News & Wins:

We are excited to welcome Morgan Amiaga to the Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP team as an Associate Attorney in our growing Red Bank, NJ office.  Morgan has quickly become a valuable asset, contributing significantly to defending product liability and other cases. Morgan previously served as law clerk to the Honorable Kevin, J. Purvin,…

Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP is happy to welcome Juliann Kelley to its expanding Radnor, Pennsylvania office. A graduate of Temple University and Villanova University’s Widger School of Law,  Juliann has worked both in private practice and as corporate counsel. Her experience in both roles advances clients’ business objectives and ensures effective litigation management….

Although it has been up and running for several months, the hanging of our letters marks the official opening of our new, expanded Philadelphia office in Radnor! A true post-Covid style office, it maximizes efficiency within an environment to which our team members want to come and work. With room for expansion, we look forward…

The Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel (PADC) elected Scott Toomey as its next President during its Annual Conference this week. Scott will lead a membership of more than 300 in protecting and advancing the interests of civil defendants and their counsel in Philadelphia and beyond.  Accepting the Presidency and embracing his role as the organization’s…

Defense verdicts happen, even in this era of nuclear verdicts and post-Covid distrust! LJUK’s trial team of Scott Toomey, Keith Gibson, and Keith Sipprelle recently won a defense verdict in a bicycle helmet product liability design defect case after a trial that spanned four weeks in the Santa Cruz County Superior Court. Plaintiff, a former…

LJUK LLP is proud to annouce James Ughetta has been selected by Who’s Who Legal (WWL)’s independent research, supplemented by clients and peers, as being among the highest-ranked Lawyer’s in WWL: Product Liability Defence 2024.  The Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defence identifies top lawyers in all aspects of the defense of product liability claims….

C. Scott Toomey and Ericka A. Esposito obtained a defense verdict in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania after a five-day jury trial. The case involved an industrial accident with a significant workers’ compensation lien and future care claims for a sympathetic plaintiff that never returned to work after the accident. Plaintiff’s case-in-chief…

On September 14, 2023, in the latest of a string of decisions obtained by LPJUK upholding Rule 702’s and Daubert’s requirements that a trial court ensure that an expert’s testimony rests on a reliable foundation and is relevant to the task at hand, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York…

Michael H. Bai and Kristen E. Dennison obtained a defense verdict in the Court of Common Pleas, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania on behalf of DN Solutions America Corp., formerly known as Doosan Machine Tools America Corp.  This commercial action arose out of a breach of warranty claim by Plaintiff Bear Manufacturing, LLC against DN Solutions America…

MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, May 11, 2023 – Littleton Park Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP, a national trial litigation firm representing international and domestic companies across the nation, is pleased to announce the opening of its sixth office in Melbourne, Florida.   Littleton Park partner Kristen E. Dennison will manage the Florida office. Littleton Park expects its Florida…