Mr. DiGenova has been a tenacious advocate for workers since 1996, concentrating his practice on personal injury, workers’ compensation, and Social Security disability litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Mike brings a level of strategic sophistication to his cases that sets him—and the firm—apart from the crowded field of injury law.
What truly distinguishes Mr. DiGenova’s practice is his extensive experience with the complex interplay between Workers’ Compensation benefits, Social Security disability claims, and Third-Party liability cases arising from the same incident or accident. While most law firms handle only one type of claim—referring the others out to different lawyers—Mr. DiGenova handles all facets of the claim to obtain the maximum recovery for the client.
This provides a tremendous strategic advantage for his clients. Because he controls the entire process, Mr. DiGenova can execute a unified strategy to maximize the client’s total recovery. Instead of having two separate attorneys with conflicting strategies, Mike ensures that every move made in the workers’ compensation case is designed to strengthen the third-party claim, and vice versa. Whether it is fighting for a specific wage figure to boost future damages or structuring a settlement to minimize insurance liens, Mike ensures the “left hand always knows what the right hand is doing.”
Mr. DiGenova rejects the “cookie-cutter” approach to litigation. You will not find him filing boilerplate motions or treating a client like a file number. He views litigation as a chess match in which the goal is to be 10 steps ahead of defense counsel.
Beyond his strategic acumen, Mike is deeply committed to the labor community. He frequently speaks to union groups on the topic of workers’ compensation. He believes in walking the walk; his standard is to work just as hard as the hard-working clients he represents.
My philosophy is that you don’t win cases by just reacting to the other side; you win by anticipating them. We don’t make choices issue-by-issue; we plan the entire arc of the case from day one. By utilizing every rule of procedure and evidence available to us, our goal is to box the defense in so tightly that, by the time we reach trial, they have no choice but to offer a significant settlement or face a massive verdict.
