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JOSEPH MISTRANO, ESQUIRE, FOUNDER OF THE FIRM WAS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT AND ALL OTHER TRIAL AND APPELLATE COURTS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1960. HE WAS ALSO ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE FEDERAL COURTS INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES DISCTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THAT SAME YEAR, AND THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT IN 1972.
MR. MISTRANO IS A GRADUATE OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AND THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF LAW (JURIS DOCTOR) DEGREE, RESPECTIVELY. HE IS A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF VARIOUS BAR RELATED ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDING:
PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION
PENNSYLVANIA BAR ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
PHILADELPHIA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
PENNSYLVANIA TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE)
AMERICAN TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE)
LAWYERS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER SUCH ORGANIZATIONS
MR. MISTRANO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS A JUDGE PRO TEM, SETTLEMENT MASTER, MEDIATOR, AND ARBITRATOR FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY; MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA; MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR FOR THE AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION; PRIVATE MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR IN ALTERNTIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION MATTERS.
MR. MISTRANO CONTRIBUTES TIME TO PRO BONO WORK WITH NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION WITH HIS SERVICE AS JUDGE PRO TEMP, SETTLEMENT MASTER AND MEDIATOR FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADEPHIA COUNTY AND MEDIATOR FOR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. HE ALSO DEVOTES TIME TO VARIOUS OTHER BAR ASSOCIATION PRO BONO PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENTOF CIVIC EDUCATION (ACE) WHICH ENCOURAGES THE LEARNING OF CIVICS IN HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE PHILADLEPHIA AREA; VOLUNTEERS FOR INDIGENT PERSONS (V.I.P.) INCLUDING REPRESENTATION OF LOW-INCOME PERSONS IN HOME FORECLOSURES; OTHER PRO BONO MATTERS. HE HAS SERVED AS COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL IN NUMEROUS CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE CASES FOR WHICH NO COMPENSATION WAS SOUGHT.
JOSEPH IS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. EARLY IN HIS CAREER HE ACTED AS GENERAL COUNSEL TO THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL AS THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRIAL AND APPELLATE WORK ON MAJOR HOUSING CASES IN PHILADELPHIA.
IN 1981 HE INCORPORATED HIS SUCCESSFUL LAW PRACTICE WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED IN 1964. THE FIRM CONTINUES TO THIS DATE TO VIGOROUSLY AND SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENT THOUSANDS OF CLIENTS PRIMARILY IN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY MATTERS, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LITIGATION AS WELL AS WORKER’S COMPENSATION, ESTATES, REAL ESTATE, BUSINESS, EMINENT DOMAIN AND TRANSACTIONAL MATTERS.
KEITH IS AN ACCOMPLISHED ATTORNEY WITH A STRONG BACKGROUND REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS INJURED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND PREMISES LIABILITY CLAIMS, AS WELL AS INJURED EMPLOYEES IN WORKER'S COMPENSATION MATTERS. KEITH ALSO HANDLES MATTERS INVOLVING DISPUTED DISABILITY AND LIFE INSURANCE CLAIMS, AND HAS COUNSELED CLIENTS IN VARIOUS OTHER MATTERS INVOLVING REAL ESTATE, WILLS AND ESTATES, DOMESTIC RELATIONS, CONTRACTS/TRANSACTIONAL AND CRIMINAL.
KEITH GRADUATED FROM TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW IN 1988 AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN BOTH PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY THE SAME YEAR. HE IS ALSO ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE FEDERAL COURTS IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. PRIOR TO ATTENDING LAW SCHOOL KEITH GRADUATED, CUM LAUDE, FROM TEMPLE WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE.
KEITH IS A MEMBER OF VARIOUS LEGAL GROUPS INCLUDING THE SECTION OF LITIGATION (TRIAL PRACTICE AND TRIAL EVIDENCE COMMITTEES), LAW PRACTICE DIVISION, AND THE SOLO, SMALL FIRM DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION. HE IS CERTIFIED AS AN ARBITRATOR FOR THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. KEITH HAS PROUDLY SERVED ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS, BY INVITATION FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA), AS A VOLUNTEER JUDGE FOR THE NATIONAL APPELLATE ADVOCACY COMPETITION ("NAAC"). THE NAAC IS A PRESTIGIOUS MOOT COURT COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THE ABA LAW STUDENT DIVISION EMPHASIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL ADVOCACY AND OTHER PRACTICAL SKILLS.
A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA AREA, KEITH PRESENTLY RESIDES IN BUCKS COUNTY. HE WAS DULY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF AUDITORS OF LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP ("LMT") WHERE HE PRESENTLY SERVES AS BOARD CHAIRMAN. PRIOR TO HIS ELECTION, KEITH WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE LMT ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, HAVING LAST SERVED AS THE VICE-CHAIRMAN. KEITH HAS OTHERWISE BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
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