Director

Joseph M. Toddy

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Joseph M. Toddy
Practice Areas

As co-chair of Zarwin Baum’s casualty defense department and co-chair of the Firm’s employment practices, Joseph M. Toddy focuses his practice on litigation matters, including defense of trucking companies, dentists, auto and premises liability and taverns. He assists insurance carriers in bad faith litigation as well as issues involving employment litigation and white-collar criminal defense.

With nearly 25 years in practice, Joe has gained extensive jury trial and appellate experience. Prior to joining Zarwin Baum in 1993, Joe was employed at another large Philadelphia law firm and also as an assistant district attorney in the Northumberland County District Attorney’s Office, where he handled all types of felony criminal trials, including murder and arson matters.

Joe has tried more than 50 cases to verdict in numerous states and serves as national trial counsel for a leading asbestos manufacturer and trucking company. He is also actively involved in handling catastrophic injury matters from the outset with Zarwin Baum’s CAT team.

Joe has been selected numerous times for inclusion in Pennsylvania “Super Lawyers” as published by Philadelphia Magazine and voted into “New Jersey Super Lawyers” as published by New Jersey Monthly. He is an AV® rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®.

Representative Matters

Zarwin Secures Dismissal in the Face of a $12 Million Demand

Zarwin Baum Director Joseph Toddy and Shareholder Robert Ferrara secured another Zarwin Baum victory for its clients with a complete dismissal of all claims in a case where the settlement demand was twelve (12) million dollars, plus punitive damages. In the lawsuit, a large east-coast regional bakery was sued as a result of an underride collision on a tractor-trailer. The lawsuit was brought against multiple parties under a variety of theories, with allegations that implicated various portions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act, including theories targeting the design and maintenance of a device referred to as a Rear Impact Guard (“RIG”). Armed with institutional knowledge about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act, the design, manufacture, engineering, geometry, and maintenance of RIG assemblies, Zarwin Baum’s casualty defense team was able to secure favorable facts and, working with a multi-disciplined team of experts, obtained a complete dismissal where the client was relieved from paying any portion of the lawsuit.

CRIMINAL: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Joseph Gentile, CCP, Delaware County, No.: 4117-0. Defense verdict

Successfully represented defendant in a criminal matter involving an alleged assault in Delaware County, showing the jury that the client did not intentionally strike alleged victim.
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October 18, 2022
Zarwin Secures Dismissal in the Face of a $12 Million Demand
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Credentials
Court Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

New Jersey Supreme Court

New Jersey District Court

New York Supreme Court

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

New York

Memberships

Defense Research Institute

Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel

New Jersey Association of Defense Counsel

Voted Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania, 2005-2021

Voted Super Lawyer in New Jersey, 2006-2023

President, Tall Trees of Thornbury Home Owners Association

Notre Dame Monogram Club

Education

Widener University, J.D.

University of Notre Dame, B.A.