Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

Scott A. Bennett has been a dedicated personal injury attorney at The Beasley Firm, LLC, for more than 45 years. Highly skilled in trial and appellate litigation, he represents clients in Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania in a range of matters involving product liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, premises liability, truck wrecks, and car and motor vehicle accidents.

A University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate, Mr. Bennett completed his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in 1973 followed by his Juris Doctor at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law in 1976. He earned his license to practice law in Pennsylvania the same year and later in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

Known for holding insurance companies to their contractual responsibilities, Mr. Bennett has won many favorable judgments on behalf of his clients. He has taken on cases against government agencies such as the Philadelphia Housing Authority, the City of Lancaster Police Department and the Philadelphia Police Department, securing substantial settlements for those affected.

Mr. Bennett wrote an authoritative book on product liability law called “Product Liability and the Unreasonably Dangerous Requirement,” which is referred to by lawyers and judges in state courts and state Supreme Courts. He teaches and presents at several conferences and seminars, including continuing legal education courses for the National Business Institute (NBI) and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).

A fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Mr. Bennett possesses active memberships in the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. He also has experience serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a lower house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.

For his high professional ability and ethical standards, Mr. Bennett was rated Distinguished* through Martindale-Hubbell. He holds a “Superb” rating on Avvo.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards