Attorney Profiles

Analisa Sondergaard 
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Associate
phone (610) 337-2087
fax (610) 337-2575
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Analisa Sondergaard is a cum laude graduate of Temple University School of Law and a summa cum laude graduate from Christian Brothers University.  While attending Temple Law School, Ms. Sondergaard was the President of the Moot Court Honor Society and a team member in the F. Lee Bailey Moot Court Competition.  She was also awarded the Temple University Alumni Moot Court Award for Excellence.  Ms. Sondergaard also served as the Associate Notes and Comments Editor for the Temple International and Comparative Law Journal.  Ms. Sondergaard served as a law clerk for the United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  She also participated in clinical programs with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the Public Defender's Office of Camden County. 

After graduation from Temple Law School, she served as a prosecutor for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.  During her seven years as a prosecutor, she served in the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Unit and prosecuted defendants charged with physical and sexual assault of children and adults.  After leaving the District Attorney's office, she joined Rawle & Henderson, the Nation's Oldest Law Firm, where she concentrated her practice on the defense of commercial motor vehicles and their insurers in the federal and state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  Ms. Sondergaard has tried numerous cases to verdict.  In February 2007, Ms. Sondergaard joined McDonnell & Associates where she appears in the federal and state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey in products liability and premises liability matters.

Ms. Sondergaard is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and is a member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice:
Commercial Motor Vehicle
Employment Law
Premises Liability
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 1994
New Jersey, 1994
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1994
U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2002
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2005
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1994
Education:
Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Law Review: Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, 1992 - 1994


Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, 1991
B.A., Psychology
Honors: Summa Cum Laude


Published Works:
United States v. Alvarez-Machain: Forcible Abduction as an Acceptable Alternative Means of Gaining Jurisdiction, 7 Temple Int'l & Comp. L.J. 369, 1993


Punitive Damages: Production of Financial Records, Transportation Law Update, Vol. 5, No. 16, 2004


Punitive Damages: Production of Financial Records, Reprinted in Rawle's Report, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2005


Punitive Damages: Production of Financial Records, Reprinted in ABA Tort, Trial & Insurance Committee News, Spring 2005


Who is Mary Carter?, Transportation Law Update, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2005


Who is Mary Carter?, Reprinted in Rawle's Report, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2006


Who is Mary Carter?, Reprinted in Claims Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2006


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Philadelphia Bar Association


Pennsylvania Bar Association


Past Employment Positions:
Rawle & Henderson, Senior Associate, 2002 - 2007


Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Assistant District Attorney, 1995 - 2002


Fraternities/Sororities:
Zeta Tau Alpha
Phone Number: 610-337-2087 | Fax: 610-337-2575
Metropolitan Business Center | 860 First Avenue, Unit 5B |
King of Prussia, PA, 19406



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