Philip D. Priore
Mr. Priore’s experience and law practice spans several disciplines and three states, PA, NJ and NY. Mr. Priore began his law career with Liebert, Short, FitzPatrick & Lavin, P.C., initially developing extensive experience in products liability, insurance coverage and general litigation matters. Thereafter, he and David McCormick, Esquire, founded McCormick & Priore, P.C., where he expanded his areas of practice to include employment and construction litigation, with a specialty in complex contractual indemnification and additional insured issues. Mr. Priore regularly presents at continuing legal education seminars on such issues as coverage, products liability law, employment, construction accidents and trial preparation. He has tried multiple cases to verdict in both state and federal courts.
Outside the office, Mr. Priore enjoys his family, friends, working out, music, and movies.
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of New Jersey
- S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- New York State Bar
- Suffolk University School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
- Columbia University (B.A., History/Economics)
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Philadelphia Association of Defense CounselPennsylvania Defense Institute
- Defense Research Institute
- Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
- New Jersey Defense Association
- Trial Attorneys of America
- Construction Litigation
- Employment Law
- Insurance Coverage
- Motor Vehicle Litigation
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Property Damage Claims
- Toxic Torts
- Longport Ocean Plaza Condo., Inc. v. Robert Cato & Assocs., CIVIL ACTION NO. 00-CV-2231 (Consolidated with 02-CV-1724), UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20215, October 31, 2003.
- Blewitt v. Man Roland, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. 00-CV-1887, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 168 F. Supp. 2d 466; 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16391.
- Bunting v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., CIVIL ACTION NO. 96-3683, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 566.
- Corestates Bank, N.A. v. Richards, CIVIL ACTION NO. 95-CV4689, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 956.
- Berkeyheiser v. A-Plus Investigations, Inc., 936 A.2d 117 (Pa. Super. 2007).
- Forzato v. Nestor’s Sporting Goods, Inc., C.C.P. Lehigh County, No. 2006-C-579.
Comment, Admiralty-Shipowner-Limitation of Shipowner’s Negligence Liability Under 905(b) of the LHWCA, 6 Suffolk Transnat’l L.J. 95 (1981).
- Numerous presentations to clients/CLEs on indemnity/AI claims and risk transfer, trial preparation, cross examination, premises liability, construction litigation
- April 18, 2000 Philadelphia, PA – Co-Course Planner, Personal Injury Potpourri, Current Trends In Products Liability
- April 2003 Philadelphia, PA – Products Liability Update
- November 2004 Concordville, PA – Hold Harmless – Contractual Issues
- August 2006 Pasadena, CA – Joint And Several Liability In Products Liability Cases
- April 25, 2007 Philadelphia, PA – Contractual Indemnity Issues and Additional Insured Endorsements – What Tangled Webs We Weave
- September 11, 2008 New York, NY – Auto Insurance Seminar
- March 18, 2009 Boston, MA – Contractual Indemnity Issues and Additional Insured Endorsements