizes the top 100 attorneys ranked in the nomination and research process. In addition, Mr. Torchia is very involved in community activities, backpacking, skiing, the Red Sox, his son’s professional acting career, and is a Chancellor Emeritus of his law school alumni association.

Mr. Torchia is a well-known workplace investigator, and is routinely hired by other attorneys and corporate executives to investigate a wide variety of workplace misconduct. Mr. Torchia also serves as an expert witness for workplace investigations, and has developed programs and lectures on workplace investigations as well. He is the author of several publications regarding employment law including the Workplace Investigations chapter of the Pennsylvania Employment Law Deskbook published by PBI Press, and an in depth white paper about at-will employment in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Torchia conducts independent workplace investigations nationwide of claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, defamation and employee malfeasance for both public and private employers. Various clients including large international corporations, public entities, governmental agencies and departments and closely held businesses. His experience includes: