Bio
John H. McCarthy is a partner and member of the Executive Committee of Rawle & Henderson. He also serves as the Firm's Recruiting Chairman. Mr. McCarthy graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1979. He received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Villanova University in 1982 where he was an Associate Editor of the Villanova Law Review and the author of a case note, Manifest Injustice Exception Used to Deny Retroactive Application of the 1978 Amendments to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ADEA).
Mr. McCarthy concentrates his practice in the areas of premises liability, construction litigation and motor vehicle litigation. He has authored on the topic of the Peculiar Risk Doctrine Exception to the Rule of an Owner's Non-Liability in the context of personal injury construction related suits for the Pennsylvania Defense Institute. Mr. McCarthy serves as regional and local counsel for insured and self-insured clients including universities, colleges, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, convenience markets and hotels. He has been rated AV Preeminent by the Martindale-Hubbell Rating again in 2012, his 15th consecutive year of achieving this rating, and will be listed in the 2012 edition of Philadelphia's Top Rated Lawyers. He has repeatedly been recognized by the publishers of Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer since the program’s inception in 2004.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- District of Columbia
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Education
Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1982)
Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1981-1982
The Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1979)
Professional Associations
Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations
Pennsylvania Defense Institute