Carmen Belefonte, Managing Attorney of the Firm's Delaware County Office in Media, Pennsylvania, brings more than 35 years of highly successful and diverse trial experience to the assistance of victims and their families in complex wrongful death, premises liability and professional liability cases. He has had numerous recoveries for his clients in excess of $ 1 million in cases involving medical malpractice and catastrophic injuries.

Mr. Belefonte, a selection by his peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 2005-2009, is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University where as result of his high academic ranking and writing skills, he was an editor of the Law Review and member of the Woolsack Honor Society. Serving as a litigator in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps before entering private practice, Mr. Belefonte possesses significant legal experience in the public and private sectors. His Court admissions include:

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• United States Court of Military Appeals
• United States Supreme Court

Mr. Belefonte is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is formerly the President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and the Delaware County Bar Association and a previous member of the Executive Committee and Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He presently serves as a member of the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Nationally, he was chosen as one of the top 500 personal injury lawyers in America by the independent survey group and magazine Lawdragon.

A frequent lecturer on effective trial advocacy, Mr. Belefonte is recognized for his leadership and service to the legal community by the American Inns of Court, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Delaware County Bar Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers. He was also appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve as Vice-Chair of its Continuing Legal Education Committee and Civil Procedural Rules Committee.

In addition to his legal activities, he remains active in the community serving as Solicitor of the Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority, Delaware County Police Chiefs Association and Garrettford-Drexel Hill Volunteer Fire Company. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Delaware County Community Foundation.