Arthur L. Bugay

Arthur Bugay is an experienced trial attorney, having tried cases in Federal and State Courts, in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey.  He has over 35 years of experience as a trial attorney and was a Senior Partner at a Major Personal Injury Law Firm and a Partner at a Civil Rights and Environmental Law Firm before opening the Bugay Law Firm in June 2023.

Arthur has been recognized as an Outstanding litigator and appellate attorney.  He is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy and was awarded a Master of Laws in Trial Advocacy in 2000.  Arthur has taught Products Liability at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.  Arthur has earned many Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar recoveries for his clients and is a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.  Arthur has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2010 and has been named a Preeminent Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, a Peer Rated legal reviewer of attorneys, having received an “AV” Rating, the highest professional rating awarded.

Arthur earned five (5) degrees from Temple University and is one of four (4) such graduates – in more than 500,000 graduates in Temple’s History.  Arthur graduated with Honors from Temple’s Beasley School of Law and earned two Master of Laws Degrees there.  Before Law School, Arthur was in Temple’s Ph.D. Program for Economics and switched to Law, after being awarded a Master of Arts in Economics because he wanted to apply his knowledge to solving practical economic problems experienced by families and workers.  Since 1991, Arthur has served working families to achieve damages for Wrongful Death, Survival Actions and for individuals to address harm caused by defective products, defective personal protective clothing, pneumatic nailers, table saws, defective power tools, work site accidents, construction accident injuries caused by unsafe work sites, gun violence, physical attacks, environmental hazards and contamination, trucking accidents, defective roadway design, ATV accidents, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Negligence, Recreational and Attraction Injuries, car accidents, injuries caused by drunk drivers, and unsafe property cases.  Over the years, he has helped hundreds of people get compensation for physical harm suffered and for economic damages.

Arthur has successfully sued for damages from fraud, criminal actions, for workers who have been stiffed by employers who owe them wages, for homeowners and other victims of construction contract abuse and improper or negligent construction projects. Arthur has successfully sued defendants in business litigation and for breach of contract and fiduciary duty.

Arthur has successfully represented fire fighters who have been wrongfully deprived promotional opportunities because of improperly administered or scored civil service examinations.  He successfully obtained the court ordered promotion of a fire fighter to fire lieutenant.  He successfully litigated to obtain the promotion of 14 fire officers to their higher ranks.  He successfully litigated a significant monetary damage settlement with a fire captain’s reinstatement from forced disability after a municipality attempted to force her into retirement.

Arthur has also successfully represented individuals for commercial harm after being forced out of their businesses and obtained a multi-million dollar damage award for a founder of a business after he was frozen out of his business by officers who took over operations.