Position: Associate
Address:
15 South Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0075
Email: E-Mail Me
Direct Dial: (570)826-5652
Direct Fax: (570)706-3437
Vcard:
Assistant's Name: Ann Marie Maskinas
Assistant's E-Mail: E-Mail
PRACTICE
Mr. Campenni is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation Department. For nearly a decade, his practice has focused on the representation of individuals and businesses in federal and state employment, civil rights, commercial law and personal injury matters. His clients have come from a wide range of backgrounds, including the engineering, computer, logistic, and service industries, local and state governmental entities, and everyday people who have suffered an injustice. Over the years, he has been involved in cases that have set precedent in the employment, civil rights, commercial, and personal injury context. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Campenni was a Law Clerk to former Chief Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, now a Circuit Judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. A member of the Luzerne County Bar Association (Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association), the Federal Bar Association, and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, he also serves as the Secretary of the West Pittston Civil Service Commission. Mr. Campenni is a graduate of Cornell University and Temple University Law School.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Served as Co-counsel in obtaining sizeable jury verdict in state court on behalf of a Northeastern Pennsylvania architectural and engineering firm who had sued a real estate developer in a case alleging breach of contract. (2009)
- Successfully defended a local governmental agency in a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a former employee alleging violations of his right to freedom of speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. (2009)
- Successfully defended a national employer in the logistics industry in federal court sued by its former employee alleging disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge from employment under the Americans with Disabilities Act. (2008)
- Successfully defended a local governmental agency in a civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive force by police officers under the Fourteenth Amendment. (2008)
- Co-counsel in a trucking accident case resulting in a settlement for the victim in excess of $850,000.00. (2004)
EDUCATION
- Cornell University (B.S., 1997)
- Temple University School of Law (J.D., 2001)
