About Paul Lauricella

Paul A. Lauricella is an accomplished trial attorney who has secured numerous verdicts and settlements of millions and tens of millions of dollars in medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, product liability, and sexual abuse cases. His medical malpractice actions have involved obstetrics, gynecology, emergency medicine, radiology, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, orthopedic surgery, urology, family practice, and oral surgery. Paul represented 12 victims in the Penn State/Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, placing several clients in the top monetary recovery category of claims against Penn State. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New York, and multiple federal courts. He earned his J.D. cum laude and his B.A. magna cum laude from Hofstra University.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$17 millionVerdictTop 20 in New Jersey · #20

A Monmouth County jury awarded $17 million in October 2017 to a Wall Township family whose seven-year-old daughter suffered permanent brain damage in 2008 after a pediatric pulmonologist removed her from a ventilator before she was weaned off sedation and no one confirmed she was breathing on her own. The case was tried by Paul A. Lauricella of McLaughlin & Lauricella, P.C., the firm whose lawyers joined Feldman Shepherd in 2024.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County · 2017Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Villanova University School of Law
J.D.
Hofstra University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of New York

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$85 Million Verdict for Penn Med Student Who Fell 18 Feet Into Open Center City Manhole
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$907 million · Maddux Family Wins $907 Million Wrongful Death Judgment Against Fugitive Ira Einhorn

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.