Steven Fairlie

A Criminal Defense Attorney

A Criminal Defense Attorney

North Wales
Criminal Defense Lawyer


Steven F. Fairlie has been designated a Pennsylvania “SuperLawyer” in both Personal Injury and Criminal Defense by Philadelphia Magazine, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers for 2011 and 2012, the inaugural (2012) Top Rated Attorneys in Philadelphia as published in The Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Inquirer, and the The Legal Intelligencer, and is a holder of Martindale-Hubbell’s prestigious “AV” rating, designating preeminent lawyers based upon legal ability and ethics. He has been rated a perfect 10.0/10.0 on AVVO.COM and is one of a just 35 attorneys in Pennsylvania to be named a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer in 2006. Mr. Fairlie earned his B.A. in Government and Law from Lafayette College in 1991 and his J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law in 1995 where he was a member of the Appellate Moot Court Board, the Environmental Law Journal, and a Chairman of the Student Bar Association. He has been Co-Chairman or Chairman of the Montgomery County Bar Association’s Criminal Defense Committee since 2001, a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association’s Trial Lawyers’ Section, a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee and Civil Litigation Section, a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Hotline Panel of Experts Committee, a member of the Montgomery County Sexual Assault Task Force, and an Associate Member of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Mr. Fairlie’s areas of practice include civil litigation, personal injury, criminal law and construction litigation.

Location


1501 Lower State Road Suite 304 North Wales , PA. 19454

Recent Blog Posts


New Court Ruling Invalidates Breathalyzer Device in Pennsylvania | Jan 03, 2013

In a landmark decision Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Judge Lawrence Clark ruled that blood alcohol concentration readings from the widely-used Intoxilyzer 5000EN breathalyzer machine are not accurate above a BAC of .15% or below a BAC of ....
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New Precedent in Pennsylvania Forfeiture Law | Jan 03, 2013

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court recently reversed a lower-court ruling in a case from Centre County dealing with the state’s civil asset forfeiture law. Under Pennsylvania’s forfeiture law (42 Pa. C.S. §6801), the state...
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Driver In Fatal Car Accident Charged With Third Degree Murder | Jan 03, 2013

A car crash that occurred on Route 611 in Doylestown the night before Thanksgiving should serve as a warning for others. Drew Bodden, 37, was driving his Ford Mustang Cobra at least 142 miles per hour that night when he allegedly slammed into a...
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Philadelphia Adopts Grand Jury System For Some Felony Cases | Jan 03, 2013

In the city of Philadelphia, one prevailing problem for the prosecution in felony cases is that of witness intimidation, or fear thereof. Many witnesses are terrified to take the witness stand in a public preliminary hearing, where they could e...
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