Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2005

Lawyer Overview

Michael W. Cardamone is an experienced and accomplished Pennsylvania workers' compensation attorney, representing injured workers in Philadelphia, Lancaster, Bucks, Berks, Montgomery, Chester, Carbon, Monroe, Lebanon, York, Lehigh, Schuylkill, and Delaware counties. He was recently featured as a "Rising Star" in the December 2008 issues of Philadelphia Magazine and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition which features outstanding young lawyers in Pennsylvania. He joined Krasno Krasno & Onwudinjo in February 2005 and works in the Philadelphia office. Mr. Cardamone is also the managing attorney for all of the firm's Dresher and Doylestown cases.

Mr. Cardamone has secured hundreds of victories on behalf of injured workers in Pennsylvania, including wins over many of the state's largest employers. He has also negotiated countless six figure settlements on behalf of his clients. Having worked at a well known, prestigious Philadelphia defense firm from 2001 to 2003, Mr. Cardamone has capitalized on the knowledge he obtained about the insurance industry, to benefit his clients in the litigation and settlement phases of a Pennsylvania workers' compensation case.

Outside the courtroom, Mr. Cardamone is active in the legal community. He recently served as a guest speaker at a seminar for the Pennsylvania Chapter of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals. He has been published twice in our nation's oldest legal newspaper The Legal Intelligencer. Mr. Cardamone wrote a letter to the editor of The Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine which was published in the Winter 2008 edition. He is an active pro bono volunteer for the Lawyering Together Program through Villanova Law, assisting low income residents in obtaining legal title to property in Philadelphia. He has also recently served as a judge for the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyer Division Statewide Mock Trial Competition at Temple University.

Mr. Cardamone is married, lives in the Philadelphia area, and enjoys martial arts, swimming, traveling, and reading.

Mr. Cardamone is available for free consults seven days a week at (215) 206-9068 or at mcardamone@krasno.com

To read more about some of the types of injuries we handle, click on the below links.
Personal Injury - Plaintiff
Workers' Compensation
Social Security Disability
Work-Related Carpal Tunnel

Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation
• Social Security Disability

West Practice Categories

Workers' Compensation Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1999
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Philadelphia Bar Association (Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

Classes and Seminars

• Legal Perspective on Vocational & Case Management Services-Point Counterpoint, November 9, 2007

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer, Lawyering Together Program with Villanova Law

Education

• Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1999
  J.D.
  
  Law Journal: Villanova University School of Law Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, Member
• Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1996
  B.A.
  Honors: Dean's List
  Major: Philosophy

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Published Works

• Many Issues for Workers' Comp Attorneys to Face in Cases, The Legal Intelligencer, July 19, 2006
• The Compromise and Release Agreement - May the Witness Be Excused?, The Legal Intelligencer, May 10, 2007
• Letter to Editor at The Philadelphia Lawyer Magazine, 2008 Edition - "Attorneys' Liens", Winter, 2008

Address

1429 Walnut Street
16th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phones

(215) 223-6718

Faxes

(570) 622-8260

Emails

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Websites

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