Paul Lagnese Has Been Elected President of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Berger & Lagnese, LLC is proud to announce that Attorney Paul Lagnese has recently been elected the fifty-third President of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. He will be officially sworn in on July 17, 2020 and will serve until July of 2021. Learn more about Mr. Lagnese, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the award-winning firm below.
What is the Pennsylvania Association of Justice?
The Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ) is an association that is exclusively for trial lawyers in the state of Pennsylvania; the PAJ proudly serves not just their members but all of Pennsylvania residents by providing educational material and resources that helps them to become better trial attorneys. In turn, the PAJ’s mission is to promote a fair and effective justice system. The PAJ supports attorneys as they work to ensure that any person who has been injured as a result of negligence and misconduct can obtain justice within Pennsylvania’s courtrooms.
David Tyler, the Executive Director of the PAJ said the following about Mr. Lagnese’s new role: “We are excited to see Paul’s name etched into the list of Pennsylvania’s most prominent attorney leaders who have served as President of PAJ. Paul is known as a fierce and respected trial attorney. His leadership and experience at the helm of our organization will strengthen our ability to fight against corporate attacks on the rights of the people of this Commonwealth.”
When asked about his newly elected position. Mr. Lagnese said, “I am humbled and honored to be able to lead the nearly 2000 members of PAJ who go to work every day to help people who have been injured by the carelessness of others. Rest assured over the next year, I will be working tirelessly with my fellow officers, PAJ lobbyists, staff and membership to insure that all citizens of Pennsylvania will continue to have an unfettered right to civil justice without restrictions on jury trials, caps on damages and immunity for wrongdoers.”
About Paul Lagnese
Attorney Lagnese has spent his career representing those who have been injured through a doctor or hospital’s carelessness and negligence. In November of 2011, Mr. Lagnese obtained a $10,000,000 verdict for a medical malpractice case, which was considered to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Allegheny County since the Supreme Court began tracking these types of verdicts in early 2000.
Mr. Lagnese has never shied away from taking on complex cases for the most egregious forms of medical malpractice and negligence. He has been recognized by his peers time and again for his experience and skills in this particular area of the law. Mr. Lagnese has received his AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale Hubbell and has been included in the Best Lawyers in America for Medical Malpractice in Pittsburgh between 2008 and 2017. Mr. Lagnese has also been selected as a “Super Lawyer” and as the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” in Pennsylvania by the National Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Lagnese also frequently lectures on medical malpractice-related issues for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the PAJ. Mr. Lagnese was also awarded the PAJ Community Service Award for his work with Muriel’s Breath of Life, a non-profit organization that partners with the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation.
About Berger & Lagnese, LLC
The law firm of Berger & Lagnese, LLC handles a wide variety of medical malpractice cases included but not limited to the following:
- Birth injuries
- Surgical errors
- Radiology errors
- Hospital negligence
- Cerebral Palsy
- Erb’s Palsy
- Obstetrical malpractice
- Delayed diagnosis
- Breast cancer misdiagnosis
- Colon cancer misdiagnosis
- Nursing malpractice
- Failure to diagnose
- And many more
The firm also handles a large variety of personal injury cases including:
- Car accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
- Construction accidents
- Truck accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Uber & Lyft accidents
- And more
If you or someone you love was injured in Western Pennsylvania, the skilled attorneys at Berger & Lagnese, LLC can help. We have decades of experience handling the most complex claims that involve the most egregious forms of negligence. We will advocate for you and your family’s right to compensation and will be with you through every step of the process. Our firm doesn’t believe that you should shoulder the burden of someone else’s negligence; let us fight for you so you can focus on what matters most: getting better.
Schedule a consultation with us today: 412-471-4300.
Contact a Pittsburgh Medical Malpractice Lawyer to Discuss Your Case in Pennsylvania
Did you or a loved one sustain serious injuries due to medical malpractice in Pennsylvania? Don’t let the medical bills pile up while you wait for the negligent party or their insurance company to do the right thing. Right now, you need an aggressive personal injury attorney on your side, fighting to get you the compensation you need, want, and deserve. The skilled attorneys at Berger & Lagnese, LLC represent clients injured because of surgical errors, hospital negligence and more in Pittsburgh, Beaver, Uniontown, Greensburg, New Castle, and throughout New Jersey. Call 412-471-4300 or fill out our online contact form to schedule a consultation about your case. We have an office conveniently located at 310 Grant Street, Suite 720, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
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