Eric Weitz
The Weitz Firm, LLC
Eric Weitz is a medical malpractice, catastrophic injury and commercial litigation trial lawyer with The Weitz Firm, LLC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. J.D., Villanova University School of Law (1992).
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Suite 1100
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Eric H. Weitz is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, trial attorney and principal of The Weitz Firm, LLC, a boutique civil firm that focuses on medical malpractice and commercial litigation for clients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and nationwide.
Weitz earned a B.S. cum laude from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in 1989 and a J.D. cum laude from Villanova University School of Law in 1992. He began his career as an associate at Cozen & O’Connor and later co-founded Weitz Garfinkle Datz, LLC. He was co-managing partner of Messa & Associates, P.C. from 2011 to 2016. His practice areas include catastrophic injury, medical negligence, motor vehicle and trucking cases, insurance bad faith and premises liability.
He serves on the board of directors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Patient Safety Authority and is a former chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Board of Governors. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice since 2007 and was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine in multiple years between 2005 and 2017.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, B.S., cum laude (1989)
- J.D., Villanova University School of Law, cum laude (1992)
Practice Areas
- Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Board of Governors; Executive Committee)
- Philadelphia Bar Association (Former Chair, Board of Governors)
- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
- Academy of Advocacy (Fellow)
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Life Member)
- Temple American Inn of Court (Executive Committee)
- The Barristers' Association of Philadelphia
- American Trial Lawyers Association - New Jersey (Automobile Insurance Reparations Committee)
- Super Lawyer, Philadelphia Magazine (2005, 2007-2017)
- Top 100 in Pennsylvania (2011-2017)
- America's Best Lawyers (2015-2017)
- Robert Costas Scholarship for Excellence in Broadcast Writing
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