2018 Leading Adviser Supplement

76 Acquisition International - Leading Advisers 2018 Acquisition International - Issue 12 2018 47 With its trial attorneys being consistently ranked through the decades within the nation’s Best Lawyers category, it’s no wonder that McLaughlin & Lauricella has been awarded Leading Medical Malpractice Litigator of the Year, Pennsylvania in the Leading Adviser Awards 2018. he firm of McLaughlin & Lauricella PC specialises in medical malpractice, sexual abuse, hazing abuse, personal injury and accident law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with primary law offices being based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Slade McLaughlin is a founding shareholder, along with Paul Lauricella, and CEO of the Philadelphia law firm. Both McLaughlin and Lauricella are experienced medical malpractice lawyers with more than 68 years of highly-successful court room trial experience. They have built a strong legal reputation on courtroom victories for clients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr. McLaughlin attended Ursinus College, graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in 1979, and thereafter attended the Villanova University School of Law, graduating in the top 15% of his class with a JD degree in 1982. In June, 2004, he successfully completed Harvard Law School’s Mediation Training Program for Lawyers. Mr. McLaughlin was admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania in 1982, in New Jersey in 1983, in the District of Columbia in 1985, and in New York in 1988. For the first 10 years of his practice, he worked as an attorney for one of Philadelphia’s larger medical malpractice defence firms representing physicians, dentists, hospitals, and other healthcare providers in professional liability claims. Since 1992, Mr. McLaughlin has focused his practice on the representation of individuals who have been seriously injured by accidents, sexual molestation, or substandard medical care. Mr. McLaughlin has been listed in each edition of The Best Lawyers in America since 2003 and is consistently honoured as one of Pennsylvania’s “Super Lawyers” in Philadelphia Magazine’s “Super Lawyers” annual editions. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Mr. Lauricella has been a trial attorney since 1982. Out of law school, he worked as an assistant district Contact: Slade McLaughlin Company: McLaughlin and Lauricella Address: One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street Suite 2300, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7077 Telephone: 215-568-1510 Web Address: www.ml-law.net It Takes Two T 1808AI10 attorney, where he tried and convicted violent criminals. In 1987, he returned to the Philadelphia area, and for the next 17 years worked alongside legendary trial attorney James E. Beasley. As an associate, and subsequently as a partner with Beasley, Mr. Lauricella secured million and multimillion-dollar verdicts in malpractice actions involving a wide variety of medical specialties, including obstetrics/gynecology, emergency medicine, radiology, psychiatry, orthopedic surgery, urology, family practice, and even oral surgery. Mr. Lauricella has also won verdicts in products liability, breach of contract, and employment discrimination cases. He has also successfully litigated intellectual property claims, and secured a landmark victory in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Facenda v. The National Football League in which he represented the estate of iconic Philadelphia broadcaster, John Facenda. While working for many decades under the mentorship of legendary Philadelphia legal trailblazer, James Beasley Sr, Mr. McLaughlin and Mr Lauricella personally secured dozens of million dollar and multi-million dollar personal injury and medical malpractice jury verdicts and settlements, many times in cases with no offer to resolve the case from the defendants. After Beasley Sr’s death, Mr. McLaughlin and Mr. Lauricella brought their courtroom expertise and knowledge of personal injury law together with the inception of McLaughlin & Lauricella PC where they personally fight for their clients. Their expertise as Philadelphia malpractice attorneys means they are well-known for their zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients. At McLaughlin & Lauricella, client’s cases are personally managed by Mr. McLaughlin or Mr. Lauricella, or, more frequently, by both. The duo employs an unprecedented approach: two highly-qualified and experienced personal injury trial lawyers, working side-by-side, conducting depositions jointly and, often, even trying cases jointly. This comprehensive attention to detail recently enabled Mr. McLaughlin and Mr. Lauricella to secure the third largest personal injury verdict in Pennsylvania history, and some of the largest personal injury settlements in Pennsylvania history, including a $16,250,000.00 settlement on behalf of a landfill worker who was run over by a bulldozer. That settlement was secured after more than two weeks of trial. “Their expertise as Philadelphia malpractice attorneys means they are well-known for their zealous advocacy on behalf of their clients.” 1808AI15 LeadingMedical Malpractice Litigator of the Year, Pennsylvania