SL_PROFILE_KK & O_1219_Layout 1 12 / 10 / 19 2 : 48 PM Page 1 D PROFILE by BILL DONAHUE photography by JODY ROBINSON | treats every client as an individual and every case as a personal matter that may have deep and lasting ramifications on a person’s life . Much like Krasno , Dlin often keeps in touch with clients long after their cases have been resolved . “ When our clients come to us , they are not LEVELING THE only injured but often frustrated , bitter , and angry at how they have been treated , ” Dlin says . “ As a judge , I noticed an increasing lack of loyalty between employer and employee . There have been a disheartening number of occasions of employers jettisoning an employee when an PLAYING FIELD employee reports a workplace injury . One of the things we do is get their lives back on track For more than 80 years , the attorneys of Krasno , and restore their sense of place in the world . Krasno & Onwudinjo have been fighting to help “ If a case is denied by an insurance company or an employer , there’s insult added to injury , ” workers heal , recover , and move forward with he continues . “ We try to make it better for them . Whether that’s by litigating a case , if that their lives after work - related injuries . makes the most sense , or negotiating a resolution of the case , we let the clients ’ lives take us cases . Put another way , Dlin has truly been “ on where they need to go . ” orkplace accidents often happen all corners of a courtroom , ” he says . In addition , From its storied history and leadership to in the blink of an eye . In the after - he has served as co - chair of the Workers ’ Com - its personalized approach to “ making clients math , many workers discover their W pensation Section of the Philadelphia Bar Asso - whole again , ” Krasno considers his firm the lives changed forever , physically , emo - ciation , and presently serves as a member of natural choice for people wrestling with workers ’ tionally , and financially , as a result of that section’s Legislative Liaison Committee . compensation issues . their injuries . In other words , through “ Some of our clients come home in wheel - “ We do everything humanly possible to no fault of their own , the lives they once chairs , some come home with life - altering make sure they walk away with the absolute knew no longer exist . injuries , and some never come home at all , ” best result and the best means to move on These scenarios illustrate why the law firm says Dlin , the firm’s managing partner . “ We with their life , ” he says . “ We are ever - changing of Krasno , Krasno & Onwudinjo has been helping fight to make sure clients are receiving the and evolving to meet injured workers find resolution in workers ’ com - the needs of our clients medical care they deserve , from the best doctors , pensation disputes for more than 80 years . while never losing the foundation that was set nd make sure they receive the wage - loss “ I’m a third - generation workers ’ compen - down in 1936 : dedicating our lives to the injured a benefits they are entitled to . ” sation lawyer , the only one in the state , ” says and disabled of Pennsylvania . Dlin’s experience has proven to be of Senior Partner and CEO Jason Krasno , who is “ Simply put , there is only one Krasno , immense value to the firm , both in terms of the following in the footsteps of his late father , the Krasno & Onwudinjo , ” he continues . “ Through representation he can offer to individual clients trial attorney Lester Krasno , and grandfather , changes in the law , changes in the economy , and the perspective he can share with his fellow the Honorable Isadore Krasno , a workers ’ com - or changes in the political landscape , we will attorneys . pensation judge who founded the firm in 1936 . always be able to navigate those waters with “ Geoff has added an entirely new dynamic “ My father the injured worker and level the playing field and grandfather dedicated their lives ? to our firm , ” says Krasno , who began his legal against the insurance companies . ” to giving the injured worker their life back , and career with the firm in 1999 . that really sunk in with me . I take those memories “ He has expanded our view - and apply those lessons to everyone I talk to . ” Jason Krasno ( left ) and point from the bench and With 12 offices throughout the region , Geoffrey W . Dlin shown how to custom - tailor Krasno , Krasno & Onwudinjo attorneys represent each case and create a new workers in every field who have suffered injury game plan based on the expec - or illness during the scope of employment . tations of a workers ’ compen - From carpenters and construction workers to sation judge . As a result , Geoff police officers and government employees , the has helped to create a culture firm has won cases for more than 300,000 within the firm to help our injured Pennsylvania workers . As a result , it has staff and support people under - been consistently ranked as a tier - one law firm stand what it takes to help our in the state by U.S . News & World Report . clients win their cases . ” Part of this excellence stems from Krasno , Krasno & Onwudinjo’s leadership and expertise . Although Dlin has “ seen it Many of the firm’s attorneys are certified specialists all ” through the various aspects in workers ’ compensation law , including the of his legal career , he takes onorable Geoffrey W . Dlin ( Ret . ) , who joined nothing for granted . He still H the firm in 2012 . Dlin served more than 15 years as a workers ’ compensation judge , and he also spent the For more information on Krasno , Krasno & Onwudinjo , D early part of his career representing insurance visit or call krasnolaw.com or call ( 800 ) 952 - 9640 . companies in injury and workers ’ compensation SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM DECEMBER 2019 40 |