Robert J. Mongeluzzi
Founder
One Liberty Place, 52nd Floor
1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Robert J. Mongeluzzi is the
most respected and successful construction accident attorney in the
United States. A founder of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett &
Bendesky, he has been a driving force in establishing the firm's
reputation as one of the Philadelphia region's leading plaintiff
personal injury law firms and the leading U.S. law firm
representing construction accident victims. He was co-lead counsel
for the largest recovery of a construction accident case in
American history.
Mr. Mongeluzzi also focuses on cases involving catastrophic
injury and death stemming from electrical accidents, crane
accidents, aerial lift accidents, brain injuries, burn injuries,
product liability and sports and recreational accidents.
For clients in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and
elsewhere, Mr. Mongeluzzi has more than 150 verdicts and
settlements of a million dollars or more in construction accidents
alone, more than any attorney in the world. Overall, he has
secured at least a million dollars in more than 200
cases, including:
Honors
Mr. Mongeluzzi has consistently ranked second out of 48,000
Pennsylvania lawyers in Philadelphia magazine's
peer-selected
Super Lawyers of Pennsylvania publication. That magazine, in a
cover story entitled "Don't Mess with Mongo," noted his "reputation
as one of the top construction accident
plaintiff's attorneys in the country and probably the
leading lawyer for accidents involving cranes and aerial
lifts."
The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that he "has made
a career representing the victims of construction accidents." The
Philadelphia Business Journal added that "when someone
is catastrophically injured in a workplace accident and millions of
dollars are at stake chances are Robert Mongeluzzi will have a hand
in representing the plaintiff." Finally, Lawdragon
Magazine selected him as one of the 500 best attorneys in
America and called him "The King of Construction Site
Accidents". He was named Philadelphia's 2009 Litigator of
the Year.
Education, Training and Experience
Mr. Mongeluzzi graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and
earned his law degree from the Fordham University School of Law
(1981). 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, where he currently serves as an
adjunct professor of law.
His commitment to preserve and protect the rights of working men
and women is rooted in his own family history. His great
grandfather was killed and his grandfather was seriously disabled
in workplace accidents. Witnessing the consequences of having
insufficient legal resources, Mr. Mongeluzzi now devotes himself to
representing catastrophically injured workers.
Mr. Mongeluzzi is the author of the Construction Accident
Litigation chapter in Tort Litigation, the
American Association for Justice's most ambitious publication ever.
For decades he also has written about and taught other lawyers how
to handle construction accident and workplace accident cases at
seminars throughout the region and the country. He also
frequently appears in print and electronic media as a legal expert
on construction and workplace
accidents.
Professional Service
Mr. Mongeluzzi's current service to the legal profession
includes:
- Founder and Co-Chairman of both the American Association for
Justice's:
- Crane and Aerial Lift Litigation Group
- Electrical Accident Group
Mr. Mongeluzzi's past service to the legal profession
includes:
- President, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
- Board of Governors, American Association for Justice
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Community Service
Mr. Mongeluzzi is a member of the Board of Trustees of Drexel
University and a former member of the board of directors of the
Phoenix Society, which supports burn survivors. He also coaches
youth and high school lacrosse players.
