Joseph L. Messa Jr., Attorney


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The founding partner of Messa & Associates, P.C., Joseph L. Messa, Jr. was born and raised in Philadelphia. A noted presenter in the legal and medical fields, as well as on local and national news broadcasts, Mr. Messa has built a firm that shares his concentration in medical malpractice, products liability, transportation accidents, construction and workplace injuries, fire, medical device, drug products liability, and other fields of complex personal injury litigation.  He began his legal education as an honors graduate of Tulane University in1984, and went on to graduate cum laude from Temple University School of Law in 1988, where he was honored with the Horace Stern Award for Excellence in Products Liability and the American Jurisprudence Award for Products Liability.

Mr. Messa is a member of the Bars of the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court for the District of New Jersey, as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, and the First, Third, and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals. He is an active member of the American Association for Justice; American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Association for Justice; New Jersey Association for Justice, Philadelphia, Camden, Burlington County New Jersey Bar Associations; and the Justinian Society. In addition to being a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, he has served on the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association since 2006, and currently, Mr. Messa holds the leadership position of assistant secretary.

Mr. Messa serves as a judge pro tem, evaluating complex injury cases for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He has also served as a court-appointed committee member in the Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation / MDL-1014, In Re: Diet Drugs / MDL-1204, and the Bridgestone Firestone Tire Litigation / MDL-1373. Mr. Messa is the author of several published articles in the field, particularly in the areas of managed care liability, hospital-acquired infections, expert witnesses and jury selection.
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Tulane UniversityB.A.1984
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Pennsylvania1988
  • American Association for Justice
    American Bar Association
    Pennsylvania Association for Justice
    New Jersey Association for Justice, Philadelphia, Camden, Burlington County New Jersey Bar Associations
    Justinian Society
    Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
  • Horace Stern Award for Excellence in Products Liability and the American Jurisprudence Award for Products Liability.
    AV-rated attorney (highest rating available
    listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
    a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and an invited member of the Verdict Club, Premier Trial Lawyers.
    Super Lawyer in his primary areas of practice, medical malpractice and products liability, awarded to only the top five percent of attorneys in the state.
  • Mr. Messa has also secured settlements for his clients in orthopedic bone screw litigation totaling over $120 million; in diet drug litigation totaling over $20 million; and in individual cases, including $10 million in a spine surgery malpractice case, $8.5 million in a post delivery injury resulting in death due to defendants’ negligent treatment of postpartum hemorrhage, $6.9 million in a trucking accident brain injury case, $6.5 million in a vascular surgery case, $5.75 million in a case involving the death of a 2-year-old at a daycare center playground, $5.4 million in a trucking accident brain injury case, $5 million in an emergency room malpractice case resulting in paralysis, a $3.7 million recovery in a defective smoke detector case, $2.75 million in a motorcycle accident case and $2.5 million in a tractor-trailer accident case, among many others.

  • 05/19/2011 - Avandia to Come off Retail Shelves
    05/16/2011 - Hip Manufacturers Ordered to Study Implants
    05/16/2011 - Ryobi Sheet Sanders Recalled Due to Laceration Hazard
    05/12/2011 - Table Top Feeding Chairs Unsafe, Says CPSC
    05/10/2011 - Injuries for Children on the Rise
    05/10/2011 - NJ Amusement Park Ride Injures Three
    05/06/2011 - Kohler Recalls Engines Sold with Riding Lawn Tractors
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