Joseph L. Luvara

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Joseph L. Luvara: Attorney with Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
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  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Joseph L. Luvara is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Education Law Group . He concentrates his practice in the area of civil litigation, with a particular emphasis in motor vehicle accident litigation, civil rights litigation, product liability litigation, school and municipal liability litigation, and insurance litigation, including bad faith litigation. He has litigated hundreds of cases in both federal and state courts and on both the trial and appellate levels.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Luvara served as a law clerk for Judge Joseph H. Ridge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. He is a former school teacher and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship.

Professional Accomplishments

•Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 2001
•The Best Lawyers in America : 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants for Pittsburgh
•The Best Lawyers in America since 2009: Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
•Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
•Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2011-2016

Speaking Engagements

•“COVID Vaccine Mandate Mania: Where Do We Go From Here?” (Co-Speaker), Education Law and Employment and Labor Law Podcast, The DMC Report Podcast Series, 1/21/2022
•Various lectures conducted for clients on topics ranging from insurance law issues to general litigation issues

Community

•Youth Athletics Volunteer Coach

Multi Media

1/21/2022 Multi Media

COVID Vaccine Mandate Mania: Where Do We Go From Here?

Press Releases

8/21/2025 Press Releases

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers in America Award Recipients

8/15/2024 Press Releases

Forty-Six Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers Award Recipients

8/17/2023 Press Releases

Forty-Four Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers Award Recipients

9/30/2022 Press Releases

DMC Obtains Defense Verdict in Concussion Case

8/25/2022 Press Releases

Forty-Three Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers List

8/25/2021 Press Releases

2022 Best Lawyers List includes 44 Attorneys from Dickie McCamey

8/24/2021 Press Releases

Eight Dickie McCamey Attorneys Named 2022 Best Lawyers ‘Lawyer of the Year’

8/19/2020 Press Releases

Forty-Five Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers list

8/15/2019 Press Releases

Forty-Two Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2020

8/15/2018 Press Releases

Forty-Two Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2019

8/15/2017 Press Releases

Thirty-Seven Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2018

8/15/2016 Press Releases

Thirty-Eight Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2017

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Areas of Practice (4)

  • Education Law
  • Insurance Law and Litigation
  • Product Liability
  • Transportation Law

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Point Park University, B.A., History, 1971
Law School Attended:
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, J.D., cum laude, 1986; Fulbright-Hays Foundation Fellowship for Study in Italy, 1979
Year of First Admission:
1986
Admission:
District of Columbia Bar Admission; New York Bar Admission; Pennsylvania Bar Admission; West Virginia Bar Admission; District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits; United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; 2023, New York; 2007, District of Columbia; Indiana
Memberships:

Memberships

•Allegheny County Bar Association (Civil Litigation Section)
•Claims and Litigation Management (CLM) Alliance
•Defense Research Institute
•Pennsylvania Bar Association
•Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Reported Cases:
Representative Matters: Mr. Luvara successfully defended a Pennsylvania school district in a 3-week trial in which the plaintiff sued the school district, a Pennsylvania athletic association, and a Pennsylvania athletic league over a concussion sustained in a football practice 13 years prior to the trial. Plaintiff claimed that he has Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome (TES) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). The jury returned a verdict for all of the defendants after 2 hours of deliberation.
ISLN:
905307648

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