Michael W. Horner

Michael Horner’s litigation and counseling experience spans several decades in the areas of healthcare, catastrophic loss and employment matters in multiple state and federal jurisdictions.

Mike represents tertiary and community hospitals, healthcare systems and physician practice groups in matters involving medical malpractice, health information technology, Medicaid (RAC) appeals, patient dumping, HIPAA, peer review, opioid administration, among other matters encountered by the healthcare industry.

He has extensive experience litigating, mediating and arbitrating complex catastrophic cases throughout multiple jurisdictions in the Northeast. His high-stakes trial practice includes product liability, construction site liability, medical malpractice, transportation law, workplace safety, commercial premises liability, dram shop liability and commercial contract disputes.

Mike’s practice frequently involves the defense of insured and self-insured local, national and multinational companies facing potential exposure in the millions of dollars for injuries ranging from death, traumatic brain injury, quadriplegia, paraplegia, loss of limb, property loss and business interruption. He also has significant experience litigating cases involving product recalls. Mike's catastrophic loss practice often involves assembling a trial-tested team of catastrophic loss lawyers and trying or mock trying the case on short notice.

Mike has significant experience litigating a wide variety of employment-related disputes involving age, gender, disability and race discrimination, non-compete and restrictive covenants and fraud in state and federal courts and agencies in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He has tried multiple employment disputes to jury verdict and obtained temporary restraining orders and permanent injunctions in several jurisdictions related to non-compete and confidentiality matters.