Over the past 27 years, Jack has developed considerable knowledge and experience in the fields of health care and commercial liability. As a shareholder in the firm's Health Care Department, he focuses his practice in medical, dental and nursing malpractice, long-term care, and the defense of nursing homes and hospitals, with a secondary interest in general construction liability and product liability cases.
Jack's areas of practice cover medical malpractice involving the representation of hospitals, nursing homes, acute and long-term care facilities, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and physical therapists; dental malpractice involving the representation of oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, endodontists, orthodontists and general dentists; construction liability cases involving the representation of general contractors, subcontractors, engineers, architects and surveyors; premises liability involving the representation of commercial shopping centers, corporate centers, health care offices, etc.; product liability with respect to the representation of manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers; and legal malpractice involving the representation of lawyers, paralegals and legal secretaries.
Jack has handled more than 1,000 medical and dental malpractice cases, 250 to 500 construction and premises liability cases, and 50 to 100 product liability cases. He has taken approximately 50 cases to trial, more than 30 of which were tried to a jury. All but three of these trials resulted in defense verdicts. The three plaintiff verdicts were in the amounts of $2,511, $30,000, and $500,000. He has also handled class actions involving motor vehicle and consumer fraud, the Paxil litigation and EtG testing.
Jack received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Ursinus College, and earned his juris doctor from The Dickinson School of Law.
In addition to his legal career, Jack has been on the board of directors of the American Missionary Fellowship and is a teacher at Great Valley Presbyterian Church. He has served as manager for Berwyn/Paoli girls' softball teams from ages 10 to 16, as well as softball tournament teams, and was the coach of the Paoli Wildcats 11-12 boys basketball team.
Honors & awards
AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
2009-2010
Year joined
1995
Thought Leadership
Reshaping Applicability of The Pennsylvania Fair Share Act: The Impact of Spencer v. Johnson
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
November 1, 2024
Under Pennsylvania law, a defendant’s exposure in a multi-defendant case depends upon more than just the extent of fault and total damages at stake. The Quarterly Dose
Attorney’s Representation of Treating Physician Prohibits Ex Parte Communication When the Attorney’s Firm Already Represents a Named Defendant
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
September 1, 2024
Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 30, No.
Recent Pennsylvania Superior Court Decision Affirms Defense’s Introduction of Two Medical Experts on the Standard of Care as Proper Corroborative Evidence
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
September 1, 2019
It is a common approach that a party defending a medical malpractice case will have two or more experts from different medical specialties who opine on the standard of care or causation issues. Defense Digest, Vol. 25, No. 3, September 2019. Defense Digest is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
Consider Retaining Multiple Experts to Opine on the Standard of Care to Increase Your Chances of Securing a Defense Verdict
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
December 1, 2016
Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2016 By John Farrell, Esq. & Daniel Dolente, Esq.*Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2016. Defense Digest is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Wrongful Birth Statute
Philadelphia - Headquarters
Health Care Liability
March 1, 2016
By John C. Farrell, Esq. & Laura J. Persun, Esq.*Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol 22, No. 1, March 2016
Classes/Seminars Taught
Lectured to Philadelphia County Dental Society
Lectured to Pennsylvania Psychology Association
Lectured to Temple University, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Seminars on risk management techniques and controls
Seminars on discoverability of witness statements
Seminar on litigation management plans
Lectured to study group of Joseph Gian-Grasso, D.D.S. on dental malpractice trends
