Joseph R. Fowler
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Member of CLM Since: 2014
Nominated By Daniel Winkler
CLM Committees
- Transportation
- Committee Conference
CLM Contributions
- Speaker - 2013 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference Half Day Registration
- Speaker - 2014 Annual Conference TEST FOR ANDROID
- Speaker - 2014 Transportation Conference
- Speaker - 2015 Transportation Conference
- Speaker - 2016 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2018 CLM Midwest Conference
- Speaker - 2020 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2021 Annual Conference
- Speaker - 2021 CLM Focus: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Management Liability, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Transportation, Claims and Litigation Management
- Speaker - 2022 Annual Conference
- Speaker - Preventing Nuclear Verdicts: Workshop and Trial Academy
- Speaker - Spotlight: Transportation (Philadelphia)
Articles
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Practice Areas
- Transportation
- Aviation
- Premises Liability
- Construction/Real Estate/Surety
- Product Liability
- Claims Management
- Religious & Non-Profit
- Insurance Coverage
- Professional Liability
- Litigation Management
- Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Medical Malpractice
Biography
Joseph R. Fowler is a founding partner of the firm and the managing partner of the firm’s Philadelphia office. Mr. Fowler focuses his practice on the defense and investigation of commercial vehicle and construction accident cases for trucking companies, public transportation companies and their insurers. He also represents construction companies and sub-contractors in catastrophic losses. Mr. Fowler defends bad faith and UM/UIM cases and is routinely appointed as a defense arbitrator for numerous insurance carriers. He regularly represents commercial property owners in severe injury cases.
For over 24 years, Mr. Fowler has directed the investigation and defense of catastrophic commercial vehicle accidents from the date of loss. This includes the immediate counseling of drivers and safety directors, the retention of accident reconstruction experts and evidence preservation. Mr. Fowler regularly counsels a variety of national commercial transportation companies to ensure their compliance with Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act regulations. In addition to his transportation work, Mr. Fowler routinely represents and counsels general contractors and subcontractors during their post-accident and OSHA investigations.
Mr. Fowler has extensive trial and appellate experience in both the Pennsylvania federal and state courts. He recently obtained a defense verdict in a case in which plaintiff claimed catastrophic injuries as a result of being rear-ended by a bus operated by the defendant bus company. Phillips Trial (2013). Mr. Fowler also successfully defended a construction company receiving a defense verdict where the defendant’s truck struck a low hanging cable line resulting in the death of a Verizon worker. Hetrick Trial (2012).
Mr. Fowler has drafted multiple white papers regarding the transportation industry. He speaks internationally on transportation-related topics for a variety of organizations including the Transportation Lawyers Association, Mealey’s Publications, Dispute Resolution Institute, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Lorman Education as well as numerous insurance companies and self-insureds.
Education
No information available.
Admissions/Licenses
- Bar Admissions: PA, PA