DONALD M. GRIMES, CPCU, J.D. 

Donald M. Grimes, CPU,JD

Email: dgrimes@kgpv.com

Concentrations:

  • Insurance Coverage
  • Civil Litigation
  • Premises Liability
  • Uninsured
  • Underinsured Motorist law.


Educational Background:

Delaware Law School of Widener University

  • Wilmington, Delaware

J.D. 1983

  • Phi Kappa Phi, American Jurisprudence Award
  • American Institute for Property & Liability Underwriters

1976 - 1980

  • Awarded Chartered Property & Liability Underwriters (CPCU) designation
  • Insurance Institute of America

1973 - 1975

  • Awarded Certificate in General Insurance

Colgate University

  • A.B., Sociology - 1973


Employment:

Kelly Grimes Pietrangelo & Vakil, P.C.

  • Media, Pennsylvania
  • Shareholder - 1991 to present

Gibbons Buckley, Smith, Palmer & Proud, P.C.

Media, Pennsylvania

  • Law Clerk - 1981 - 1983
  • Associate - 1983 - 1984
  • Partner - 1985 - 1991

Philadelphia Insurance Society

  • Instructor - Chartered Property & Casualty Program 1984 - 1990

O.M. Grimes Company - Independent Adjustment Firm, Phila., PA

  • Claims Representative - 1973 - 1975
  • Claims Supervisor - 1975 - 1977
  • Claims Manager - 1977 - 1981


Professional Associations:

1980 to present

  • Association of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters

1974 to 1990

  • Philadelphia Worker's Compensation Claim Association

1975 to present

  • Del-Chester Claims Association
  • Philadelphia Insurance Society
  • Pennsylvania Defense Institute
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Delaware County Bar Association

Director, 1998 - 2000

  • Delaware County Bar Association

2000

  • Co-Chair Civil Education Committee

1998 - 1999

  • Chairman of Uninsured/Underinsured Arbitration Practices, Delaware County Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • American Inns of Court
  • Vice President - 1998 - 1999
  • President Elect - 1999 - 2000
  • President - 2000 - 2001


Admitted to Practice in Front of the Following Courts:

  • Pennsylvania Supreme Court and all other Pennsylvania State Courts
  • United States Supreme Court; Third Circuit Court of Appeals; United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania