Stephen P. Moschetta

Attorney for Moschetta Law Firm, Washington, PA

Stephen P. Moschetta joined the firm in 1998.  A native of Washington, Mr. Moschetta earned his undergraduate degree from Washington & Jefferson College.  He graduatedcum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1998, where he served as an Editor of the Law Review.  He is a member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, American Association for Justice, Maritime Law Association of the United States, Pennsylvania Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, Allegheny County Bar Association,Washington County Bar Association where he currently serves on the Executive Committee also serves as President Elect of the Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.  Since 2007, Mr. Moschetta has served as a Member of the Board of Trustees of Landmark College, a two-year liberal arts institution of higher education serving students with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders.

Stephen Moschetta is admitted to practice in all state and Federal courts in Pennsylvania and West Virginia representing injured accident victims and specializes in admiralty and maritime litigation.  Mr. Moschetta represents injured clients not only from Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but individuals from all states in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys to the Gulf of Mexico.  Mr. Moschetta has authored articles on admiralty and maritime law, and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act in particular.  He has given presentations for continuing legal education on automobile insurance law and was invited to speak at the 2007 Loyola University College of Law Annual Longshore Conference in New Orleans.

Areas of Practice

Mr. Moschetta’a practice is and has been limited to representing injured victims in the following types of cases:

• Admiralty and maritime claims (Jones Act, boating accidents)
• Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claims
• Automobile accidents
• Defective Product claims
• Defective Premises claims
• Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claims

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1998
• United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1998
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1999
• Court of Common Pleas, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 2000
• United States Supreme Court, 2004
• Supreme Court of West Virginia, 2005
• United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 2005
• United States District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, 2005
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2010)

Education

Doctor of Jurisprudence, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan, 1998
Bachelor of Arts, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1990

Honors & Awards

BV Rated, Martindale Hubbell

Advocate, National College of Advocacy, American Association for Justice, 2001

Member, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 1997-1998

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The Moschetta Law Firm, P.C. in Washington, Pennsylvania handles cases along the major rivers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, including the Ohio River, Kanawha River, Allegheny River and Monongahela River.

Our maritime & personal injury lawyers represent clients in:
Pennsylvania: Washington, Pittsburgh and Beaver
Ohio: East Liverpool, Gallipolis, Marietta and Steubenville
West Virginia: Ashland, Charleston, Huntington, Marietta, Marshall, Mason, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant, Weirton and Wheeling.