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Mr. Colleran obtained his undergraduate degree at the University of Scranton in 1965
and his J.D. degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1968. Upon completion
of law school, Mr. Colleran served as the sole law clerk to the late Honorable Michael
J. Eagen, Justice (later Chief Justice) of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
After the clerkship, Mr. Colleran began his practice of law with a well-respected
firm, trying major civil jury cases in venues throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
In 1995, Mr. Colleran founded "The Colleran Firm" and maintains a large
and vigorous practice throughout eastern and middle Pennsylvania, particularly in
Philadelphia.
In over thirty-five years of intense practice, Mr. Colleran has tried well over 100
major civil trials to verdict. While most of those trials were in Philadelphia, he
has also tried complete cases in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin,
Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton
and Schuylkill counties. Mr. Colleran has tried civil cases to verdict in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and in the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He has
also tried and won a major civil case in the Supreme Court of New York in Manhattan.
Over the last fifteen years, Mr. Colleran has predominantly represented plaintiffs
in medical malpractice cases but continues to represent injured plaintiffs in general
personal injury matters and product liability cases. During that time, Mr. Colleran
has achieved many multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. Examples within
the last five years include an $8,000,000 settlement on behalf of a man who sustained
catastrophic injuries while working in a construction zone; a $7,500,000 Philadelphia
County jury award on behalf of a 15-year-old boy who suffered a below-the-knee amputation
due to substandard medical care after breaking his ankle during a football game;
a $7,250,000 settlement on behalf of brain-injured child; a $4,900,000 Luzerne County
jury award on behalf a woman who suffered a substantial bleed leading to permanent
neurologic injury as a consequence of surgical error; a $4,800,000 Philadelphia County
jury award on behalf of a woman who sustained a host of complications after a suffering
a massive bleed caused by medical negligence during a cesarian section; a $4,500,000
Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of the Estate of a woman who died as a consequence
of medical negligence the day following a hysterectomy; a $4,200,000 settlement on
behalf of brain-injured child, a $3,000,000 settlement on behalf of the Estate of
a woman who died shortly following childbirth; a $2,900,000 Philadelphia County jury
award on behalf of the Estate of a man who died after his cardiac issues were not
appropriately addressed; a $2,100,000 Philadelphia County jury award on behalf of
a man left with cognitive and motor impairment after suffering a delay in diagnosis
and treatment of encephalitis; and a $1,700,000 Bucks County jury award on behalf
of a man who suffered permanent neurologic injury after his brain hemorrhage went
untimely diagnosed.
As a result of his extraordinary achievements, Mr. Colleran has been a frequent faculty
member and lecturer at many Continuing Legal Educations courses and seminars over
the years, including those sponsored by PBI, and the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
Trial Lawyers organizations. Mr. Colleran also makes frequent television appearances
in order to discuss topics involving medical malpractice and other personal injury
issues.
Recently, Mr. Colleran was recognized in the June
2004 issue of Philadelphia Magazine as one of Philadelphia's top 100 lawyers.
This is the second time James E. Colleran, Esquire has been honored by Philadelphia
Magazine; previously he was recognized as one of the area's top nine personal injury
lawyers in the Magazine's March 1999 "Best
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