Schmidt, Kirifides, Rassias & Rio is recognized as one of Delaware County and southeastern Pennsylvania’s preeminent workers’ compensation law firms for injured workers. Founded in Media in 1994, the firm has devoted more than 30 years to protecting injured workers throughout Delaware County, Philadelphia, and across Pennsylvania. The Delaware County Daily Times has repeatedly named the firm among the region’s best workers’ compensation law firms.
From the beginning, the firm was built around one purpose: to give injured workers the highest standard of legal representation in Pennsylvania workers’ compensation cases. All three workers’ compensation partners are Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialists through the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law, as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Fewer than 200 attorneys statewide hold this certification. It reflects substantial workers’ compensation experience, advanced continuing legal education, peer review, and successful completion of a rigorous certification examination.
The firm’s workers’ compensation attorneys have earned repeated Super Lawyers recognition over many years, reflecting sustained professional achievement and peer respect. In 2026, every workers’ compensation partner at the firm was selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list. Founding and Managing Partner Mark R. Schmidt was additionally named to both the 2026 Pennsylvania Top 100 and Philadelphia Top 100 Super Lawyers lists. The firm’s attorneys have also earned AV Preeminent peer ratings, Martindale-Hubbell Client Champion Platinum recognition, and Avvo Clients’ Choice awards.
Over more than three decades, Schmidt, Kirifides, Rassias & Rio has recovered over $100 million in workers’ compensation benefits and helped more than 5,000 injured workers and their families protect their income, medical care, and financial futures. The firm is backed by more than 200 five-star reviews across Google and leading legal platforms.
The firm handles every stage of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim, including newly reported work injuries, denied claims, stopped or reduced wage-loss checks, surgery and medical treatment disputes, long-term work restrictions, independent medical examinations, benefit termination proceedings, hearings, and substantial lump-sum settlements. Whether a claim is new or already disputed, the firm brings particular strength to cases involving significant time away from work, ongoing medical treatment or surgery, long-term restrictions affecting a return to work, or settlement decisions that may determine an injured worker’s future medical care and financial security.
Schmidt, Kirifides, Rassias & Rio approaches every claim with meticulous preparation from the beginning, developing the medical evidence, wage-loss documentation, litigation strategy, and settlement analysis necessary to protect both immediate benefits and the claim’s long-term value. Clients work directly with accomplished partners who remain personally involved throughout the case and are only a phone call away.
The firm’s record spans more than 100 appellate matters, including more than 20 precedent-setting decisions from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that have helped shape workers’ compensation law and protect injured workers statewide. Its partners have advocated for injured workers at every level of Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system, from hearings before Workers’ Compensation Judges through the state’s highest courts. The command of the law, strategic judgment, and exacting standards behind that record guide the firm’s work in every claim—whether protecting medical treatment and wage-loss benefits, preparing for a hearing, or evaluating the full value of a settlement.
That depth of knowledge has made Schmidt, Kirifides, Rassias & Rio a trusted resource for attorneys throughout Pennsylvania. Other lawyers regularly seek the firm’s analysis and judgment on important workers’ compensation issues. Its partners have been trusted to author amicus curiae briefs addressing questions affecting injured workers statewide, teach Continuing Legal Education programs for other lawyers, and speak to labor unions about workers’ rights. Mark R. Schmidt has served as Co-Chair of the Delaware County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee since 2022, while Anna V. Rio previously served as Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section. For injured workers, this means their claim is personally backed by the same partners other Pennsylvania attorneys turn to for guidance in workers’ compensation law.
Free consultations are available at the firm’s Delaware County office or by secure video conference. Home and hospital visits can be arranged when necessary. There are no legal fees unless workers’ compensation benefits are recovered.
