Mark Leonetti

Mark Leonetti is the NJ Managing Partner & Chair of NJ Auto and Workers’ Compensation for the national law firm, Pond Lehocky Giordano, Inc., Haddonfield, New Jersey.  His practice areas include all personal injury matters and workers compensation.  He brings over three decades of courtroom-focused practice to cases involving catastrophically injured plaintiffs, serious motor vehicle and truck collisions, and complex wrongful injury matters, as well as representation of employees through New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system.

Mr. Leonetti’s litigation record reflects a readiness to bring cases to trial when that serves a client’s interests. He has handled high-stakes disputes on behalf of severely injured clients and consistently pursues recovery for medical care, rehabilitation, wage loss and ongoing support needs where long-term consequences are at issue.  In short, Mr. Leonetti has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients during his long career.  

In workers’ compensation court, Mr. Leonetti has represented thousands of injured workers and their families, obtaining benefits that range from death benefits and lifetime awards for spouses to educational funding for dependents, lifetime medical and wage benefits for those found totally disabled, and substantial lump-sum settlements for others returning to the workforce. He frames each matter to secure the full statutory entitlements available under New Jersey law.

Earning a B.A. with high honors from Rutgers University and a J.D. from Widener University School of Law, Mr. Leonetti completed internships with the New Jersey Superior Court (Judge James Rafferty) and the Appellate Division (Judge Virginia Long). He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and is authorized before the Federal District Court of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Active in the legal community, he maintains long-standing membership in the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New Jersey Association for Justice and the Camden County Bar Association.