Professionals

Thomas A. Archer

Shareholder
Litigation Practice Group Chair

(717) 231-5235 | Fax: (717) 236-1816
taarcher@mette.com

Professional

  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Dauphin County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Awards & Recognition

Thomas Anthony Archer
Rated by Super Lawyers


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Biography

Tom Archer, Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, has more than twenty-five years’ experience in civil litigation.  Prior to joining Mette, Evans & Woodside, he was a principal of Archer & Archer, where he concentrated in litigation, business and general practice law.

For the past twenty years, Tom’s personal injury practice has been limited to exclusive representation of injured people and their families throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Tom previously represented the interests of insurance companies, providing him with unique insight and perspective in representing his personal injury clients.  He has realized multiple million-dollar recoveries on behalf of the injured and their families.  Tom’s plaintiff and personal injury practice includes the following areas:

  • Automobile and trucking accidents
  • Wrongful death
  • Medical malpractice
  • Trip and fall
  • Civil rights
  • Employment
  • Workplace injury

In addition to his extensive personal injury experience, Tom regularly handles commercial litigation and contract disputes on behalf of both institutional and individual clients.  Recent and current clients include commercial contractors, banking institutions and hospitality businesses.

Tom is admitted to practice in the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Dauphin County Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.

Tom has been practicing law since 1994. He graduated from the Widener University School of Law and the University of Scranton. He regularly serves as an adjunct faculty member in Widener University’s Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.

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Education

  • Widener University School of Law, J.D.
  • University of Scranton, B.S.

Court Admissions

  • Pennsylvania Bar
  • New Jersey Bar
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of PA
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of PA
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Articles & Media

Stacking Coverage Limits

Stacking Coverage Limits

This is the third in a series of three articles dealing with some of the major decisions facing automobile insurance consumers when buying their car insurance. The third topic deals with coverage “stacking.”