How much does it cost to hire Alesia for a general case?

Cost depends on the type of matter, the fee model (contingency, flat, hourly), and how contested the case becomes. Alesia walks through the likely range during the consult so there are no surprises.

Does Alesia offer a free consultation?

Alesia charges for the initial consult; that fee is credited toward representation if you retain Alesia's office. Some general attorneys offer free consults — check Alesia's current terms during booking.

How long do general cases in Pennsylvania typically take?

Simple general matters can wrap in a few weeks; disputed cases can run 6–18 months from intake to resolution, longer if the matter goes to trial. Alesia gives a realistic estimate for your facts at the consult — vague answers here are a red flag.

Can Alesia take my case if I'm outside Philadelphia?

Alesia is licensed in Pennsylvania. Matters governed by Pennsylvania law are the natural fit. Out-of-state matters are handled case-by-case, sometimes with local co-counsel. Ask during intake — Alesia will tell you if the case is a fit or refer you to someone closer to your court.

What should I bring to my first meeting with Alesia?

Bring every document that touches the dispute: contracts, correspondence, police or medical reports, filed pleadings, invoices, photographs, insurance letters. Also bring a written timeline of what happened, in your own words. Alesia will filter what matters — over-preparing at intake is always cheaper than needing a second meeting.

Is Alesia accepting new general clients right now?

Alesia's intake status shifts week to week. Submit the form; the office will confirm availability or refer the matter out.

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Alesia S. Sulock, General Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Over 14 years of legal practice · focused on General, Litigation, and Real Estate · 4.8/5 rating from 10 verified client reviews

ShareholderatMarshall Dennehey

Philadelphia, PA

Practicing general in Philadelphia since 2012.

14+: Years practicing
4.8 ★: 10 client reviews
5: Bar admissions

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Alesia S. Sulock is a shareholder based in Philadelphia, PA. The practice focuses on General, Litigation, and Real Estate. Alesia has over 14 years of legal experience. Currently practicing at Marshall Dennehey. Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 10 client reviews.

Based in: Philadelphia, PA
Experience: over 14 years
Known for: General · Litigation · Real Estate

Handles General, Litigation, and Real Estate matters from Philadelphia, PA.
Over 14 years of practice as a licensed attorney.
Recognized with AV Preeminent.

Areas of practice

Practice areas handled by Alesia S. Sulock

Alesia concentrates on general, litigation, real estate, and business. Each area below outlines the kind of case Alesia handles, typical outcomes to expect, and how the intake process starts.

General cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alesia takes general matters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Alesia agrees to represent you.

Litigation cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alesia takes litigation matters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Alesia agrees to represent you.

Real Estate cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alesia takes real estate matters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Alesia agrees to represent you.

Business cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alesia takes business matters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Alesia agrees to represent you.

Biography

About Alesia S. Sulock — Over 14 years of Pennsylvania general experience

Alesia is a member of the Professional Liability Department where she focuses her practice on the defense of claims made and suits brought against a variety of professionals. She regularly defends attorneys in legal malpractice claims, wrongful use of civil proceedings claims, abuse of process claims and disciplinary matters. Alesia handles a wide variety of real estate matters, including defending real estate agents, appraisers and title agents in litigation and disciplinary matters, and advising corporate clients on real estate and property matters. Additionally, she defends other professionals, including accountants, non-profit organizations and directors and officers, and provides representation in commercial litigation matters.

Alesia regularly presents on risk management and legal malpractice avoidance topics for attorneys throughout Pennsylvania. She publishes extensively in this area as well, including co-authoring a recurring column in The Legal Intelligencer on professional liability themes. She is an active member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Professional Liability Committee and Ethics Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Professional Liability Defense Federation.

In 2012, Alesia earned her juris doctor from the Villanova University School of Law where she graduated cum laude. While in law school, she was on the executive board of the Villanova Law Moot Court Board and ran the annual Theodore L. Reimel Moot Court Competition. Prior to attending law school, Alesia worked as a corporate underwriter for a mortgage company in Philadelphia, PA.

Alesia attended St. Joseph's University as an undergraduate, and she graduated magna cum laude in 2006. She received several academic honors including the Presidential Scholarship and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

Honors & Awards

•AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
•The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2024-2025)
•Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star (2021-2023)

Classes/Seminars Taught

•Attorney Well-Being as a Matter of Professional Competence, Professional Liability Defense Federation Annual Meeting, September 26, 2024
•The Defense of Appellate Counsel in Legal Malpractice Actions, Client Seminar, June 4, 2024
•Avoiding Legal Malpractice, Monroe County Bar Association, June 25, 2024
•The Assessment of Damages in Professional Liability Claims, ILG Live Webinar, May 29, 2024
•Socially Responsible: How to Ethically Use Social Media in Your Practice, Attorney Protective, CLE Webinar, May 22, 2024
•The Business of Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, April 9, 2024
•The Business and Ethics Basics of Law Firm Management 2024, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, January 26, 2024
•Defending and Avoiding Disciplinary Complaints, Professional Liability Defense Federation Annual Meeting, September 2023
•Avoiding Legal Malpractice, Dauphin County Bar Association, August 2023
•Avoiding Legal Malpractice, Pennsylvania Bar Association, June 2023
•Malpractice Avoidance, Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys Winter Conference, February 2023
•Legal Malpractice Avoidance, Monroe County Bar Association, June 16, 2021
•Avoiding Legal Malpractice, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, June 9, 2021
•Trends in Claims Against Lawyers, Client Seminar, July 2018 and January 2019

Published Works

•'What's the Gist of the Gist of the Action in Pennsylvania?' The Legal Intelligencer, May 14, 2026
•'The Distinction Between Abuse of Process and Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings,' The Legal Intelligencer, March 16, 2026
•'Your Engagement Agreement as a Defense Against Fee Disputes,' The Legal Intelligencer, November 17, 2025
•'The Barrier to Legal Malpractice Cases Arising Out of Class Action Settlements,' The Legal Intelligencer, May 19, 2025
•''Clear and Convincing' Is the New Standard for Attorney Disciplinary Matters'' The Legal Intelligencer, March 17, 2025
•'What Are Forbidden Sexual Relations With Clients?' The Legal Intelligencer, November 18, 2024
•'Attorney Well-Being Doesn’t Have to Be Spooky: Steps Attorneys Can Take to Support Mental, Emotional and Physical Health,' PLUS Blog, October 29, 2024
•'Socially Responsible Lawyers: Why You Need to Understand Social Media to Competently Represent Your Clients (Part 1),' The Legal Intelligencer, September 18, 2024
•''But I Could Have Gotten More!' Damages Speculation in Legal Malpractice Cases,' The Legal Intelligencer, July 15, 2024
•'Your Well-Being Matters: Attorney Mental Health and Professional Competence,' The Legal Intelligencer, May 15, 2024
•“Relevancy and Its Limits,” “General Admissibility of Relevant Evidence,” “Exclusion of Relevant Evidence,” “Character Evidence; Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts,” and “Methods of Proving Character,” Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence, 2024, Contributing Author
•'Restricting Restrictions: When Attorney Employment Agreements Run Afoul of the Rules of Professional Conduct , ' The Legal Intelligencer, March 21, 2024
•'Risk Management in the Practice of Law,' AttPro Ally, Attorney Protective newsletter, February 27, 2024
•'Probable Cause as a Matter of Law in Dragonetti Cases,' The Legal Intelligencer, November 17, 2023
•'You Diligently Protect Your Clients; What About You? Part 2 (The Middle and the End),' The Legal Intelligencer, September 15, 2023
•'You Diligently Protect Your Clients; What About You? Part 1 (The Beginning), ' The Legal Intelligencer, July 14, 2023
•'Why Your Mental Health Matters to the Disciplinary Board, ' The Legal Intelligencer, May 16, 2023
•'When Disciplinary Counsel Knocks on Your Door, How Do You Respond?' The Legal Intelligencer, March 20, 2023
•'The Attorney-Client Relationship: Keeping the Lines of Communication Open,' PLUS Blog, May 9, 2022
•'Engagement Agreements As A Legal Malpractice Avoidance Tool,' The Pennsylvania Lawyer, March/April 2022 Edition
•'Reinstating the Two-Year Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Claims,' The Legal Intelligencer, April 15, 2021
•'Ten Ways to Avoid Committing Legal Malpractice in a Pandemic,' PLUS Blog, January 18, 2021
•'Responsive Pleadings,' Pennsylvania Civil Pre-Trial Practice, 2018 - present, Reviewing Author
•'Common Evidentiary Issues at Trial,' Pennsylvania Civil Trial Practice, 2018, Reviewing Author, 2019 - present, Contributing Author
•“Pennsylvania Legal Malpractice Claims: Moving Away From a (Nearly) Automatic Four-Year Statute of Limitations,” Defense Digest, Vol. 24, No. 2, June 2018
•Pennsylvania Legal Malpractice Handbook, 2017 Edition, 2019 Edition, Published by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Co-author
•Case Law Alerts, regular contributor, 2015-present

Results

Unanimous Appellate Decision Preserves Defense Win in Legal Malpractice Suit

We successfully defended an appeal from a jury verdict previously secured by members of our Lawyers’ Professional Liability Department in favor of the firm’s client in a legal malpractice case. The plaintiffs initially asserted multiple tort claims and a claim under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, which were dismissed by the trial court upon partial grant of the defense’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. The case proceeded to trial on a remaining breach of contract claim, resulting in a defense verdict. On appeal, the plaintiffs challenged the trial court’s rulings on both the motion for judgment on the pleadings and a motion in limine related to evidentiary exclusions. The Pennsylvania Superior Court unanimously affirmed the trial court’s rulings, holding that the tort claims were time-barred and that the plaintiffs had waived their evidentiary argument by failing to properly develop it in their appellate brief.

Defense Verdict Secured in Legal Malpractice Case

We won a defense verdict in a legal malpractice case arising from an underlying civil rights claim. The plaintiff was arrested in August 2015 following a physical altercation with her daughter and her daughter’s friends. The plaintiff alleged that, while she was being searched at the Philadelphia Police Detention Unit, a City employee struck her, causing her to fall into a “split” and suffer a hamstring avulsion. The defendant attorneys represented the plaintiff in a lawsuit against the City. The plaintiff was never able, during the underlying case, to identify the employee who allegedly assaulted her. She did not respond to communications from the defendant attorneys regarding the arbitration award and the appellate deadline; thus, no appeal was filed. During the legal malpractice trial, we presented evidence that the plaintiff could not have won the underlying case-within-the-case because she lacked corroborating evidence of the alleged assault. We also presented evidence that the plaintiff could not prove damages arising from the alleged injury. The court agreed and entered a defense verdict following a bench trial.

Thought Leadership

The Legal Intelligencer

What’s the Gist of the Gist of the Action in Pennsylvania?

May 14, 2026

The question of when and how the gist of the action doctrine applies to professional liability claims in Pennsylvania, and whether a breach of contract claim may be asserted in any legal malpractice action where there is a contract, remains open.

The Legal Intelligencer

The Distinction Between Abuse of Process and Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings

March 16, 2026

Attorneys and Pennsylvania courts have often conflated actions for abuse of process and wrongful use of civil proceedings (the Dragonetti Act). The two torts are very different claims, with different requirements, and should be considered separately. Some recent opinions have highlighted one of the key differences between the two types of claims, the distinction between a “proceeding” and “process.”

News

Alesia Sulock Appointed to the Professional Liability Defense Federation Board

October 1, 2025

Alesia S. Sulock Admitted to Membership of the International Association of Defense Counsel

June 11, 2025

Working with Alesia on a general matter

Clients Alesia works with

Alesia reviews new inquiries case-by-case for general, litigation, and real estate matters in Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania area.

Credentials

Alesia S. Sulock's legal education and bar admissions

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
J.D. · 2012
Saint Joseph's University
B.A. · 2006

Jurisdictions

Alesia's state bar admissions

U.S. District Court
2016 · ACTIVE
U.S. District Court
2014 · ACTIVE
U.S. District Court
2012 · ACTIVE
Pennsylvania
2012 · ACTIVE
New Jersey
2012 · ACTIVE

Alesia studied at J.D. in Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and B.A. in Saint Joseph's University.

Law school and academic background

Alesia completed J.D. in Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law and B.A. in Saint Joseph's University. Formal legal training is one signal of substantive knowledge — the day-to-day practice Alesia runs in Pennsylvania is where that training gets applied to real client questions.

Recognition

Awards, publications, and recognition of Alesia S. Sulock

Alesia has received 1 formal recognition from bar associations, industry bodies, and peer-review services.

AV Preeminent

Legal awards and honors

AV Preeminent.

Locations

Alesia S. Sulock's office in Philadelphia

Alesia's primary office is at 2000 Market Street, Suite 2300, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. In-person meetings are by appointment; a phone intake usually comes first.

Main office

Marshall Dennehey

2000 Market Street, Suite 2300

Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Client feedback

Client reviews of Alesia S. Sulock — 4.8/5 rating from 10 verified client reviews

Every review below is from a verified client of Alesia. Reviews cover communication, case outcome, and value — the three signals that matter most when comparing general attorneys in Philadelphia.

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Hiring guide

How to hire Alesia S. Sulock — what to expect in your first consultation

Working with a new general attorney should feel structured. Here's how the first two conversations with Alesia usually go, from the moment you request a consult to the day representation begins.

Consultation formats and pricing

Alesia charges for the initial consult. That fee is credited toward representation if you retain Alesia's office.

What to bring to your first meeting

Bring any documents you already have — police reports, medical records, filed pleadings, correspondence from an insurer, a copy of the contract at issue. If you're not sure, err on the side of bringing everything; Alesia will tell you what matters and what doesn't.

Questions to ask a general attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A short list to run through before you commit: How many general matters have you handled in the last year? What's your fee structure? Who else in the office will work on this? What's your realistic estimate of timeline and range of outcomes? How do I reach you between meetings?

Fees & payment

Fees, payment methods, and consultation options for Alesia

Alesia discusses fees during intake so the arrangement fits the matter. Contingency, hourly, and flat-fee options are all common in general practice — ask which fits.

Hourly rates, contingency fees, and flat-fee options

Every general matter is priced differently. Simple document review might be a flat fee. Injury litigation is often contingency. Complex commercial disputes usually run hourly with a retainer. Alesia confirms the model in the engagement letter before any work starts.

Payment methods and payment plans

Alesia's office accepts standard payment methods. Ask about payment plans if the retainer is a stretch — many general practices work with clients on structured schedules.

Frequently asked

Frequently asked questions about Alesia S. Sulock

How much does it cost to hire Alesia for a general case?
Cost depends on the type of matter, the fee model (contingency, flat, hourly), and how contested the case becomes. Alesia walks through the likely range during the consult so there are no surprises.
Does Alesia offer a free consultation?
Alesia charges for the initial consult; that fee is credited toward representation if you retain Alesia's office. Some general attorneys offer free consults — check Alesia's current terms during booking.
How long do general cases in Pennsylvania typically take?
Simple general matters can wrap in a few weeks; disputed cases can run 6–18 months from intake to resolution, longer if the matter goes to trial. Alesia gives a realistic estimate for your facts at the consult — vague answers here are a red flag.
Can Alesia take my case if I'm outside Philadelphia?
Alesia is licensed in Pennsylvania. Matters governed by Pennsylvania law are the natural fit. Out-of-state matters are handled case-by-case, sometimes with local co-counsel. Ask during intake — Alesia will tell you if the case is a fit or refer you to someone closer to your court.
What should I bring to my first meeting with Alesia?
Bring every document that touches the dispute: contracts, correspondence, police or medical reports, filed pleadings, invoices, photographs, insurance letters. Also bring a written timeline of what happened, in your own words. Alesia will filter what matters — over-preparing at intake is always cheaper than needing a second meeting.
Is Alesia accepting new general clients right now?
Alesia's intake status shifts week to week. Submit the form; the office will confirm availability or refer the matter out.

Areas served

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