Michael M. Badowski served as Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps wherein his duties included special military assistant to the US Attorney’s Office in defense of FTCA medical malpractice claims against Naval physicians and hospitals; earning the US Navy Achievement Medal. He was a founding member of a Harrisburg insurance defense firm that merged with Margolis Edelstein in 2000.

Mike has extensive litigation experience in defending healthcare professionals and healthcare institutions throughout Pennsylvania; he has tried in excess of 135 cases to jury verdict. His practice is devoted to the representation of hospitals, nursing home and assisted living facilities, hospices, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, midwives and technicians in professional negligence actions. He has successfully tried numerous high exposure catastrophic damage cases involving nearly every specialty practice of medicine. He also represents healthcare providers in disciplinary matters before the Board of Medicine.

Mr. Badowski also serves as a certified trained mediator and arbitrator in personal injury cases.

Military Service:

• Lieutenant Commander, U.S Navy Judge Advocate General Corps
• U.S. Navy Achievement Medal

Education:

• US Navy Justice School - Honors Graduate
• Duquesne University School of Law (J.D.)
• Villanova University (B.A.)

Honors:

• AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated
• Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
• National Board of Trial Advocacy Certification as Civil Trial Advocate

Bar Admissions:

• Pennsylvania

Court Admissions:

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• United States Court of Military Appeals
• United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Professional Affiliations:

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Cumberland County Bar Association
• Dauphin County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Defense Institute
• Defense Research Institute
• American Society of Law and Medicine

News and Verdicts:

• Attorney Badowski Achieves Defense Verdict in NICU Infectious Disease Claim
• Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict in Pennsylvania for Michael Badowski
• Defense Verdict Achieved in Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescription Drug Death Case
• Partner Michael Badowski obtain Summary Judgment for Pediatric Orthopedist
• Partner Michael Badowski Wins on Appeal
• Partner Michael Badowski Secures Dismissal for Urology Group
• Medical Malpractice – Defense Verdict – Michael Badowski, Esq., Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
• Defense Verdict for Harrisburg Partner Michael M. Badowski
• Defense Verdict for Opthamologist in PA
• Defense Verdict in Quadriparalysis Case Wayne County
• York County Defense Verdict for Harrisburg Partner Michael Badowski
• Harrisburg Partner, Michael Badowski, Esq., Prevails in Defense of Anesthesiologist
• Congratulations to Partner Michael Badowski on Defense Verdict in Med Mal/Prescription Drug Matter
• Claimed Failure to Diagnose Tumor Ends in Defense Verdict for Harrisburg Partner Michael Badowski.
• Defense Verdict for Badowski in Complex Medical Malpractice Case
• Summary Judgement Awarded in Pediatric Tonsillectomy Death Case
• Defense Verdict for Michael Badowski in Pediatric Med-Mal Case

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