Attorney Anthony J. Baratta
Anthony J. Baratta (“Tony”) is the founding member of Baratta Law. Tony is an accomplished trial lawyer. He focuses his trial skills in representing people seriously injured or killed due to medical mistakes, defective products, car wrecks, and dangerous property conditions. Over the past 30 years he has achieved verdicts and settlements cumulatively of over $200 Million and has tried more than 30 cases to jury verdicts. Tony has also argued before the appellate courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey more than 10 times.
Notable case examples include:
$44,500,000 – Product Liability Settlement for Burn Injuries
$8,000,000–Product Liability Settlement for Burn Injuries
$5,000,000–Car Crash Settlement for Amputation Injury
$5,500,000–Medical Malpractice Settlement for Wrongful Death
$4,000,000–Verdict in Medical Malpractice for Failure to Timely Treat Post-Operative Complication
$3,000,000–Verdict against Bar for Serving Visibly Intoxicated Person who caused Death in a Car Crash
$2,200,000–Truck Striking Pedestrian Settlement
$2,000,000-Verdict in Medical Malpractice for Emergency Room Error resulting in Death
$1,900,000–Verdict in Medical Malpractice for Death Caused by Failure to Timely Treat Cancer
$1,775,000-Bus Crash settlement for Injuries Caused to Pedestrian
$1,600,000-Verdict for injuries caused in Slip and Fall Accident
$1,300,000-Verdict for Electrocution Injury
$1,000,000-Medical Malpractice Settlement for Failure to Treat Brain Bleed
$1,000,000-Medical Malpractice Settlement for Post-Operative Nursing Malpractice
AWARDS, HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS
- Top 100 Philadelphia Super Lawyer 2025
- Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 2025
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since 2006
- AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale Hubbel
- Nationally Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate (2006, 2011, 2016, 2021)
- Hearing Officer for Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board 2025-2028
- Pennsylvania Association of Justice
- New Jersey Association of Justice
- Board Member Pennsylvania Brain Injury Association
Tony grew up in the Frankford section of Northeast Philadelphia, and attended all of his schooling on Broad Street (St. Joseph’s Preparatory High School, LaSalle University and Temple Law School). After law school, he was a law clerk to the Honorable James. T. McDermott of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and thereafter worked for five years in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted rape and child abuse cases. Tony stays heavily involved with his Philly roots by performing pro bono work for the Philadelphia VIP (representing indigent Philadelphians in various civil matters). In 2018, Tony was the recipient of the First Judicial District Pro Bono Award for the Civil Trial Division in Philadelphia.
Tony is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey State and Federal Courts.
Tony lives with his wife in Richboro, Pennsylvania. They have three sons.
