Vincent Bartolotta

Vincent J. Bartolotta, Jr. is a founding partner of Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire, specializing in plaintiff's litigation with an emphasis on business disputes, condemnation, and major injury cases. Born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania to a coal-miner father and nurse mother, Bartolotta worked from age 10, holding jobs that ranged from delivering newspapers to ironwork on bridges and skyscrapers. He earned a full athletic scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a first alternate on the 1968 U.S. Olympic Soccer Team. Rather than use his educational deferment, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, completed boot camp and Officer Candidate School, then returned to Pitt for his law degree in 1970. After serving as criminal defense counsel and Wing Legal Officer in Vietnam, he was honorably discharged as a Major. He joined forces with Michael Thorsnes on October 1, 1978, to establish TBM, which American Lawyer Magazine recognized in 1982 as one of 20 outstanding new firms in the nation. His 2001 verdict in Border Business Park v. The City of San Diego was named one of the nation's Top 10 Verdicts. He is a past president of the Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, eight-time recipient of their Outstanding Trial Lawyer Award, and was named ABOTA's 2003 California Trial Lawyer of the Year. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a Master of the American Inns of Court.