Philip Pasquarello

Philip M. Pasquarello is a highly accomplished trial advocate who earned national recognition while still in law school. A graduate of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University, he won the prestigious "Top Gun" award in 2018, recognizing him as "the nation's best individual mock trial advocate." He led Kline Law to back-to-back national mock trial victories in 2016 and 2017, securing top individual honors in both competitions as well as regional contests. In 2023, Pasquarello was promoted to Director of Trial Advocacy at Kline Law, overseeing national mock trial teams and competitions hosted at the school, including its annual Battle of the Experts competition. In 2025, he was named Director of Trial Advocacy and Assistant Teaching Professor at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University, leading the school's nationally ranked trial advocacy program, teaching advocacy and evidence courses, overseeing faculty, and coaching law school trial competition teams. Pasquarello's litigation record includes significant settlements and verdicts. In 2022, he served as co-counsel in a case resulting in a $30 million settlement for a seven-year-old girl who suffered brain damage in a commercial vehicle accident in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In 2020, he was co-counsel in litigation that obtained a $12.75 million settlement for a patient who suffered brain damage when a medical device manufacturer's Neuroblate surgical device broke during intracranial surgery. Most notably, Pasquarello served as co-counsel in May 2019 litigation culminating in an $80 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson for a woman injured by a surgically implanted vaginal mesh device following a six-week trial, including $30 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages—described as the largest compensatory award nationally in a vaginal mesh case. Several months earlier, he was co-counsel in another vaginal mesh case against J&J that concluded in a $41 million award for a Pennsylvania woman, including $25 million in punitive damages. Pasquarello was named a Rising Star for 2022-2025 by Super Lawyers, designating him among the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state who are 40 or younger or practicing 10 years or less. Before becoming an attorney, Pasquarello worked as a law clerk at Kline & Specter, conducting legal research, assisting in trial preparation, and drafting complaints involving medical malpractice cases. His practice concentrates in medical malpractice and personal injury cases at the firm. He also completed internships at another Philadelphia law firm and at the United States Attorney's Office, handling both criminal and civil litigation. During law school, Pasquarello earned multiple accolades beyond mock trial achievements. He graduated seventh in his class, made the Dean's List every semester, and won the Kline & Specter Award for Exceptional Advocacy and the Rising Advocate Scholarship. He earned Best Student Performance awards in four classes: Criminal Law, Introduction to Trial Advocacy, Evidence, and Advanced Trial Advocacy, Civil. Pasquarello earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware, where he also served as mock trial team president.