Justin McShane
DUI Defense, Criminal Law, Litigation

The McShane Law Firm

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Justin McShane

Attorney McShane has earned the reputation in the Pennsylvania legal community as a fierce and uncompromising advocate for the citizen accused. Attorney McShane (Chairman/CEO) is a graduate of the prestigious Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland. He matriculated at Franklin & Marshall College and was named a Marshall Scholar which is Franklin and Marshall's highest academic scholarship. With that award and scholarship, Attorney McShane studied European Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Limerick in the Republic of Ireland in 1997. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College, he attended the Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson...[more]

Justin McShane

Attorney McShane has earned the reputation in the Pennsylvania legal community as a fierce and uncompromising advocate for the citizen accused. Attorney McShane (Chairman/CEO) is a graduate of the prestigious Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland. He matriculated at Franklin & Marshall College and was named a Marshall Scholar which is Franklin and Marshall's highest academic scholarship. With that award and scholarship, Attorney McShane studied European Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Limerick in the Republic of Ireland in 1997. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College, he attended the Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson School of Law.

Attorney McShane is now the Chairman/CEO of The McShane Firm, LLC. Prior to forming The McShane Firm, LLC, he was the Managing Partner of McShane & Hitchings, LLC (2004-2008). Before McShane & Hitchings, LLC in 2003-4, he was a solo practitioner. Prior to that, he was employed by the County of Dauphin where he defended several high profile cases including a death penalty case and several other homicides. He has tried a variety of cases ranging from relatively simple speeding infractions to large scale multi-million dollar drug tracking and multiple homicide cases and everything in between including single offense misdemeanor cases, serial rapist cases and, of course, DUI. Attorney McShane has handled thousands of criminal cases. He has even handled several homicides including a triple homicide. He has argued twice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He has frequently argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court. In fact, in Commonwealth v. Jones, 845 A.2d 821, Attorney McShane successfully argued to substantially change Pennsylvania law with respect to anonymous tipsters and vehicle stops to the benefit of all motorists.

Attorney McShane's practice is exclusively limited to DUI and criminal law.

To learn more about DUI Laws in Pennsylvania, please visit Attorney McShane's blog at PADUIBlog.com

He has attended the new "Capital Cases Seminar" and has continuing legal education credits allowing him to handle capital homicide cases. He has attended the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) 1st Annual "Making Sense of Science Seminar" which instructs attorneys on various diverse fields of forensic science from:

• Computer Forensic Evidence,
• DNA Collection and Analysis,
• Sexual Abuse cases,
• Forensics of Firearms,
• Arson Investigation,
• Crime Lab Errors,
• Crime Scene Analysis,
• Child Sexual Abuse,
• Defending Child Pornography and criminal solicitation for sexual related cases involving children (like Dateline's "How to Catch a Child Predator" style cases),
• Homicide Investigations,
• Time of Death and Pathology, and
• Understanding Police Interrogations and Challenging False Confessions.

Attorney McShane donates his time to worthy causes such as the Special Olympics, PAWS (click here to see an award) and the Boy Scouts of America. He is an Eagle Scout who always believes in the Boy Scout Motto of "Be Prepared." He is an elected member of the Central Dauphin School Board. [less]