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James J. McEldrew, III
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| Membership: | Philadelphia (Member: Fee Dispute Committee, 1987-; Volunteers for the Indigent Program, 1988-) and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2004-2005; Member, Board of Governors, 1995-); Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Budget Committee, 2005-2006; Executive Committee, 2004-2006; Member: Board of Directors, 2004-; Education Committee, 1993-1994); New York Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. | |
| Practice Areas: | Federal Employers Liability Act; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Professional Liability; Civil Litigation; Railway Labor Act | |
| Admissions: | 1982, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Biography: |
As senior partner and founding member of McEldrew & Fullam, Mr. McEldrew has developed an unsurpassed reputation as one of the foremost railroad workers’ lawyers in the Eastern United States. In addition to his work on behalf of railroad workers, Mr. McEldrew has built an excellent reputation as a trial lawyer for his winning representation of clients in cases of medical malpractice, accidents, wrongful deaths, and other areas of personal injury. He is the Director of the FELA Program for the Transport Workers Union and is the designated attorney for the Transport Workers Union, Local 2001 and Local 2019 with members in Conrail, Amtrak, Metro North, PATH, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and New Jersey Transit. Additionally he has handled cases for the members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, BRAC, BMWE, IAM, and UTU. He has served as President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and on its Board of Governors for ten years, has served on the Board of Governors and President of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys, and on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, he is a member of The New York Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is so highly regarded as one of the country’s foremost railroad worker lawyers that he has been honored to serve as a lecturer at The George Meany School of Labor Relations where he taught union officials from around the country how to arbitrate various kinds of cases. On behalf of unionized railroad workers, he has served as legal counsel for the Transport Workers Union, served as Director of the Federal Employers Liability Act Program for the Transport Workers Union, served as Designated Counsel for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Philadelphia, and served as Treasurer, Vice President, and President of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys. He has also provided distinguished service as Hearing Officer for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and served as Master and Judge Pro Tem at the Court of Common Pleas. In 1997, Mr. McEldrew was the recipient of a special Transport Workers Union of America award for his outstanding service and devotion to members, for his extraordinary legal abilities and for his invaluable friendship. For his railroad clients, he has a brilliant track record of winning high six and seven figure settlements. While he undertakes to provide the best representation for his railroad clients, he also works with them in non-related FELA issues such as retirement benefits. In a decidedly skillful arbitration, he won the right of senior coach cleaners to move up to mechanics. In the famous Detroit Central Avenue Case, he won the right for the unions to prevent outside contractors from taking on the work of unionized railroad workers. By his colleagues in the legal community, he was recently voted a Super Lawyer. Mr. McEldrew devotes a considerable amount of his time to providing pro bono work on behalf of several important charities, including the Support Center for Child Advocates, Toys for Tots, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, and Volunteers for the Indigent. He arranged for 100 poor families and individuals in Philadelphia to receive free legal services. He believes that as a trial lawyer and member of the community, he must devote his time and talent to the public good by helping those less fortunate, especially those who have been victimized by large corporations and bureaucracies. Mr. McEldrew, a graduate of the Delaware Law School, is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. |