Ramon Rossi Lopez -The founder and managing partner of his former partnership, Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos. Mr. Lopez has extensive trial experience in all areas of civil litigation involving personal injury, including complex mass torts, catastrophic disasters, medical malpractice, and product liability actions. He has represented thousands of clients in mass tort cases, primarily against the giant pharmaceutical industry involving dangerous and defective prescription and over the counter medications, and implantable and other medical devices. His interest in pharmaceuticals came about during his early career as a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company. Read More….
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James J. McHugh, Jr. - Selected by judges and other attorneys as a “Super Lawyer” in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey and among the top 100 lawyers in Pennsylvania in 2007 and 2005, James J. McHugh, Jr. knows how to spot and win cases. Mr. McHugh was selected for this honor based upon, among other things, his zealous representation of clients. He has scored many triumphs throughout his many years of practice which focuses on mass tort and class action litigation, medical malpractice, construction litigation, products liability, defamation (including a case on behalf of a major sports figure), and civil rights. In addition to these honors Read More…
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Christina Anne Fountain – Partner, Christina Anne Fountain, graduated cum laude from the University of California at Santa Barbara, in 1979, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. Ms. Fountain earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.), with cum laude Honors, from Boston College Law School in 1983. She was a staff writer for Boston College Law School’s “Third World Law Journal” from 1981-1982, and was Executive Editor of the Law Journal from 1982-1983.
Ms. Fountain was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983 and is licensed to practice before all courts of the State of California. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court; the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Read More…
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Carrie R. Capouellez – While attending Pennsylvania State University, Ms. Capouellez got her first taste of the legal profession working as an assistant in a small law office devoted to a family law practice. Working with legal talent willing to share their experience and foster interest in their profession, Carrie soon developed a curiosity for law. After graduating from Penn State with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, Ms. Capouellez obtained a paralegal position in the Philadelphia office a top-notch defense firm. That position allotted her an in depth look into a fast paced legal practice and a chance to explore many facets of the legal profession Read More…
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Regina Sharlow Johnson – Regina Sharlow Johnson, graduated in 1991 from the College of The Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Spanish. In 1994 Ms. Sharlow Johnson earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.), from Seton Hall University Law School in Newark, New Jersey. She is also a 2001 graduate of Widener University Law School in Wilmington, Delaware, where she obtained a Masters of Law in Health Law (L.L.M) degree. As a legal research assistant during her tenure at Widener Law School she conducted legal research related to nursing home regulations. Her own graduate thesis entitled PBMs Ripe for Regulation was published in 2002 in the Food and Drug Law Journal. Read More…
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Jason E. Ochs – Mr. Ochs joins Lopez McHugh bringing with him a broad spectrum of litigation experience.
Mr. Ochs began his legal career in 2002 with the law firm of Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos. There he worked closely with Ramon Lopez and other senior partners on a variety of high-profile, complex-litigation projects including Zyprexa®, Vioxx®, Baycol®, Sulzer Hip and Knees, and the UCI Liver Transplant cases. Read More…
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Troy Brenes -Mr. Brenes earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 2003 from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he majored in Law & Society with an emphasis in criminology. While at University of California, Santa Barbara, Mr. Brenes clerked for the nationally recognized, consumer watch dog law firm Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman, & Skikos.
Mr. Brenes earned his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School in 2007. While obtaining his law school education, Mr. Brenes externed for the Cancer Legal Resource Center, providing free help to those with cancer-related legal issues Read More…
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Michael Katz was born and raised in Philadelphia. His undergraduate education was split between Drexel University and Temple University, and he received his legal education from what is now the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University. While he was enrolled in law school he worked part-time for the prestigious Beasley Firm, where he eventually worked his way up to associate.
At the Beasley Firm, Michael worked with and learned from some of the most talented attorneys in the area, including James J. McHugh, Jr., Michael A. Smerconish, and Andrew J. Stern. Michael is also one of only a handful of attorneys to have second-chaired a trial with the great Jim Beasley, Sr. himself. Read More…
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Joshua Mankoff -Joshua Mankoff earned his Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law. While obtaining his law degree, Mr. Mankoff spent a summer clerking for the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Read More….
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Matt Lopez -Matthew Ramon Lopez has been exposed to the legal world since he was a child. Inspired by his father, Matthew knew at an early age that he wanted to be a civil trial attorney representing consumers and victims of corporate greed and injustice – ultimately to help, in some significant and meaningful ways, those whose lives have been adversely affected by injuries and suffering caused by such misconduct. Read More….
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Donna M Tocco, graduated from Georgian Court University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business. In 1991, Ms. Tocco earned her Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University Law School. After law school, Ms. Tocco served as a judicial clerk for the Civil Presiding Judge in Monmouth County, Freehold, New Jersey. Read More….