James N. Bryant is a trial attorney with over thirty years experience. He was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and grew up in Centre County. Both his parents were Army Officers – Willis W. Bryant, a decorated fighter pilot and Betty Bryant, a WAC who outranked her husband at the time of their marriage. Jim is a graduate of Juniata College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School of Law. He is a former Assistant District Attorney who worked in the Homicide and Major Trial Units for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. In 1975, James N. Bryant returned from Philadelphia to Centre County and opened an office for the general practice of law.

Jim is married and lives with this wife Sue on a farm in the eastern section of Penns Valley. Jim’s talented wife has restored their 1817 farm house to its original condition and the Bryant’s share their house with their two dogs, twelve cats, five goats, a rabbit and one black sheep named Sam. The Bryant’s have three surviving children who have scattered themselves about the eastern seaboard. Jim’s hobbies include white water canoeing, where he holds an instructor ranking, hunting, fishing, antiquing, berry picking and entertaining himself while his wife goes to the mall. He and his daughter  have finished as high as 3rd in National Canoe Competition. He is a member of the Centre County Bar, the Pennsylvania Bar, American Trial Lawyer’s Association, and past President of the Nittany Sunrise Kiwanis.

[Read a State College Magazine article on James N. Bryant]

Bernard F. Cantorna

Bernard F. Cantorna is a 1994 graduate of the Trial Lawyer’s College located in Dubois, Wyoming. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers, and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Bernard graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Law with honors, cum laude and Order of the Coif. He is a former C.P.A., Public Defender and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law. He is a trial lawyer who emphasizes personal injury and criminal defense in his practice. Bernard is also a proud father of two and an avid rugby player. Contact him directly at (814) 238-4370 or email him at bcantorna@gmail.com.

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