John E. Savoth

John E. Savoth, Of Counsel to Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky, is a personal injury lawyer. He focuses on cases involving construction accidents, premises liability, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, dram shop (bars and taverns) liquor liability and the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Mr. Savoth's million-dollar verdicts include:

• $7 million verdict in Philadelphia in a Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) case involving a Conrail employee whose jaw was shattered in a railroad accident (Story link to come)
• $1 million verdict for a passenger injured in a drunk driving crash in Monroe County, Pa. (Story link to come)

Education, Training and Experience

Mr. Savoth is a graduate of Dickinson College and holds a law degree from the Widener University School of Law (1985). For two years he then served as a clerk for the late Honorable James T. McDermott of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Savoth often lectures lawyers on trial practice and the rules of professional conduct. (link to lecture list)

Professional Service

Mr. Savoth is Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. For the bar association he also is a:

• Member, Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention
• Speaker at U.S. naturalization/citizenship ceremonies at the U.S. Courthouse

Mr. Savoth's past service to the legal profession includes:

• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Chair Young Lawyers Division
• Chair of Board of Governors
• Hearing committee chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania