Jeff Krawitz is a Shareholder and member of Stark & Stark’s Accident & Personal Injury Group and is Chair of the Medical Malpractice Group.
Mr. Krawitz concentrates his practice in casualty litigation focusing on complex injury matters, coverage issues and bad faith claims. This practice is highly concentrated on professional liability claims with a specific focus on medical negligence. He also has, and continues to, litigate claims arising from motor vehicle and commercial transportation collisions, many of which involve catastrophic damages.
In addition, Mr. Krawitz has extensive experience in both state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has argued cases in the New Jersey Appellate Division and Delaware Supreme Court on transportation coverage issues.
Mr. Krawitz, through appointment by the President Judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, serves as a Judge Pro Tem to assist the Court in resolving various forms of civil litigation involving personal injury. In 2013, he was appointed to sit as a Hearing Committee Member of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and continues to serve after re-appointment as a Senior Hearing Member. Mr. Krawitz also serves as a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District VII Ethics Committee. He is also an appointed member of the Medical Malpractice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Mr. Krawitz is an active participant for Simon’s Heart, a non-profit organization whose mission, through various strategic initiatives, raises awareness of heart conditions that lead to sudden cardiac arrest and death in children and young athletes and promotes prevention through new laws regarding mandatory heart screenings. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board and sits on its Executive Committee. He has served as a Board Member for the Family Lives On Foundation whose mission was to support the lifelong emotional well-being of children whose mother or father died.
