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McLaughlin, Shawn P. Esq.

Shawn P. McLaughlin Esq. - Lancaster, PA

Attorney at Trinity Law

Lawyers in Lancaster, PA

1586 Lititz Pike Lancaster, PA 17601

Updated: 02/16/2026

Attorney Information

Overview

Shawn P. McLaughlin is a graduate of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a graduate of Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In law school, Attorney McLaughlin served on the board of Regent University Law Review.

Attorney Shawn McLaughlin of Trinity Law concentrates his practice in personal injury, Social Security Disability, employment law and civil litigation, and handles such cases in Adams, Dauphin, Lancaster, and York County, Pennsylvania. Attorney McLaughlin has personally handled hundreds of each of these types of cases in the 20+ years he's worked at Trinity Law, and enjoys doing so.

Attorney McLaughlin is a member of the United States Supreme Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eastern and Middle District Federal Courts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and is a member of the Lancaster and York County Bar Associations, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. Attorney McLaughlin has handled civil cases at all levels of the Pennsylvania State and Federal Courts.

Attorney McLaughlin is a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, Christian Legal Society and the Employment Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. For his service to the community, the York County Bar Association recognized Attorney McLaughlin by awarding him the Pro Bono Award. Attorney Shawn McLaughlin serves on the Board of Directors for the Water Street Health Services Clinic, a subsidiary of the Water Street Ministries in Lancaster, PA. Attorney McLaughlin also serves on the Board of Directors for Covenant Christian Academy in Harrisburg, PA.

Attorney McLaughlin and his family are members of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.


Awards and Honors

Honors

  • Pro Bono Award Recipient, York County Bar Association, 1996

Education

  • Legal Education

    • Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1991
      J.D.
      Honors: Secretary, Student Bar Association, Regent Parallel Committee
      Law Review: Regent University Law Review
  • Non Legal Education

    • Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1987
      B.A.
      Honors: President's List
      Honors: Dean's List
      Honors: Phi Alpha Theta
      Major: History
      Major: Political Science

Languages

  • English (Primary)

Pro Bono Activities

  • Mid-Penn Legal Services (York County and Lancaster County)
  • Pro Bono Award Recipient (Individual), York County Bar Association - 1996
  • Pro Bono Award Recipient (Firm), York County Bar Association - 2011

Representative Clients

  • Bell Socialization Services, Inc.
  • Bitterman Scales
  • Black Horse Animal Hospital
  • CB Tool Co.
  • Lancaster Pump
  • Kroy Industrial Park
  • Numerous Local Churches and Christian Organizations
  • One Way Janitorial, Inc.
  • Rebel's Construction, Inc.
  • Red Lion Chiropractic, Inc.
  • Salon Downunder
  • Salvage One, Inc.
  • Typical Life Corporation
  • York Rescue Mission

Representative Cases

  • Chandler v. Commissioner of Social Security
    • Citation: LEXIS 24279 (3d Cir. 2011)
    • Court: U.S. App
    • Year: 2011
  • Rivero et al. v. Timblin et al
    • Citation: 85 Lancaster Law Review 5
    • Court: Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 2011
  • Chase Bank USA, N.A. v. Rader
    • Citation: 85 Lancaster Law Review 42
    • Court: Pa. Com. Pl.
    • Year: 2011
  • Chase Bank USA, N.A. v. Rader
    • Citation: 8 Pa. D. & C. 5th 297
    • Court: Lanc. Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 2009
  • New Life Assembly of God Church of Lancaster, PA v. Phillips Capital, et al.
    • Citation: 83 Lancaster Law Review 48
    • Court: Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 2009
  • Serena F. Smallwood v. Ernest Kilby
    • Citation: 123 York Legal Record 4
    • Year: 2009
  • Neiman v. American Intern. Group, Inc
    • Citation: Slip Copy, 2009 WL 3764027
    • Court: M.D. Pa.
    • Year: 2009
  • Crimmins v. Penn DOT
    • Citation: 61 Pa. D. & C.4th 363
    • Court: Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 2003
  • Friedrich v. Educators Mutual Life Insurance Company
    • Citation: 117 York Leg. Rec. 14
    • Court: Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 2003
  • T.S. v. Penn Manor
    • Citation: School Dist., 798 A.2d 837, 165 Ed. Law Rep. 701
    • Court: Pa.Cmwlth.Ct.
    • Year: 2002
  • Brenner ex rel. Johnson v. West Shore School Dist.
    • Citation: 780 A.2d 726
    • Court: Pa.Cmwlth.Ct.
    • Year: 2001
  • T.C. York Company t/a Town & Country York v. William A. Gorman, III
    • Citation: 115 York Leg. Rec. 9
    • Court: Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 2001
  • Linda P. Garrison v. Eric R. Garrison
    • Citation: 113 York. Leg. Rec. 30
    • Court: Pa.Com.Pl.
    • Year: 1999
  • Quinlan v. Hogan
    • Citation: 110 York Leg.Rec. 39
    • Year: 1997
  • Frankenfield v. Feeser
    • Citation: 672 A.2d 1347
    • Court: Pa.Super.
    • Year: 1996
    • Serial Number: 1996069514
  • Gourmet Table Skirts v. Falzone
    • Citation: 110 York Leg Rec. 35
    • Year: 1996
  • Browning-Ferris, Inc v. Manchester Borough
    • Citation: 936 F.Supp. 241
    • Court: M.D. Pa.
    • Year: 1996
  • Boettelmann v. Ruder et al.
    • Citation: 108 York Leg. Rec. 8
    • Year: 1994

Published Works

Articles

  • The Rules of Transient Jurisdiction: Should We Burnham? (Comment) 1 Regent L. Rev. 157, 1991

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania, 1991
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1994
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1992
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1995
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Other Affiliations

  • Lancaster County Bar Association (Member)
  • York County Bar Association (Member)
  • Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Member)
  • American Association for Justice (Member)
  • National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (Member)
  • Christian Legal Society (Member)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Employment Law Section (Member)
  • York County Arbitration (Panel Member and Chairman)
  • Lancaster County Arbitration (Panel Member)

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Lancaster, PA

1586 Lititz Pike
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