Joseph N. Bongiovanni is a Principal in the Firm's Casualty Litigation and Professional Liability Departments. He represents clients in complex litigation including claims involving medical malpractice, professional liability, premises liability, and products liability, among others.
Between college and law school, Joe worked in Washington D.C. for the Corporation for National Service and the AmeriCorps program where he helped implement and support national service programs throughout the country through close coordination with the White House and members of Congress.
Joe is an active volunteer in his community and coordinates Post & Schell’s annual Week of Giving, which benefits communities and individuals throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. He is also a Member of the Board of the Philadelphia Chapter of Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF). IICF helps communities and enriches lives by combining the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service, and leadership.
Joe serves as an Author and Editor of a fifteen-volume legal encyclopedia titled The Pennsylvania Transaction Guide. He was named a Super Lawyer from 2014 through 2020 and was named a Super Lawyer Rising Star (for top attorneys in Pennsylvania under the age of 40) from 2007 through 2013. For information about these selections and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here.
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- Obtained summary judgment in the Court of Common Pleas, Washington County, PA on behalf of a comprehensive health and human service provider and its affiliate corporation in a case where the decedent’s estate alleged that the negligence of defendants and the defendants’ failure to supervise the decedent while she was residing in a community residential rehabilitation services facility caused the decedent’s death.
- Obtained summary judgment in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Camden County on behalf of an emergency medicine provider in a case where the plaintiff alleged that the defendant medical providers and hospitals’ failure to timely treat and diagnose a post-partum infection caused severe injuries.
- Following a 2 ½ week jury trial in Philadelphia County, obtained defense verdict on behalf of a physician assistant in a case where the decedent’s estate alleged that the defendants failed to diagnose the decedent with deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism, leading to the decedent’s death.