Robert Mongeluzzi

Robert J. Mongeluzzi is the founder of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He represents injured workers, burn victims and families who have lost loved ones, with a long focus on construction accidents, structural collapses, crane and aerial lift cases, electrical injuries, and fire and explosion claims.

Mongeluzzi has served as lead counsel in many of the region’s major disaster cases, including the Pier 34 collapse at Penn’s Landing, the Tropicana Casino parking garage collapse in Atlantic City, the Duck Boat accident on the Delaware River and the Salvation Army store collapse in Center City. He was co-liaison counsel and a member of the plaintiffs’ management committee in the litigation over the 2015 Amtrak 188 derailment. His results include a $124.4 million verdict, a $227 million multi-plaintiff settlement and a $101 million construction settlement.

He founded and co-chaired the American Association for Justice’s Crane and Aerial Lift Litigation Group and Electrical Accident Group, formerly served on its Board of Governors, and is a past president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and has been inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. He holds a bachelor’s degree from The Wharton School, a law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a commentary editor of the law review, and an LL.M. in trial advocacy from Temple University.