Pennsylvania Independent Auto Dealers
Legal counsel that understands the business behind the deal.
Customer claims, arbitration demands, lender chargebacks, title problems, and regulatory inquiries can disrupt more than one transaction. Barchiesi Law evaluates the legal issue with an understanding of how dealerships, finance departments, deal files, and lender relationships actually operate.
Philadelphia-based counsel serving independent dealers throughout Pennsylvania.
Built for dealership decision-makers
- Owners & Dealer Principals
- General Managers
- Finance & F&I Leaders
- Independent Dealer Operators
A deadline may control your options
Received court papers, an arbitration demand, a lender notice, or an agency letter?
Do not rely only on an online form if a response date is approaching. Call promptly and identify the deadline.
Start with the pressure point
One dealership problem can quickly become several.
A retail dispute may involve the customer, the contract, a finance company, an arbitration administrator, a regulator, and the dealership's cash flow at the same time.
Customer Claims
Complaints, demand letters, warranty allegations, advertising claims, repair disputes, and threatened litigation.
Request review → 02Arbitration & Court
Private arbitration demands, Magisterial District Court filings, civil complaints, procedural deadlines, and settlement pressure.
Request review → 03Lender Exposure
Defense tenders, indemnification demands, repurchases, offsets, reserves, chargebacks, and assigned-contract disputes.
Request review → 04Titles & Regulation
Title and registration issues, licensing concerns, agency correspondence, trade-practice questions, and compliance pressure.
Request review → 05Contracts & Deal Files
Retail installment contracts, buyer's orders, disclosures, warranties, lender agreements, and transaction documentation.
Request review → 06Investigations & Subpoenas
Government inquiries, subpoenas, document requests, employee issues, and overlapping civil, regulatory, or criminal exposure.
Request review →Attorney-led. Informed by dealership operators.
A legal team built to read both the case and the dealership.
The strongest response often requires two kinds of fluency: the ability to investigate and evaluate the legal exposure, and the ability to understand what actually happened inside the dealership. Barchiesi Law brings those perspectives together while keeping all legal advice, strategy, and representation under attorney direction.
Legal Counsel
Robert C. Barchiesi II, Esq.
Before entering defense practice, Robert Barchiesi served as a sworn law-enforcement officer, advanced into supervisory investigative roles, and later worked in prosecutorial and policy-shaping positions. He has directed complex investigations and handled major criminal matters from investigation through prosecution - experience that can be especially valuable when a dealer dispute involves conflicting accounts, incomplete records, a subpoena, an agency inquiry, or overlapping civil and criminal exposure.
- Attorney-led analysis, negotiation, and representation
- Litigation, arbitration, contract, and regulatory review
- Investigative discipline applied to documents, timelines, and testimony
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Primary Automotive Consultant
Anthony Gonzalez
Anthony Gonzalez has worked in automotive retail since 2005, progressing through sales, BDC, F&I, finance management, sales management, finance director, and general sales manager roles before becoming an independent dealer principal. He has owned three independent dealerships and operated a three-bay service center, giving him first-hand experience with the decisions, documentation, lender relationships, customer issues, and financial pressure that shape a dealer dispute.
- Toyota President's Club dealership management experience in 2015
- Management experience with a two-time fastest-growing Mitsubishi dealership
- Extensive F&I, subprime lending, and deal-structure experience
- Earned AFIP certification and completed Joe Verde leadership certification
Additional industry resources when appropriate
The firm may also draw on other experienced automotive professionals when a matter would benefit from specialized operational, finance, transaction, title, service, or dealership-management knowledge.
Automotive consultants are not attorneys and do not provide legal advice. Their involvement, if any, is determined and directed by counsel. Legal advice, strategy, and representation are provided by Barchiesi Law PLLC.
The operational difference
The legal file is only part of the problem.
What does the retail contract actually require?
What will the lender demand from the dealer?
What records show how the deal was handled?
What will defense, arbitration, and staff time cost?
Can the dispute be contained before it affects the broader operation?
Reactive and preventive support
Resolve the current problem - and identify the next preventable one.
Representation is evaluated case by case. Depending on the matter, the firm may assist with an active dispute or provide preventive review before a larger problem develops.
When a claim already exists
Dealer Dispute Response
- Complaint and demand-letter response
- Arbitration and litigation evaluation
- Lender tender and indemnification review
- Early settlement and claim resolution
- Evidence and deal-file development
- Agency inquiry and subpoena response
Before a claim becomes expensive
Preventive Dealer Counsel
- Retail contract and arbitration review
- Lender and dealer-agreement review
- Advertising and disclosure evaluation
- Customer-complaint escalation procedures
- Deal-file and documentation review
- Recurring outside-counsel support, when arranged
A focused starting point
Tell us where the matter stands.
- 1
Identify the problem
Choose the issue, name the other parties, and briefly explain what happened.
- 2
Flag every deadline
Include court, arbitration, lender, agency, contractual, title, or response dates.
- 3
Complete the initial review request
The firm can conduct a conflicts check and determine whether to contact you about consultation availability and possible next steps.
Independent Dealer Legal Review
Start with the facts you know.
A few sentences are enough for the initial request. Do not delay because every document is not yet organized.
- Identify the dealership and best contact information.
- Select the problem affecting the business.
- Name the customer, lender, agency, or other parties if known.
- Provide every known deadline.
Do not submit Social Security numbers, credit reports, payment-card information, passwords, banking credentials, or confidential customer documents through this initial form.
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Common starting questions
Before you contact the firm
Does submitting the form make Barchiesi Law our attorney?
No. The submission permits an initial review and conflicts check. Representation begins only after the firm accepts the matter and a written engagement agreement is completed.
Should we wait until the deal file is complete?
No. Begin with the information available and identify what is missing. Do not allow document collection to cause a court, arbitration, lender, or agency deadline to pass.
Will automotive consultants give us legal advice?
No. Consultants may help the attorney understand dealership operations and records when counsel determines their involvement is appropriate. Legal advice and strategy remain with the attorney.
Can the firm guarantee a dismissal or settlement?
No. Outcomes depend on the documents, facts, law, parties, procedural history, decision-makers, and circumstances outside the firm's control.
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Resolve the claim. Control the cost. Return to business.
Do not let one retail dispute consume the dealership.
This page provides general information and does not constitute legal advice. Viewing this page, contacting Barchiesi Law PLLC, or submitting information does not create an attorney-client relationship, guarantee that the firm will accept a matter, or guarantee any outcome. Representation begins only after the firm agrees to accept the matter and a written engagement agreement is completed. Do not rely on an online submission to satisfy an arbitration, agency, contractual, court, licensing, title, lender, or other deadline.