Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

Honors/Awards:

• Recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association as a Top !00 Trial Lawyer, Top 100 Trial Lawyer, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
• AV Rating, Martindale Hubbell
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Montgomery Bar Association - past Director; Montgomery Trial Lawyers Association - past President; Montgomery Bar Association Medical Legal Committee past Chair; Montgomery Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee, past Chair; Pennsylvania Bar Association Medical & Health Related Issues Interdisciplinary Committee, former Chair; Pennsylvania Bar Association Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Member; House of Delegates 2005-2006.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Volunteer Child Advocate, Montgomery County Child Advocacy Project-Attorney Advisor, High School Mock Trial Program & Competition-Varsity Committee Chair, Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 117-Boy Scouts of America, Merit Badge Counselor, Cradle of Liberty Council-Boy Scouts of America

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Verdicts/Settlements:

•  Mr. Heleniak has received significant awards and settlements for his clients including many that are well over one million dollars. His most noteworthy settlements include a confidential, multi-million dollar award for a truck driver who sustained severe electrical burns when his dump trailer came in contact with uninsulated electric utility lines, and a confidential 7 figure medical malpractice settlement for a child injured at birth due to the failure to timely diagnose and treat placental abruption, as well as a multi-million dollar settlement against highway construction companies whose negligent management of a road construction site caused an accident in which the client sustained a catastrophic head injury which resulted in cortical blindness. Mr. Heleniak's career also includes a 1.3 million dollar jury verdict in a medical malpractice action for injuries caused by negligent gynecological surgery, and a 2.2 million dollar jury verdict for the family of a child who sustained a devastating brain injury at  birth resulting in cerebral palsy, by the failure of the doctor and hospital to timely deliver the child by caesarian section.  In 2019, Mr. Heleniak obtained confidential 7-figure settlements on behalf of 22 year old woman rendered paraplegic in a motor vehicle collision, a 56 year old man whose prostate cancer went undiagnosed until it reached stage 4, and a 50 year old woman who sustained multiple injuries from a motor vehicle crash involving a drunk driver.

Representative Clients:

• Mr. Heleniak represents only individuals who have been seriously or catastrophically injured by through the negligent conduct of others., 2019