Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Pennsylvania since: 1995
Education: University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Details
Jason E. Matzus founded Matzus Law LLC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to serve clients throughout Pennsylvania who have been harmed by the negligence of others. The types of personal injury cases he accepts include medical malpractice, construction site accidents, motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, defective products and premises liability. Mr. Matzus is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
After graduating magna cum laude from Gettysburg College in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and economics, Mr. Matzus attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was awarded his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1995. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Justice, one of the largest and most pre-eminent trial lawyer organiztions in the country, and a member of the prestigous Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. Mr. Matzus has been recently named the The Pittsburgh Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year for 2018 by Best Lawyers and he has consistently been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer: Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyer, and a Top 100 Trail Lawyer by the American Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Matzus is also a member and former president of the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Matzus has received a 10.0 "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and is frequently asked to speak at legal seminars on topics such as personal injury trial strategy and tactics, insurance law and trial presentation techniques. In addition, he is actively involved with his community, and he was the founding chairperson of an annual race benefiting the Pittsburgh SteelWheelers, a charitable organization supporting wheelchair athletes.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 70% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1995, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: https://www.matzuslaw.com/attorney-profile/
- Allegheny County Bar Association
- Past President, Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1995
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America
- U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1995
- American Association of Justice
- Board of Governors, Elected Officer of the Executive Committee, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
- Pennsylvania, 1995
- President, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 2015-2016
- American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- Perfect 10.0 Superb Rating From Avvo
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2008 – 2016
- Top Attorneys in Pennsylvania
- Top 50 Lawyer in Pittsburgh
- Invited Member, Prestigious Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
- Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, B.A. in Economics, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List (Every Semester), Honors: Economic & Psychology Honor Societies, 12th Overall in his Class, 1990
- Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- Speaker, Personal Injury Law, Insurance Law, Trial Presentation Techniques, and Trial Strategy and Tactics, Pennsylvania
Office location for Jason E. Matzus
310 Grant Street
Suite 3210
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-206-5300
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2024
Top Lists
Top 50: Pittsburgh Super Lawyers: 2013 - 2014, 2016 - 2024- Top 50: 2024 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2023 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2022 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2021 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2020 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2019 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2018 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2017 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2016 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2014 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers
- Top 50: 2013 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers