Brett A. Wolfson

Brett A. Wolfson, rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, has been with the firm since 2003 and has tried cases sitting first chair and has sat second chair to Jack Snyder throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey in both state and federal courts. Brett was born and raised in Philadelphia and specializes in catastrophic injury and death cases involving products, commercial motor vehicle, medical malpractice, construction/industrial/workplace, Dram Shop and premises liability. Damages and settlement demands are frequently in the millions and tens-of-millions range. Brett is part of a specialized group sometimes retained late in litigation after discovery has ended and trial is starting within months or weeks.

Brett periodically serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Dispute Resolution Center of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Prior to private practice, Brett served under two Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judges, as a law clerk to Judge Joseph D. O’Keefe while he was Supervising Judge of the Complex Litigation Center and Judge Sandra Mazer Moss while she was a Team Leader for the Day Backward major jury program. During undergraduate, Brett completed an internship for the Chester County Public Defender’s office and during law school Brett completed an externship for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Civil Division.

Brett’s charitable activities include representing minors pro bono for the Philadelphia Support Center for Child Advocates and is Chair of Rawle & Henderson’s Child Advocacy Practice Group. Brett also serves on the New Jersey Government Relations Advisory Committee for the National MS Society and his efforts have contributed to almost $100,000 in fund raising for the Nation MS Society since 2006 when his cousin was diagnosed with MS.