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Biography:

John Mirabella has been an attorney with the Duffy firm for over twenty years. 

John handles all types of matters involving Personal and Catastrophic injury; however, his practice is focused on assisting the victims of medical malpractice who have been severely injured. He is dedicated to assisting his clients (or their survivors) - many of whom are young children facing a lifetime of pain, disability and medical bills - in obtaining compensation for their injuries. He has experience in all areas of medical malpractice and has extensive experience in the areas of Birth Injury and Emergency Room medicine.

Because of the firm's careful screening process, he is able to work with clients one-on-one from the moment the firm is engaged right through to settlement or verdict. The relationship does not end there because John provides his clients guidance after the case is over to make certain the funds are used to the maximum benefit including, when necessary, assisting with the formation of trusts and the appointment of guardians. John brings a profound personal commitment and relentless attention not just to those cases, but more importantly, the clients behind them, because, in his opinion, having suffered needlessly through errors and carelessness they deserve nothing less.

John maintains active involvement in a number of professional associations, is consistently selected to the Super Lawyers list in Pennsylvania, was given a AV Preeminent rating by Martindale Hubbell, and lectures/writes regularly on topics related to medical malpractice and trial practice.

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Education:

• Vassar College, A.B., 1984
• Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, J.D., 1987

Admissions:

• Pennsylvania, 1987
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1987
• New Jersey, 1992
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992

Awards and Honors:

• Articles Editor, Dickinson Law Review, 1987
• Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Listings in 2005 and 2007-present
• Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent rating (5.0 out of 5.0)

Memberships:

• Philadelphia Bar Association (Co-Chair Medical Legal Committee, 2009-2013)
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
• New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association
• The American Association for Justice
• The Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Speaking Engagements:

• "Hospital Malpractice in Pennsylvania: Teleradiology, Newborn Screening, Infection Control and Corporate Negligence, Cape Institute (April 2014)
• Medical Malpractice Update, Pennsylvania Bar Institute (March 2013)
• 7th Annual Medical Malpractice Full Day Seminar Pennsylvania Association for Justice (November 2012)
• Course planner, "Medical Malpractice for Beginners." Cape Institute (April 2011)
• Course planner, "Birth Injury Litigation: A Crash Course on Obstetrics." Cape Institute (October 2010)
• Course planner, "Medical Malpractice under the MCARE Act." Cape Institute (August 2009)
• "Medical Malpractice for the Solo Practitioner in Pennsylvania." (April 2008)
• "Jury Selection in Medical Malpractice Cases." Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (October 2007)
• "Latest Issues Concerning Certificate of Merit." Philadelphia Bar Association (November 2007)
• Course planner, "Emergency Room Medicine." Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (December 2006)
• Course planner, "Medical Malpractice: What to keep, What to Decline." Cape Institute (December 2005)

Articles and Publications:

• Radiology in the ER: Where is your study being read?  The Legal Intelligencer, March 26, 2013
• Expert witnesses in malpractice trials: when to attack, when to back off and when to duck, The Legal Intelligencer, March 20, 2012
• Birth Injury Litigation:  Pitfalls for the Unwary, The Legal Intelligencer, November 15, 2011
• Medical Malpractice 2007, Chapter on Jury Selection in Medical Malpractice Cases.  Publisher:  Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Series: PaTLA, Pub. no. 420-2007. 
• ER : trying the emergency room med mal case, Editor.  Publisher: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, ©2006. Series: PaTLA, Pub. no. 412-2007.