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Pennsylvania Attorney Jerry Meyers

Jerry I. Meyers - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Attorney

Attorney Profile
Born McKeesport, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Pennsylvania.

Areas of Practice
Medical Malpractice
Medical Products Law
Personal Injury Law
Birth Injury Law

Notable Cases
Kevan Berkovitz, a minor, vs. United States, 486 U.S. 531, 108 S.Ct. 1954, conducted underlying litigation on this and numerous other polio vaccine cases. Landmark decision limiting discretionary function exception.

Education
University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1971); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi, former Navy Hospital Corpsman, Respiratory Therapist, 1967-1973.

Awards and Honors
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Martindale-Hubbell AV rated. Named in Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., 1993— Editions.

Bar and Court Admissions
U.S. Western District 1975, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1975.

Publications
Meyers, J.I. and Titelman, W.A.K., "The Semantics of Crisis," The Barrister, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Volume XV, Number 2, Summer, 1984

Meyers, J.I., “Evaluation of a Birth Injury Case, Part 1”, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, September 1999

Meyers, J.I., “Evaluation of a Birth Injury Case, Part II", Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, January 2000

Meyers, J.I., “Evaluating the Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Case”, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, February 2000

Meyers, J.I., "Evaluation of the Anesthesia Case – Failure to Maintain a Patent Airway", Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, August 2000

Meyers, J.I., “Evaluation of a Brain Injury Case (after birth)”, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, December 2000

Meyers, J.I., “Understanding the Tumor Doubling Defense”, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, April 2001

Meyers, J.I., “The perspective of a plaintiff's attorney in dissembling the art of medicine as it relates to the interpretation and management of cervical smears”, Amer J Clin Path, Pathology Patterns Reviews Vol. 116, No. 6 (Suppl 1), December 2001

Professional Associations
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1987-1991; Legislative Policy Committee, 1994- Charter Member, Medical Malpractice Section; Western Chapter President, 1990); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; ATLA Leadership Forum. American Society of Law and Medicine; Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.

Professional Activities
Allegheny County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association , Medical Legal Committee and Health Care and Hospital Law Committee
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Legal Committee
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Advisory Task Force
Western Chapter Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Office and President (1988 to 1989)
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
American Society of Law and Medicine
Who's Who in American Law
Life Member - National Registry of Who’s Who
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County

Speaking Engagements
1979 Speaker - Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Convention, Hershey, PA

1980 - Faculty - Medical-Legal Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado sponsored by Pittsburgh Institute of Legal Medicine

1981 - Faculty - Medical-Legal Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado sponsored by Medical-Dental-Legal Group approved for continued medical education credit - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

1981 - Guest Lecturer - Teaching Rounds - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Neurology Service

1981 - Speaker - Conference "Current Topics in Respiratory Care" sponsored by Centralized Hospital Service, Greensburg, PA

1982 - Speaker - Continuing Education Program for nurse anesthetists "Medical-Legal Aspects of Nurse Anesthesia" sponsored by Centralized Hospital Service, Greensburg, PA

1983 - Faculty - Conference "Treatment Strategies, Advances in Radiotherapy, Techniques" sponsored by Continuing Education Services, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

1985 - Guest Lecturer - Geisinger Medical Center - Medical Legal aspects of Radiation Therapy - What the Technologists Need to Know

1986 - Course Planner and Moderator - "Anatomy & Medicine for the Trial Lawyer" sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Pittsburgh, PA

1987 - Faculty - "Preparing and Proving the Medical Malpractice Case" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Advocacy Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA

1987 - Faculty - "Continuing Legal Education Program Series - Screening of medical malpractice case" sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (presented in Butler and Johnstown, PA)

1987 - Faculty - "Civil Litigation Update" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Hershey, PA

1988 - Faculty -"Finding and Presenting Evidence in Personal Injury Cases" sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Philadelphia PA

1988 - Faculty - "Continuing Legal Education Program Series - Screening of medical malpractice case" sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (presented in Greensburg, PA)

1988 - Course Planner and Moderator - "Anatomy & Medicine for the Trial Lawyer" sponsored, by the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Pittsburgh, PA

1988 - Faculty - "The Litigator and The Personal Computer" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1989 - Faculty - "Pennsylvania Emergency Room Medical Malpractice" sponsored by the Professional Education Systems, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA

1990 - Faculty - "Continuing Legal Education Program Series - Screening of medical malpractice case" sponsored by the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (presented in Butler, PA)

1990 - Faculty - "Advanced Issues in Medical Malpractice -Vicarious & Hospital Liability Theories" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1991 - Faculty - "Family Law: Litigating to Win" The Expert and Equitable Distribution" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA and Harrisburg, PA

1992 - Faculty - "Preparing & Trying the Medical Malpractice Case" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1993 - Faculty - "Advanced Issues in Medical Malpractice" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1994 - Faculty - "Discovery: Unveiling the Mystery" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

1995 - Faculty - Mercy Health System of Altoona

1996 - Faculty - "Preparing & Trying the Medical Malpractice Case" sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1996 - Faculty - University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, Health Law Clinic.

1996 - Faculty - “HOUSE BILL 2210,” sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Pittsburgh, PA

1996 - Lecturer – “Preparing and Trying a Medical Malpractice Case,” sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

1998 - Faculty – “Malpractice in the E.R. – Medicine, Law and Tactics,” sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Pittsburgh, PA

2001 - Lecturer – “The Nuts and Bolts of Medical Malpractice Cases,” sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pittsburgh, PA

2005 - Lecturer – “The Pap Smear Case – A Plaintiff’s Perspective,” sponsored by the Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, San Antonio, Texas

Charitable Involvement
United Way of Allegheny County, Alex de Toucqueville Society and ten-year sponsorship of the Hartwood Show Jumping Festival for benefit of the Parental Stress Center; Race to Any Place, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (2005, 2006); major donor Neighborhood Legal Services – Equal Justice Under the Law Campaign and Attorneys Against Hunger Campaign.




				Charles Kenrick is a principal partner in the law firm of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans which he helped found in 2004. Kenrick’s law practice focuses almost exclusively on medical malpractice cases where he’s helped dozens of individuals and families who have suffered great loss receive the justice and compensation they deserve. In addition to medical malpractice cases, he is also a specialist in personal injury, commercial litigation, general litigation and appellate practice law. Learn more...




				Paul Giuffre is a founding partner in the law firm of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans, which was established in 2004. His law practice concentrates almost exclusively on medical malpractice cases. Over 11 years of experience representing individuals who have suffered serious injury as a result of mistakes. In addition, Paul also has extensive trial experience in personal injury, criminal defense law, and general litigation. Learn more...




				Charles Evans is a partner in the law firm of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans, which he joined in September 2005. Evans practice concentrates on representation of individuals in personal injury, medical malpractice, employment law and civil rights law. Evans has developed a prestigious reputation in the legal community as a staunch defender of individual rights. Evans identifies with people injured due to the actions or negligence of others, and is passionate about getting his clients full compensation and justice. Learn more...




				Admitted to bar 2001, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, admitted to bar 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, admitted to bar 2005, Supreme Court of the United States. Learn more...




				Admitted to bar 2006, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Areas of practice include medical malpractice, personal injury, commercial litigation, general litigation, and appellate practice. Learn more...

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania attorneys at the law office of Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans, LLC focus on medical malpractice and personal injury cases in the following counties in Western and Central Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, Westmoreland.

At Meyers Kenrick Giuffre & Evans, LLC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, our attorneys provide representation to clients involved in serious medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits including wrongful death, surgical accidents, cerebral palsy, brain damage, cervical cancer cases and birth injury.

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