The Institute of Medicine has reported that as many as 98,000 people die each year in American hospitals due to medical mistakes. In fact, medical malpractice injuries are the eighth ranking cause of death in America.

A medical malpractice claim is among the most complicated of legal actions. A medical malpractice attorney must not only possess knowledge and experience in handling personal injury cases in court, he or she must also have a solid understanding of medical terminology, medical science, medical research and how health care is practiced. If you or someone you know has been injured by medical malpractice, you benefit by hiring lawyers who have experience in medical malpractice cases. Trained eyes can recognize malpractice that others will miss.

The law firm of Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz is a team of experienced professionals with a demonstrated commitment to success. Our attorneys’ combined 100 years of trial experience enables us to serves our clients’ needs by providing highly specialized, individual attention to each case. In seeking to serve our clients’ diverse range of legal issues, our attorneys  take a modern approach, refusing to focus narrowly on one area of the law by developing expertise across the legal spectrum. This helps us provide a wide range of integrated services to meet our clients’ expectations. Our attorneys have been recognized for their results, including repeat designations as one of Pennsylvania’s “SuperLawyers.”

As skilled Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorneys, we are committed to helping people who have legitimate and substantial claims of medical malpractice, including claims for:

• Medical Negligence
• Birth Injury
• Personal Injury
• Insurance Bad Faith
• Catastrophic Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Spinal Injury
• Catastrophic/Serious Injury
• Cerebral Palsy
• Misdiagnosis
• Lung Cancer
• Wrongful Death
• Defective Drugs or Products
• Anesthetic Errors
• Wrong Treatment
• Failure to Diagnosis
• Breast Cancer
• Medication Errors
• Nursing Home Abuse
• Surgical Errors
• Adverse Drug Reactions

As respected Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorneys, we know that our clients’ success requires a trial team committed to each case. We define success not simply by substantial verdicts and settlements, but also in the manner in which our clients are represented. Our professionally aggressive approach seeks to fulfill our clients’ needs and surpass their goals in a dignified manner.

By combining our traditional values, extensive experience and a modern approach, we are able to develop and carefully implement strategies to achieve our clients' goals. At Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz, we are committed to real results that matter for our clients.

• An $8.6 million verdict for family of a child who suffered severe brain damage because her delivery was inexplicably delayed.
• A confidential seven figure settlement for the family of a child who suffered severe brain damage as a result of post-delivery neglect by the hospital staff.
• A confidential seven figure settlement for a university professor who suffered irreversible brain damage when struck on a rural highway by another vehicle that inexplicably crossed into on-coming traffic.
• A confidential seven figure settlement for a Fortune 500 executive who was rendered completely disabled after being sideswiped while traveling on vacation.
• A confidential settlement for a widow who was denied payment of her late husband's life insurance proceeds that included punitive damages.
• A confidential settlement of claim that included punitive damages against a motor vehicle insurer that improperly denied coverage when vehicle was hit while parked.

If you or someone you know in Pennsylvania needs the assistance of an experienced Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorney, call Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz, LLC today at 866-708-4379, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

 

Medical Malpractice:
Medical malpractice is the failure of a health care provider to follow the accepted standards of practice of his or her profession in the community where the service is rendered. If a physician was careless, lacked proper skills, or disregarded standardized rules resulting in injury to a patient, a jury may find the health care provider liable for negligence. Hospitals can also be held liable for the negligence of their employees, including staff nurses and technicians.

Examples of Medical Malpractice include:

• Failing to diagnose a tumor while reading an x-ray
• Puncturing a nearby organ or tissue during surgery
• Failing to order necessary and appropriate medical tests
• Failing to diagnose a condition in time to treat it properly
• Failing to refer a case to a medical specialist
• Prescribing incorrect medication
• Brain Injury
• Birth Injury
• Cerebral Palsy
• Incorrect diagnosis that results in a failure to treat a medical condition
• Failing to properly administer anesthesia
• Emergency room negligence
• Dental Malpractice
• Cosmetic Surgery Malpractice

Cerebral Palsy:
Cerebral palsy is permanent brain injuries that affect an infant in the womb, during birth or in the months following birth and is one of the most common birth injuries in the United States. Cerebral palsy patients are subject to limited motor skills, speech difficulties and learning disabilities. When cerebral palsy occurs as the result of medical malpractice, the responsible party inflicting said injuries can be held legally responsible.

Misdiagnosis:
Sometimes medical professionals negligently misdiagnose a patient. Misdiagnosis and delayed treatment of a medical condition can have debilitating effects on a patient and in some cases misdiagnosis can be fatal. We rely on medical professionals to provide knowledgeable information and competent diagnoses. When patients suffer from negligent healthcare or the misdiagnosis of a serious medical condition they deserve answers.

Lung Cancer:
The key to successful treatment of lung cancer is early diagnosis and many medical mistakes can lead to a delay in diagnosis which may deprive patients of the chance for a cure. Failure to diagnose lung cancer or significant delay in diagnosing the disease can result in a medical malpractice lawsuit. Delays in diagnosis may cause a worsening of the illness and are often a result of:

• Failure to order chest x-ray, CT scan and MRI procedures
• Failure to adequately evaluate the results of the above
• Failure to recognize the symptoms that characterize lung cancer and diagnose it in time.

Wrongful Death:
A wrongful death occurs when a person is killed due to the negligence or misconduct of another individual, company or organization.  One of the most frequent causes of wrongful death is medical malpractice. A legal action for wrongful death belongs to the decedent's immediate family members, usually a surviving spouse and children, and sometimes parents.  Under certain circumstances, unrelated minor children living with and supported by the decedent may also bring a claim for wrongful death. In order to bring a successful wrongful death cause of action, the following elements must be present:

• The death of a human being caused by another's negligent or intentional conduct.
• The survival of family members who are suffering the loss of financial support, love, care, comfort, supervision, guidance, household assistance and general society previously provided by the deceased.

The general rule in wrongful death cases is that one is entitled to recover both economic and non-economic damages which are suffered as a result of the loss of a loved one. Economic damages in a wrongful death case include an award for the financial contributions which the decedent would have made to his or her spouse, children and/or parents had he or she survived. It also includes the recovery for funeral service expenses in memory of the decedent and for burial cost. Non-economic damages include loss of love, society, companionship, comfort, affection, solace or moral support.

Defective Drugs or Products:
The sad truth is that some giant pharmaceutical companies and a handful of medical device manufacturers have put the public at risk by bringing dangerous or defective products to market. A medical product may be considered defective because of a manufacturing or design defect. In addition to design and manufacturing defects, insufficient warning of consumers as to possible side effects can also serve as the basis of litigation for both medical products and drugs.

Often, when a person is injured as a result of medical treatment, the first assumption often is that the physician or other health care provider made a mistake. In many cases, however, it is learned that the doctor did nothing wrong and the injury was caused by a defective or dangerous medication or medical device. In such a case, the claim for injuries should actually be brought against the manufacturer of the drug or device.

Anesthetic Errors:
When you go in to surgery, the last face you usually see is that of the anesthesiologist, who will regulate your consciousness during the operation. The anesthesiologist is responsible for maintaining you in a state somewhere between awake and dead throughout the length of the procedure. Too little anesthesia and you will awake to great pain and panic; too much anesthesia and you will never wake up. When anesthesiologists make errors in administering anesthesia, the results are usually catastrophic, including coma and death.

Wrong Treatment:
The wrong treatment given by a medical professional because of his or her negligence is medical malpractice. The doctor may prescribe the wrong medication for the patient or the incorrect dosage and complications can arise. There are many cases that where the patient had to suffer because of wrong diagnosis and treatment - things such as a left leg being amputated instead of right leg, or wrong kidney operation, wrong eye operation or being treated for flu when it was something else.

Birth Injuries:
Occasionally during the birth process, the baby may suffer a physical injury that is simply the result of being born. This is sometimes called birth trauma or birth injury. One major cause of birth injuries is oxygen deprivation, which commonly occurs when the umbilical cord is compressed and/or twisted in the birth process. The other main cause is mechanical trauma which may occur when the baby assumes an unusual position at the time of birth. Complications in the process of pregnancy, labor and delivery can result in a wide variety of complications for a newborn baby. Birth injuries vary greatly - from very minor to being so severe as to cause the death of the infant.

Some common types of birth injuries include skin irritations; temporary paralysis; fractured collar bone; fractured arm; Cerebral Palsy; brain damage; Erb's Palsy and Brachial Plexus Palsy. The most serious birth injuries involve damage to the infant's brain, causing brain damage, traumatic brain injury, seizures and mental retardation. These brain injuries are caused by oxygen deprivation or bleeding inside the brain from trauma during pregnancy, labor or delivery.

Sometimes the birth injuries are just natural circumstances of delivery but there are also many circumstances where brain damage or brain injuries are caused by mistakes made by doctors, hospitals or other medical professionals during the delivery process.

Failure to Diagnosis:
Failure to diagnose is a term in the medical and legal communities that represents the failure of a medical provider to detect a condition before serious or fatal consequences. In many instances, particularly those involving cancer, early detection is a key element to successful treatment.  A missed diagnosis can make treating a disease much more difficult, and in some cases, render successful treatment impossible.

When the failure to diagnose is negligent on the part of the medical provider, if the provider using a reasonable standard of care should have detected the problem sooner, a medical malpractice claim might be appropriate.

These cases are generally traumatic for all involved, the patient as well as the family members who have to try to deal with a future that might have been quite different if only a cancer or another medical condition were diagnosed in time.

Breast Cancer:
Patients may complain of a lump, mass or cyst in one of their breasts during a doctor’s visit, or the physician may notice a lump during an examination. When permitted to grow unimpeded, the cancer spreads and can completely devastate a person's life. Sometimes physicians fail to take such patient complaints seriously or to properly follow up with additional diagnostic tests, including mammograms, sonograms and biopsies.

It is the responsibility of treating physician and technicians to provide adequate medical care for their patients, including correctly interpreting symptoms, ordering follow-up tests in a timely manner and correctly reading test results. The failure to take the proper precautions, and to perform each of the procedures correctly, as other medical personnel would have done, is medical malpractice.

Medication Errors:
Another area of medical malpractice involves the medication and prescription errors doctors, nurses and pharmacists can make. Unfortunately, patients are sometimes given the wrong prescription or dosage, with very serious, often deadly, results.

Medication errors can happen for several reasons, such as the doctor’s illegible handwriting, the pharmacist’s drug dispensing error, the nurse giving the wrong medication or amount, or the doctor not asking all of the pertinent questions while examining the patient. Most commonly, the type of medication error involves not the type, but the does. If the dose is too little, the medication is ineffective. If the does is too much, the medication may have side effects and other consequences.

Also, if a patient is taking more than one medication, it is the healthcare provider’s responsibility to monitor his or her drug intake. A mix of the wrong medications can be fatal in some cases. If a doctor or nurse is especially careless, they won’t test for or ask about allergies, which can lead to serious injury or death.

Nursing Home Neglect:
Nursing home neglect includes medical malpractice and careless treatment leading to broken bones, malnutrition, dehydration, bedsores, bruises and poor hygiene. It can also include the failure to supervise staff and physical or sexual assaults by other residents or staff.

The number of doctors who care for nursing home patients is inadequate. But this does not give doctors and other health care providers the right to ignore or not fully care for nursing home patients. The truth is that a small minority of medical doctors do not provide the same level of care to someone who is elderly and in a nursing home than they would to other patients.

Surgical Errors:
Surgical errors that cause injury may give rise to medical malpractice claims. Surgical errors can result in permanent disfigurement and complications due to post surgical infections. The following are some examples or surgical errors:

• Wrong-site surgery - operating in or on the wrong area of the body.
• Surgical instrument left in the body - retractors, sponges and surgical towels all have been left in patients’ bodies following surgery.
• Misdiagnosis issues, such as surgery unrelated to the patient's correct diagnosis.
• Wrong patient surgery.

Adverse Drug Reactions:
Adverse drug reaction is defined as a medical event caused by a prescription drug which results in a patient's death, hospitalization or disability, or has caused a congenital abnormality, a life-threatening event, or a required intervention to prevent permanent damage. Up to 200,000 patients die every year from adverse drug reactions, according to reports from the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Institute of Medicine. Adverse drug reactions are considered to be the 4th leading cause of death in America, killing more people than pulmonary disease, diabetes, AIDS, pneumonia and automobile deaths.

If you or someone you know in Pennsylvania needs the assistance of an experienced Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorney, call Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz, LLC today at 866-708-4379, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

If you or someone you know in Pennsylvania needs the assistance of an experienced Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Attorney, call Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz, LLC today at 866-708-4379, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.

ADDRESS OF THE FIRM:
Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz, LLC
121 South Broad St., 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone: 866-708-4379
Fax: 267-809-8224

MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:

Richard S. Seidel

EDUCATION

• Temple University, B.A.C.J., cum laude, 1986
• Temple University, J.D., cum laude, 1989

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Medical Malpractice
• Products Liability

ADMISSIONS:

• 1989, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
• 1990, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• 2003, U.S. Supreme Court

BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Seidel, a trial lawyer, has represented clients in a wide variety of matters. Mr. Seidel represents injured persons in medical malpractice and product liability cases, including failure to diagnose cancer cases, obstetrical, neonatal, surgical and other malpractice cases, automobile product liability cases, brain injury cases, premises liability and other complex personal injury cases throughout the courts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of New Jersey and Federal Court System. He has received an AV rating from the Martindale Hubbell, appears in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and was named a SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine.

Mr. Seidel received a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Criminal Justice from Temple University in 1986, and his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Temple University School of Law in 1989. In 1997, he became a Fellow in the Academy of Advocacy of the Temple University School of Law.

Along with an active trial practice, Mr. Seidel has been appointed by the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District to serve as a Judge pro tempore and as a neutral arbitrator. Mr. Seidel serves many community and professional organizations. He was elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association and chaired numerous committees of that association. Mr. Seidel has been selected as one of the investigators for the Philadelphia Bar Association Judicial Selection Committee. Mr. Seidel has served as a Director of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association since 1997, chaired several committees and is an active member in all aspects of the organization. Mr. Seidel is a Delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates and an active member of many other legal societies and associations. Mr. Seidel also dedicates time to pro bono matters representing those in need that have no other ability to obtain counsel.

Mr. Seidel is frequently invited to lecture to his peers on a wide variety of issues. Mr. Seidel has lectured for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Additionally, he has published numerous book chapters related to his lectures and has published several articles for various publications, including the Legal Intelligencer and The Verdict.

Mr. Seidel was born and raised in Philadelphia and still resides in the area with his two daughters.


Eric H. Weitz

EDUCATION:

• Syracuse University, B.S., cum laude, Television, Radio/Film Management, 1989
• Villanova University, J.D., cum laude, 1992

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Civil Litigation
• Insurance
• Insurance Bad Faith
• ERISA
• Healthcare Litigation
• Personal Injury
• Automobile Accidents and Injuries

MEMBERSHIP:

• Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations (Member, House of Delegates, 2005-)
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 2007)
• American Trial Lawyers Association, New Jersey
• The Association of Trial Lawyers of America

ADMISSIONS:

• 1992, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Supreme Court of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

REPORTED CASES:

• Harris v. Lehigh County Office of Children and Youth Services, 2005 WL 1514184 (E.D. Pa.)
• Berlin Medical Associates v. CMI New Jersey Operating Corporation, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division,A-3034-04T5, unpublished (2006)

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

• Tau Epsilon Rho
• Finalist, Theodore L. Reimel Moot Court Competition, 1990-1991
• Member, Temple American Inn of Court, 1994-1995, 1996-1997, 2005-
• Member, Seidel Weitz Garfinkle & Datz, LLC., 2006-
• Associate, Layser & Freiwald, P.C. 2003-2006
• Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Net Recovery LLC, Narbeth, Pennsylvania, 1999-
• Of Counsel and Associate, Garfinkle & Associates, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994-2005
• Associate, Cozen & O'Connor, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-1994
• Representative, National Moot Court Competition, 1991-1992
• Member, Moot Court Board, 1991-1992. Fellow: Academy of Advocacy

BIOGRAPHY:
Eric H. Weitz, a trial attorney admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, concentrates his practice upon representing individuals and companies in a wide variety of complex trial matters, including those who have claims against insurance companies. Mr. Weitz's practice ranges from representing individuals in commercial disputes such as disability, life and health insurance claims, HMO liability matters, ERISA matters and bad faith claims to representing healthcare providers in various managed care disputes with insurance carriers. Mr. Weitz also dedicates a large portion of his practice to handling claims on behalf of catastrophically injured victims, including automobile, product liability and medical malpractice matters.

Mr. Weitz has litigated hundreds of cases on behalf of individuals and healthcare providers against insurance companies. These disputes range from improper claims denials, unjustified medical decision making by insurance companies, medical necessity disputes and complex coverage disputes.

Mr. Weitz is an active member in many national and local organizations. As a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Weitz served as the Coordinator and Co-Host of the regional1998 National Mock Trial Competition. Mr. Weitz actively participates as a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association - New Jersey, and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers. Throughout his membership in the Philadelphia Bar Association, Mr. Weitz chaired the Compulsory Arbitration Committee and was elected to the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee where he served as Secretary. Mr. Weitz is currently a delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates. Other legal association activities include his being an invited participant in the Temple American Inn of Court and membership in the Philadelphia Lawyer's Club. Mr. Weitz is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy. In 2005, Mr. Weitz was named a SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine.

Mr. Weitz received his undergraduate degree from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Television, Radio and Film Management. Mr. Weitz was the recipient of the Robert Costas Scholarship for Excellence in Broadcast Writing. Mr. Weitz received his juris doctorate, cum laude, from the Villanova University School of Law. As a finalist in the Theodore L. Reimel Moot Court Competition, Mr. Weitz was appointed as a school representative to the National Moot Court Competition and named a Moot Court Board Member.

Mr. Weitz was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two children.


Gerald D. Garfinkle

EDUCATION:

• Pennsylvania State University, B.A.
• Temple University, J.D.

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Personal Injury Law

ADMISSIONS:

• 1968, Pennsylvania

BIOGRAPHY:
Gerald D. Garfinkle is a trial attorney admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and Temple University School of Law. Between college and law school, Mr. Garfinkle served as a combat engineer in the United States Army Reserves.

Following graduation from Temple Law School, Mr. Garfinkle was a law clerk for the Honorable John P. Fullam of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has been handling cases on behalf of catastrophically injured victims for over 35 years. Mr. Garfinkle currently serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.

Mr. Garfinkle has had an active role with the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association having served as the Treasurer, Vice President and President of the organization. He also served the Philadelphia Bar Association as a member of the Select Committee for the Reorganization of the Civil Court system, as an investigator for the Judicial Selection and Retention Commission and a member of various other committees. Mr. Garfinkle has also been a board member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. He has been a guest lecturer on behalf of the American Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Mr. Garfinkle is proud to sponsor the Garfinkle Trial Advocacy Award at the Temple University Beasley School of Law. The award is presented annually to the second year law student who exhibits outstanding performance in the field of trial advocacy.

A native of Philadelphia, Mr. Garfinkle lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife.


A. Harold Datz

EDUCATION:

• Temple University, B.A., 1969
• Temple University, J.D., 1972

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Personal Injury Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Products Liability

ADMISSIONS:

• 1972, Pennsylvania

BIOGRAPHY:
A. Harold Datz, a trial attorney admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, represents individuals in a wide variety of Personal Injury matters. Mr. Datz's practice is concentrated in the areas of Automobile Liability and Premises Liability claims.

Mr. Datz has litigated hundreds of cases on behalf of individuals against insurance companies. These disputes range from motor vehicle accidents, improper claims denials to complex catastrophic injury matters. He holds an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Datz served as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia.

Mr. Datz is an active member in many national and local organizations. As a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, he has served on the organization’s Board of Directors since 1983. In 1991, he was the recipient of the organization’s President’s Award for distinguished service. In 1998, he was designated as a Board Member Emeritus. Mr. Datz currently serves as the Chair of the Bar Elections Committee and the By-laws Committee. Mr. Datz actively participates as a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Through his membership in the Philadelphia Bar Association, Mr. Datz was elected to the Board of Governors for a three-year term in 1993. He currently serves as Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, having previously served as Chair in 2002, 2005 and vice-Chair in 2003 and 2004. Mr. Datz is currently a delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates. Other legal association activities include his membership in the Philadelphia Lawyer's Club, the Louis Brandeis Society and the Justinian Society. He also served as a Lawyer Volunteer for TLC (Trial Lawyers Care), representing families of victims of the 9/11 tragedies.

Mr. Datz serves as a Hearing Committee Member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, as well as a Hearing Examiner, on behalf of Philadelphia City Council for Liquor Licensees.

Mr. Datz has served extensively as an arbitrator for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has been certified as a mediator for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. He is listed on the Roster of Neutrals of ADR Options, Inc. He also serves as a Judge pro tempore and a neutral arbitrator for the Philadelphia courts.

Mr. Datz has served as an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, as well as a moderator and lecturer in various Continuing Legal Education programs.

Mr. Datz received his undergraduate degree from Temple University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in History. Mr. Datz received his juris doctorate from the Temple University School of Law, where he served as President of the Student Bar Association.

Mr. Datz is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Datz was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His sons, Jeffrey and Jonathan are both attorneys and graduates of the James Beasley School of Law at Temple University.


Jeffrey B. Datz

EDUCATION:

• Beasley School of Law at Temple University, J.D., 2000
• University of Michigan, B.A. Political Science, 1997

PRACTICE AREAS:

• Civil Litigation
• Insurance
• Personal Injury
• Premises Liability
• Healthcare Litigation
• Automobile Accidents and Injuries

ADMISSIONS:

• 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
• 2006, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

BIOGRAPHY:
Mr. Datz, a trial attorney, focuses his practice on defending victims of injury and negligence. Specifically, he represents clients injured by medical malpractice, premises liability and personal and automobile injuries. He also helps clients with healthcare liability claims.

Mr. Datz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Michigan and a Juris Doctorate from the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University, where he was the Managing Editor of the Temple Political and Civil Rights Journal in 1999.

Formerly an Assistant District Attorney of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Mr. Datz joined Seidel, Weitz, Garfinkle & Datz in 2007. He serves his community as a volunteer lawyer in Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, a pro bono services organization that represents low-income clients with civil legal issues.

Mr. Datz is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He lives in the Philadelphia region.