Accident and Injury Law Firm
Pittsburgh, PA Personal Injury Lawyer
Craig Fishman, Esquire
Experience:
Shenderovich, Shenderovich and Fishman, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Partner 2006–present.
Civil litigation and consumer protection practice, including:
- Automobile, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents
- Medical, legal, and nursing home malpractice
- Civil rights
- Injuries resulting from use of defective products
- Insurance bad faith
- Consumer fraud class actions
- Toxic torts including mold exposure
- Contract
- Slip-and-fall accidents
The Tarasi Law Firm, P.C., and Tarasi, Tarasi & Fishman, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Associate Attorney and Partner 1996–2006.
Feldstein, Grinberg, Stein & McKee, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA
Associate Attorney and Law Clerk 1988–1996. Represented both Plaintiffs and Defendants in civil litigation.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Biochemistry Department Research Assistant 1986-1987. Cloned rat kidney proximal tubule cells in hormone research project.
Education:
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA.
Juris Doctor, May 1990.
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Medical Studies, 1983–1986.
Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), 1982–1983, 1988. Major in Health Care Administration.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Bachelor of Arts, 1982. Graduated at the age of 19 on the Dean's List.
Awards & Activities
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2008-present.
- Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.
- Fellow of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, 2005–present.
- Marquis Who's Who in American Law 2003–present.
- Marquis Who's Who in America 2005-present.
- Recipient of Allegheny County Bar Association 2004 Judge Olbum Award.
- Chair of the 2004 Allegheny County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference.
- Member of Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates, 2006–2008.
- Western Pa. Trial Lawyers Assoc. Board of Governors, 1997-2002, 2005–present.
- Life Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2005–present.
Licenses
Admitted to practice in
- Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
- The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Fourth Circuit
Presentations and Published Articles
- Established annual "Breakfast with the Judges - Legal Ethics on Film" ethics seminar at the Allegheny County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference in 2002.
- Chair or Co-Chair of Breakfast with the Judges Committee and prepared film clips and legal analysis for the judges for this seminar 2002-2006.
- Moderated 2002 and 2006 seminars. Panelists have included Hon. Ralph Cappy, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Hon. Max Baer and Hon. J. Michael Eakin of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Hon. D. Brooks Smith and Hon. D. Michael Fisher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Hon. John Musmanno, Hon. Debra Todd, and Hon. Maureen Lally-Green of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Hon. Joy Flowers Conti and Hon. Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; and Hon. R. Stanton Wettick, Jr., Hon. Timothy Patrick O'Reilly, Hon. Gene B. Strassburger, III and Hon. Joseph James of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County.
- "Lessons from Tinseltown" trial tactics seminar panelist, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, February 24, 2006.
- "Legal Issues in Toxic Mold Exposure and Remediation", Indoor Air Quality Training Institute, April 17, 2002.
- "Is it Malpractice Not to Surf?" 12(5) The Advocate, May/June 2000.
- "Beware the Subrogation Swindle," 9(5) The Advocate, May/June 1997.
- "Evaluating Your Case - Plaintiff's Perspective," presented to the Young Lawyers Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, December 15, 1995.
- "Pleading and Proving Excess Special Damages," 8(2) The Advocate, Nov/Dec 1995.
- Co-Author: "A Hospital's Liability for Staffing its Emergency Room with an Intern," a chapter in Legal Medicine 1990, Fall 1990.
- "Hospitals and Cigarette Smoking," 75 Bulletin of the Allegheny County Medical Society, 1986.
Reported Cases
- Lynn v. Westport Insurance Corp., 258 Fed. Appx. 438, 2007 WL 4351428 (3d Cir. 2007)
- Schappell v. Motorists Mutual Ins. Co., et al., 934 A.2d 1184 (Pa. 2007)
- Hussein v. Universal Development Management, et al., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania CA 01-2381, $2.45 million jury verdict on September 23, 2005
- Horne v. City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County G.D. 97-10174, $300,925 jury verdict on September 29, 1999.
- Marek v. Ketyer, 733 A.2d 1268 (Pa. Super. 1999), alloc. denied, 749 A.2d 471 (Pa. 2000).
