About Us

Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP a registered limited liability partnership, was founded in 1995 when nine lawyers left a traditional Bucks County law firm to form a new law firm offering services solely to schools and private employers in the areas of Education and Employment law.

State-wide in its scope, the firm’s attorneys have represented over 290 schools, school districts, vo-techs and intermediate units, serving as either Solicitors or as special counsel in more than 50 counties throughout Pennsylvania during the past twenty-five years. In the Special Counsel role, firm members have served school entities in cooperation with or as an additional resource to the local Solicitor, providing experience in complex areas of education and labor law in which specialized assistance is needed.  In the Solicitor role, firm members serve as general counsel to school districts, vocational schools and intermediate units. The firm currently serves as Special Counsel to 212  school districts and as Solicitor to 16 school districts, 4 vocational schools, and 3 intermediate units.

Although each member of our team of attorneys concentrates most particularly in one or more specific areas of education or employment law, it is the aim of Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP that the various attorneys be as interchangeable as possible. That policy is intended to ensure that when an answer is needed "right now," there will be at least one of the team available at all times to provide a prompt response.

The firm's fees are ordinarily based upon a calculation of hourly chargeable time applied to an hourly rate. We do not generally require a fixed retainer fee or a specific term of engagement. Using this approach, our clients generally use our services on an "as needed" basis, and are only charged if services have been requested and rendered during the preceding month. Frequently, difficult questions encountered by our clients are questions that have been dealt with before for other clients. Consequently, we have found that we can minimize chargeable time spent on many questions, thereby reducing the cost to our clients.

Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP recognizes that today's school or municipal administrator needs timely, understandable advice that reflects the current state of education and employment laws. By keeping up on a daily basis in those specific areas, the firm's attorneys are frequently able to respond quickly without need for time-consuming research. By constantly doing our homework and by emphasizing practical, understandable advice, we feel that we are able to deliver our services with maximum efficiency.