Paul Brandes
pbrandes@villarilaw.com

Paul Brandes heads the firm's litigation department. Paul has won numerous multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of children and their families who are the victims of medical malpractice and other catastrophic incidents, as well as a $4.5 million jury verdict in rural-conservative Susquehanna County.

Paul received his college degree in 1985 from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. After graduating, he worked two years for the Council on Economic Priorities, a public interest research organization in New York City. While there, Paul co-authored two books. In 1987, he enrolled at Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earning his law degree in 1990.

Since graduating law school, Paul has dedicated his career to representing clients who are the victims of personal injury caused by medical malpractice, defective products and catastrophic tractor-trailer and motor vehicle collisions. Among his clients in medical negligence cases are the parents of infants and children who are the victims of birth trauma.

Additionally, Paul is significantly engaged (with his partner, Peter Villari) in the design and development of computer software which assists trial lawyers in their visual presentations to juries.

Paul has obtained record setting multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice cases and tractor-trailer collision wrongful death cases. Additionally, Paul teaches courses on behalf of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute regarding personal injury litigation topics such as medical malpractice/birth trauma and tractor-trailer collisions.

Paul is a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. The Association has been in existence for over 45 years and is the oldest trial lawyer organization in Pennsylvania. The Association is made up of lawyers dedicated to the preservation of the American legal system and to protecting the rights of all individuals. The Association is noted for its educational influence and its goals of helping all lawyers to ultimately serve the best interests of their clients in a fair and productive manner. Additionally, Paul is a member of the Philadelphia County and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania bar associations, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the nationally recognized American Association for Justice.