Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

Honors/Awards:

• Award given annually, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Michael A. Musmanno Award, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
• Lifetime Achievement Award given by Pennsylvania's legal newspaper, The Legal Intelligencer, Legal Intelligencer Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017
• Annual Hall of Fame Award given by the National Trial Lawyers Association, National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, 2018
• One of the 500 best attorneys in America
• Philadelphia's 2009 Litigator of the Year

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• LLM, Trial Advocacy, Temple University School of Law, 1994

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Temple American Inn of Court, 2020
• University of Pennsylvania Friars Senior Society, 2020
• Temple Law Alumni Association, 2020
• The Lawyers Club of Philadelphia, 2020
• The Justinian Society, 2020
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2020
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 2020
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2020
• Melvin M. Belli Society, 2020
• PTLA Executive Committee
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2020
• Fordham Law Alumni Association, 2020
• Construction Lawyers Society of America, 2020
• American Bar Association, 2020
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Thomas Kline Drexel University Board of Trustees
• Electrical Accident Group
• Crane and Aerial Lift Litigation Group
• Board of Governors, American Association for Justice
• Founder and Co-Chairman of both the American Association for Justice's
• President, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Phoenix Society, Board of Directors, Member
• Coach, Girls in Motion , 2020
• Coach and Benefactor, Harlem Lacrosse - Philadelphia, 2020
• Co-Chair, Pennsylvania Supreme Court 300th Anniversary Commission , 2020
• Drexel University, Board of Trustees, Member

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• 360 Advocacy Convention, Speaker, Speaker, 360 Advocacy Convention, 2016
• AAJ Amped Up Virtual Program: Using Themes in Openings, Speaker, Speaker, AAJ Amped Up Virtual Program: Using Themes in Openings, 2020
• Temple Inn of Court: "Jury Trials are a Bad Idea" Debate, Joint event between Temple Inn of Court and the UK's Grays Inn of Court, Debate Participant, Temple Inn of Court: "Jury Trials are a Bad Idea" Debate, 2019
• Co-Author of Legal Intelligencer Contributor Article Titled "Winning Your Construction Case: Cross-Examining the Superintendent", Co-Author, Winning Your Construction Case: Cross-Examining the Superintendent, Legal Intelligencer, 2020
• Interview with NBC 10 News, "10 Questions with the Master of Disasters", Interviewee, 10 Questions With the Master of Disasters, 2013
• Mass Torts Made Perfect, 4th Annual Complex Litigation Judicial Forum, Presenter, Presenter, Mass Torts Made Perfect, 4th Annual Complex Litigation Judicial Forum, 2016
• DTLA Convention: Williams Case Opening Statement, Presenter, Presenter, DTLA Convention: Williams Case Opening Statement , 2016
• Pennsylvania Association of Justice: 50th Anniversary Event, Speaker, Speaker, Pennsylvania Association of Justice: 50th Anniversary Event, 2018
• Bench Bar - Atlantic City: The Visual World, Speaker, Speaker, Bench Bar - Atlantic City: The Visual World, 2016
• PTLA Luncheon Lecture Series: Salvation Army Building Collapse, Presenter, Presenter, PTLA Luncheon Lecture Series: Salvation Army Building Collapse, 2017
• Dispute Resolution Institute's 19th Anniversary Seminar, Speaker, Speaker, Dispute Resolution Institute's 19th Anniversary Seminar, 2017
• PBI's A Day on Personal Injury, Speaker , Speaker, PBI's A Day on Personal Injury, 2017
• PJB Seminar on Law Firm Marketing Keys to Success, Speaker, Speaker, PJB Seminar on Law Firm Marketing Keys to Success, 2017
• PBI Seminar on Salvation Army Case, Presenter, Presenter, PBI Seminar on Salvation Army Case, 2017
• Fall Bench Bar Atlantic City, Closing Presentation, Closing Presentation, Fall Bench Bar Atlantic City, 2017
• Florida Justice Association: Workhorse Seminar, Presenter, Presenter, Florida Justice Association: Workhorse Seminar, 2018
• Tech U: Plaintiff's Perspective, Speaker, Speaker, Tech U: Plaintiff's Perspective, 2018
• National Trial Lawyers' Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Inductee and Speaker, Inductee and Speaker, National Trial Lawyers' Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, 2018
• DRI's 20th Annual Personal Injury Seminar, Speaker, Speaker, DRI's 20th Annual Personal Injury Seminar, 2018
• Public Justice Foundation: Spring Board and Committee Meetings, Speaker, Speaker, Public Justice Foundation: Spring Board and Committee Meetings, 2018
• AAJ Weekend With the Stars Speaker, Speaker, AAJ - Weekend With The Stars, 2019
• CLE: Catastrophic Construction Accidents, Presenter, Presenter, CLE: Catastrophic Construction Accidents, 2018
• Delaware County Bar Association - CLE, Speaker, Speaker, Delaware County Bar Association - CLE, 2018
• Temple Law School: Worker's Compensation & The Practice of the Profession of Law, Guest Speaker, Guest Speaker, Temple Law School: Worker's Compensation & The Practice of the Profession of Law , 2018
• PBI Seminar, a Conversation with Bob Mongeluzzi & Tom Kline, Speaker, Speaker, PBI Seminar, a Conversation with Bob Mongeluzzi & Tom Kline, 2018
• PBI Personal Injury Law Conference, Judges Panel Moderator, Judges Panel Moderator, PBI Personal Injury Law Conference, 2019
• Author, Construction Accident Litigation chapter in Tort Litigation
• Harrisburg Connectionology Seminar- The ABC’s of Increasing Case Value-Maximizing the Benefit for the Client-Intake to Trial, Presenter, Harrisburg Connectionology Seminar- The ABC’s of Increasing Case Value-Maximizing the Benefit for the Client-Intake to Trial, 2019
• 360 Advocacy Seminar: Go Big or Go Home, Presenter, Presenter, 360 Advocacy Seminar: Go Big or Go Home, 2018
• Mass Torts Made Perfect, The Impact of COVID on Trials and Trial Practices, September 2020, Moderator, Moderator, Mass Torts Made Perfect, The Impact of COVID on Trials and Trial Practices, September 2020, 2020
• Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Litigating in the Time of COVID, Speaker, September 2020, Speaker, PBI, Litigating in the Time of COVID, 2020
• Speaker at Beasley School of Law's LLM Program, Trial Lawyers and Trial Lawyering, April 2020, Speaker, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Trial Lawyers and Trial Lawyering, 2020
• Speech on the key strategic decisions that fueled a $227 million settlement, Speaker, Strategic Decisions in the Salvation Army Collapse Case, 2019
• Speech on how to give an Opening Statement Electronically, Speaker, The Electronic Opening, 2019
• Temple University LLM in Trial Advocacy Program, Speaker, Trial Advocacy, 2019

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Over the course of my career, than 400 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more,more than 30 verdicts or settlements of $10 million or more and six verdicts or settlements of $100 million or more., 2019
• Nowak v. Veolia, Largest reported wrongful death settlement in Philadelphia County history ($ 17 million), 2014
• Duck boat wrongful deaths- $17 million settlement, 2012
• Williams v. TruGreen- truck accident, largest truck accident settlement in PA history 9$26.55 million), 2016
• Food Truck Explosion -$70 million, 2018
• Tuski v Ivyland- Intoxicated driver catastrophically injured highway construction worker. Largest dram shop verdict, auto verdict and workplace injury verdict in Pennsylvania history ($75.6 million), 2003
• Robb v Gregory - personal injury, wrongful death: Largest contested personal injury, wrongful death verdict in Pennsylvania history ($124.4 million)., 2015
• TROPICANA COLLAPSE- 4 dead,40 injured, lead counsel, largest settlement of a construction case in US history ($101 million)., 2008
• Salvation Army collapse, longest civil trial in Pennsylvania history, Lead counsel, 7 deaths, 12 injuries. Largest multi-plaintiff settlement in Pennsylvania history. ($227 million)., 2017
• Amtrak 188 Derailment, 8 killed , 238 injured. Member of 5 member Plaintiff Steering Committee, largest settlement of a railroad case in American history, ($265 million)., 2017

Representative Clients:

• Victims of the Salvation Army Building Collapse, 2017
• Plaintiffs in data-breach litigation against SEPTA, 2020
• Firebirds Restaurants, 2020
• Victims of the Grenfell Tower Fire in London, 2020
• SNAP Fitness , 2020
• Victims of the Branson, Missouri Duck Boat Accident, 2020

Educational Background:

• University of Pennsylvania
• Fordham University School of Law, 1981