Attorney Profiles

Joseph P. Moschetta
Washington, Pennsylvania


phone	(724) 225-3060
fax	(724) 225-7311
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Mr. Moschetta commenced practice in May of 1963 and joined his father, John J. Moschetta, Sr., with offices in Washington, Pennsylvania. Initially, his practice was concentrated on defense of criminal cases. He served as the First Public Defender of Washington County in 1969. Since retirement as Public Defender, his practice is and has been limited to the processing of personal injury and death cases in the following fields:

Admiralty and Maritime Claims

Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation

Professional (medial and legal) Malpractice

Premises Liability

Automobile Accidents

Products Liability and Drug Products Liability

Pennsylvani Worker's Compensation

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death

Bar Admissions:: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit; U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia; U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia

Education:: West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1961
Doctor of Jurisprudence; Waynesburg Collage, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, 1960
Bachelor of Arts; Bethlehem Joint High School, Fredericktown, Pennsylvania, 1955
Degree

Honors and Awards:: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association, Milton D. Rosenberg Award, 2004

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Washington County, 1969; First Public Defender; Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1963 - Present; Member; Washington County Bar Association, 1961 - Present; Member; Washington County Bar Association, 1987; Past President; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Board of Governors; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Washington County; Founding Member; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Washington County, 1994; President; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1991 - Present; Member; Academy of Lawyers of Washington County, 1993; Past President; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1994 - 1999; State Delegate for Pennsylvania; American Trial Lawyers Association Political Action Committee, 1994 - 1995; Trustee; American Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 - 1994; Member, Board of Governors; Advisory Committee for Judicial Nominations and U.S. Attorneys for the Westtern District of Pennsylvani, 1994; Member; Judicial Advisory Commission, Commonwealth of oPennsylvania; Member; Washington County Civil Mediation Program, 1994; Co-Chairman; Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1961 - Present; Member; West Virginia Bar Association, 1961 - Present; Member; Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc., 1994 - Present; President; Washington County Bar Foundation, 1986; Vice President; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association; Member; National Italian American Bar Association; Member; National Crime Victim Bar Associatioin; Member; Southwest Pennsylvania Legal Services Consortium Executive Board; Member; Craig House School for Special Children, 1975 - 1985; Member, Board of Directors; 2003 Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel; Member; The Melvin Belli Society; Member; Wheeling Academy of Law & Science; Member; Court of Common Pleas of Washington County; Mediator; Court of Common Pleas of Washington County; Special Master of Mini-Jury Trials; United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Arbitrator

Past Employment Positions:: Moschetta & Moschetta, 1963 - 1969; Joseph P. Moschetta, Esquire, 1969 - 1973; Joseph P. Moschetta & Associates, 1973 - 2005; Court of Common Pleas of Washington county, Civil Division, Judge, July 5, 2005 - December 31, 2005; The Moschetta Law Firm, P.C., January 1, 2006 - Present