Larry Bendesky

Larry Bendesky is a personal injury attorney who focuses on complex civil product liability cases and catastrophic construction accident cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As a product liability attorney, he has successfully handled cases involving the operation of elevators, motor vehicles, motorcycles, power tools and a wide array of equipment used in industry and manufacturing.

A skilled trial lawyer, Mr. Bendesky has been lead or co-counsel in numerous complex, high-profile cases - including more than 50 cases that resulted in verdicts or settlements over $1 million for Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky clients. Among them:

• $101 million settlement for the Tropicana Casino parking garage collapse in Atlantic City, N.J. - the largest construction case settlement in U.S. history

• $14 million settlement for a roofer whose skull was crushed by a falling hoist

Honors

Mr. Bendesky is considered one of Pennsylvania's best product liability attorneys and construction accident attorneys. He has been a member of Philadelphia magazine's peer-selected, top 5 percent Super Lawyers of Pennsylvania every year since he became eligible in 2004. In 2009 the same publication named him one of the 100 best lawyers in both Philadelphia and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Bendesky also has been named one of the Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers®, the U.S. legal profession's oldest peer-review publication.

Education, Training and Experience

Mr. Bendesky is an honors graduate of Pennsylvania State University and holds a law degree from the Widener University School of Law (1987). He is also a graduate of the nationally ranked LL.M. (Master's of Law) in Trial Advocacy program at the Temple University Beasley School of Law. Based on his outstanding courtroom performance, at graduation he received the Faculty Award as his class's outstanding student/lawyer. He is now an adjunct professor of law with the Temple Master's of Law program and co-director of its Experts Program.  He also serves as a judge pro tempore, or temporary judge, for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Mr. Bendesky has lectured lawyers, judges and other professional groups more than 35 times on trial techniques, cross-examinations, evidence and the latest developments in product liability and construction litigation.

Appeals Experience

Mr. Bendesky laid the foundation for his significant appeals court experience by serving as chief clerk to the Honorable James R. Melinson of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Relying upon that expertise, in 2008 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania appointed him to its Appellate Rules Committee, where he continues to serve.

Professional Service

Mr. Bendesky's current service to the legal profession includes:

• Board of Governors, Pennsylvania Association for Justice
• Board of Directors, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
• President of the Temple American Inn of Court, a group of judges and lawyers devoted to promoting professionalism and ethics in the practice of law

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

• Hearing Committee Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Community Service

A long-time basketball and little league baseball coach, Mr. Bendesky is the immediate past president of the 2,000-member Lower Merion Little League.