Joseph P. Stampone

Firm Founder

Areas Of Practice

Joseph P. Stampone Catastrophic Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, including Automobile Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Premises Liability, Liquor Liability, Product Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and Social Security Disability. Mr. Stampone also maintains a practice in Commercial Transactions, including Commercial Real Estate Litigation, Loan Documentation, Business and Real Estate Development, Insurance and Risk Management, and Hospitality Management.

Joseph P. Stampone is the founder and principal shareholder of Stampone Law. Since 1981, his practice has focused on a variety of complex civil litigation and transactional matters, as listed above. Mr. Stampone is also the Managing Shareholder of the firm and has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® as featured in Philadelphia Magazine.

Previously, Joe served as a law clerk to the Honorables Albert F. Sabo from 1979 to 1980 and Edwin S. Malmed in 1978. Both jurists sat on the bench of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County; the first in the Criminal Division and the latter in the Civil Division.

Joe is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and the United States Tax Court.

Joe is actively involved in the community, having served as an officer and commissioner of the Lower Gwynedd Little League; member of the Order of Sons of Italy in America, Tacony/Mayfair Lodge; member and counsel to the United Independent Italian American Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a member of the Torresdale-Mayfair Lion’s Club.

Joe is also in his second term as President of the National Italian American Political Action Committee, headquarted in Washington, D.C., where he has served as a board member since 2000. He has also served as the Dinner Chair for NIA-PAC's annual "Carnevale". In 2005, Joe was given the distinct honor of being knighted in Rome, Italy as a “Cavalieri di Cristo” with the Templar Order of the Poor Knights of Christ. In 2008, he received the Golden Justice Award at Pennsylvania Golden Gloves Eastern Regional Championships.

Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Joe currently resides in Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania with his wife and five children. Joe’s interests include sports, cooking, music, and history. Joe is actively involved in commercial real estate development (see FJ3 Development) in Pennsylvania and South Florida. Additionally, Joe is a prinicpal in and counsel to Max's Grille American Bistro, a very popular restaurant located in Boca Raton, Florida. In his spare time Joe boats and fishes at the New Jersey shore and in South Florida and has coached American Legion and AAU Baseball. Through coaching Joe is able to share his passion for baseball with others. He became very involved in baseball throughout his youth and attended LaSalle University on an Athletic Scholarship where he played Varsity Baseball for four years. In his senior year, he was named First Team All East Coast Conference and set numerous school records. Recently he was the Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach of The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and is the Founder of the Whiz Kids Baseball Club, an AAU level program. He has also coached American Legion baseball and is formerly the owner and coach of the Plymouth Pirates of the Perkiomen Valley Twilight League, a semi-professional baseball club. Most recently, Joe, along with a number of other former LaSalle University Baseball players, is heading up an alumni fundraising committee to benefit the University's Baseball Program and their participation in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
National Italian American Political Action Committee (NIA-PAC), President and Board Member
Order Sons of Italy in America
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Templar Order of the Poor Knights of Christ
The Justinian Society
Torresdale-Mayfair-Tacony Lion’s Club
Friends of LaSalle University Baseball

Education

Western New England College School of Law

Springfield, Mass. Juris Doctor 1980Top of Class

Temple University School of Law

Philadelphia

LaSalle University

PhiladelphiaBachelor of Arts, 1976 Major: Political ScienceRecipient of Athletic Scholarship

Northeast Catholic High School

Philadelphia, Diploma 1972