Joel H. Feigenbaum is an Associate in the Firm's Casualty Litigation Department and Hospitality & Retail Practice Group. He defends clients in diverse matters involving general and premises liability, negligent security, product, automobile, foodborne illness, and liquor liability claims. He advocates on behalf of a variety of hospitality and retail industry clients, including hotels/motels, restaurants, franchisors/franchisees, resorts, and Fortune 500 retail chains. He also represents athletic clubs, educational facilities, carnivals, telecommunication companies, supermarkets, and hospitals in addition to working with a variety of insurers, self-insureds, and third-party administrators in defense of catastrophic injuries and losses.
In 2020, Mr. Feigenbaum was named by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star in the category of Personal Injury. For information about these selections and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here.
Mr. Feigenbaum is an experienced litigator and manages cases from inception to trial/arbitration. This includes preparing/answering discovery and pleadings, drafting and arguing motions, witness preparation, depositions, and settlement negotiation. He has first-chair trial experience and has arbitrated cases throughout eastern Pennsylvania and in federal court. Mr. Feigenbaum also regularly assists clients in comprehensive pre-suit investigations and, when appropriate, settlement negotiation.
Since 2017, Mr. Feigenbaum has routinely served as a court-certified arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Prior to joining Post & Schell, he worked as an associate attorney with a regional defense firm.
Read full bio >
Read less >
- Secured summary judgment for an event organizer where multiple participants on a chartered motor coach trip were stabbed and contractual safety terms allegedly breached.
- Secured defense verdict and a finding of fact that plaintiff was a “jump-in” and not the true driver in an auto accident where no independent witnesses/surveillance existed.
- "Bill of Costs: Who Gets Paid When No One Wins?," The Legal Intelligencer (August 14, 2017) (reprinted in Counterpoint, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, October 2017)
- "Discoverability of ‘Private’ Facebook Photographs in Personal Injury Suits," American Bar Association's Litigation Committee Newsletter (Summer 2015)