Jay J. Lambert

Of Counsel - Retired

  • Jay J. Lambert
  • Phone: +1 215 979 1000

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    30 South 17th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
    USA
Jay J. Lambert practices in the areas of product liability, professional liability, and drug and medical device litigation.

He is a member of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association, the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association. A member of the Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute and the American Board of Trial Advocates, he is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Mr. Lambert is a 1968 graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a graduate of Providence College.

Representative Matters

  • Extensive trial experience in professional liability suits, including successful jury verdicts representing physicians, podiatrists, insurance agents, architects and engineers.

  • Product liability defense for manufacturers, including Hobart Corporation, Wilsonart, BMW and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

  • Representation of drug, food supplement, medical device and medical equipment manufacturers and insurance companies, including Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company, MEDMARC, Showa Denko K.K., and Sunrise Medical, Inc.

  • Part of the DM&H litigation team representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Medicare reimbursement suit against the tobacco industry.

Admissions

  • Massachusetts
  • Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Education

  • Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., 1968

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Former Co-Chair, Product Liability Practice Group
    - Of Counsel, 2000-present
    - Partner, 1978-1999
    - Associate, 1971-1978

Professional Activities

  • American Bar Association - Tort and Insurance Practice Section
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association - Civil Litigation Section
  • Philadelphia Bar Association
  • Association of Defense Counsel
  • Defense Research Institute
  • American Board of Trial Advocates

Honors and Awards

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Selected Seminars and Presentations

  • "Defending the Hospital and Handling Credentialing Problems Relative to the 'Unfit Staff Person," Defense Research Institute, Chicago, IL, October 1988
  • "The Incompetent or Marginal Physician," Law Journal Seminars, New York, NY, June 1988
  • "Withholding and Refusing Treatment," Law Journal Seminars, New York, NY, June 1988
  • "Direct Examination and Cross Examination", Trial Technique Seminar, Defense Research Institute, Washington, D.C., April 1988