J.B. Dilsheimer recently joined Stampone O’Brien Dilsheimer Holloway as a partner and trial attorney. Before that, J.B. practiced most recently with Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky. J.B. has vast experience handling complex, catastrophic injury cases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, as well as other locations around the country.
J.B. concentrates his practice on major, catastrophic injury litigation. He has worked on the settlement and trial of several multi-million dollar cases and has a wide range of experience in cases involving traumatic brain injury, defective products, construction accidents, FELA, premises liability, medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, subrogation matters, and commercial litigation. J.B.’s successful verdict in a Monroe County, PA jury trial was reported by The National Law Journal as one of the “Top PA Verdicts of 2010” in the January 2010 edition of Verdict Search National. The trial involved a head-on automobile accident.
J.B. graduated magna cum laude from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 1992. He was Managing Editor of the Temple Law Review. He graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1988. He serves on the Board of the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness and does pro-bono work for the Gift of Life, which coordinates organ donation and transplantation in the tri-state area.
Outside of work, J.B. likes biking, photography, yoga, reading, writing, and surfing. Fortuitously, he met firm partner Kevin O’Brien while surfing in Costa Rica. More than anything, J.B. enjoys spending time with his wife and their two young children.
JB has tried numerous significant cases to juries and judges around the country including serious personal injury cases, wrongful death cases, construction accident cases, and more. While many of JB’s results are detailed below, some of the largest recoveries JB has achieved for the firm’s clients are subject to confidentiality agreements, and cannot be disclosed.
$4,500,000 settlement for injured security guard.
$3,800,000 rear-end motor vehicle collision verdict.
$3,500,000 settlement for worker crushed to death by steel coiling machine.
$2,536,500 settlement for worker who injured his back lifting cylinder he was not trained or hired to lift.
$2,340,000 settlement for laborer injured unloading rebar off of a delivery truck.
$1,850,000 settlement for laborer injured in trench collapse.
$1,750,000 settlement for injured avionics mechanic.
$1,250,000 settlement for construction worker injured by HVAC sheet metal on site.
$900,000 settlement for injured DRPA Police Officer while on patrol.
$890,000 dramshop settlement for injured passenger in DUI wreck on private property.
$875,000 settlement for deceased worker crushed by conveyor.
$750,000 settlement for injured truck driver.
$750,000 settlement for QVC spokesmodel whose arm was injured by an exploding seltzer water bottle.
$725,000 settlement for wrongful death at a gun range.
PRACTICES
Amputations Automobile & Trucking Accidents Birth Injuries Burn Injuries Construction Accidents Dog Bites Dram Shop / Liquor Liability Medical Malpractice Premises Liability/Slip & Fall Product Liability Serious Personal Injury Traumatic Brain Injury Wrongful Death
EDUCATION
Temple University Beasley School of Law, magna cum laude (1992) Bowdoin College, magna cum laude (1988) The Haverford School, cum laude (1984)
AFFILIATIONS
American Association for Justice Pennsylvania Association for Justice Pennsylvania Bar Association Gift of Life: Board Member Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness: Board Member CLE Presenter for PBI