Harry M. Roth

Education

Temple University School of Law, L.L.M.
(Trial Advocacy), 1994

Hofstra University School of Law
J.D., 1983

Franklin & Marshall College, B.A.
Government, 1980

Attorney Awards

From 2008 through 2023, Harry M. Roth was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the field(s) of Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, based on peer review ratings (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)

Included in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, based on peer review ratings consistently.

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review AV®-rated lawyer, and included in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the United States, published by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell®

Lawyer Harry Roth | Featured Attorney Personal Injury

Ranked as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the National Trial Lawyers Association consistently.

Speaking Engagements

Harry M. Roth is a frequent lecturer on public safety, health issues, and the law.

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania

District of Columbia

United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Professional Memberships

The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Director (1998–2007)

The American Association for Justice and The Pennsylvania Association for Justice Member

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations Member

American Bar Foundation Member

Leadership Class, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Member

Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee of The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Member (1994–2000)

International Property Investment Journal Member (1982–1983)

Hofstra University School of Law

Clerkships

Law clerk to the Honorable Bernard J. Goodheart, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, 1983-1984

Community Service

Mr. Roth is actively involved in supporting causes which directly impact the health, safety and well being of individuals as well as the community, including serving as Special Counsel to the Gift of Life Foundation, and formerly serving as President of the Board of Trustees of The Philadelphia School.

He also served as a long time board member of Taney Youth Baseball Association.

Legal Representations

$227 million settlement: Mr. Roth was one of the lead trial lawyers in the case arising from the collapse of a building during demolition that resulted in the deaths and injuries of 19 people in the adjacent Salvation Army Thrift Store. After the jury’s liability finding, which followed four months of testimony, the parties reached a settlement of $227 million to compensate the victims of the collapse, and their families.

Co-chair, Official Creditors’ Committee in Bankruptcy that achieved a $220 million settlement in NECC contaminated steroid litigation.

$3.25 million recovery for a teacher seriously injured due to the medical negligence of her doctors in failing to properly administer anesthesia;

$7.5 million dollar recovery for a young girl who suffers from cerebral palsy as a result of an untimely performed cesarean section delivery;

$2 million recovery for a man paralyzed from the waist down resulting from hospital staff’s failure to comply with ordered spinal cord protection;

Part of the team that created a confidential multi-million dollar recovery for families of 46 workers killed in Chinook helicopter crash off the coast of Scotland;

$890,000 judgment in a products liability case in which a worker suffered a mild traumatic brain injury with permanent cognitive losses due to a defectively designed high-speed roll up door.

$8 million settlement for a man left permanently brain injured because of the failure to properly maintain the delivery of oxygen following open heart surgery.