James Meissler

James Meissler focuses his practice on advising a Fortune 25 company on national litigation risk management strategies in personal injury matters and on defending toxic tort matters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Jim is a seasoned trial lawyer, having served as first chair in nearly three hundred jury trials, bench trials, mediations, and arbitrations concerning insurance defense-related matters. Of note, Jim is recognized as a Supreme Court of New Jersey Certified Civil Trial Attorney.

Jim handles a myriad of claims under the insurance defense umbrella, including premises liability, personal injury, accidents involving corporate auto fleets, negligent security, and subrogation. Jim helps his clients navigate large exposure situations through aggressive litigation advocacy and representation in dispute resolution, particularly mediation and arbitration.

An active litigator, Jim has appeared in over one thousand matters in both federal and state courts, achieving favorable outcomes for his clients. Outside the courtroom, he works tirelessly to gather litigation data and to analyze trial trends. His extensive experience enables Jim to create successful strategies to minimize his clients’ risk and to attain the best possible outcomes for them.

Before joining Maron Marvel, Jim was an in-house senior trial attorney for large national insurance carriers. In these roles, he handled high-volume caseloads of complex personal injury matters that were jury trial-level cases involving auto accidents and general liability cases. Prior to that, he was an Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia, where he was responsible for defending police officers, firefighters, and departmental employees in tort matters.

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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania