Joseph Maselli, Jr.

Joseph Maselli Jr.
Plauch Maselli Parkerson LLP
701 Poydras St. Suite 3800
New Orleans, LA 70139-3800
Phone: 504.582.1142
Fax: 504.582.1172
Direct: 504.586.5228
Email: jmaselli@pmpllp.com

Education
Tulane University, B.A., 1969
Tulane University, J.D.,1974

Profile
Joe has extensive experience in insurance defense litigation, including, products liability and medical device defense, automobile/trucking/transportation defense, premises liability and general liability on behalf of both primary and excess insurance carriers as well as a number of Fortune 100 companies. He has expertise in virtually all types of land-based casualty fields, in cases involving personal injury, wrongful death as well as first and third party property matters. He has successfully tried to verdict cases in each of these fields in both state and federal courts throughout Louisiana and has handled matters in all 5 state appellate courts and Louisiana Supreme Court. A strong proponent of mediation, Joe has resolved over 200 lawsuits of all kinds through mediation over the past 38 years.

For the past 38 years, Joe has represented over 50 product manufacturers. In the medical device field, he has defended cases for Hill-Rom (numerous products), TomoTherapy (Ct Scan and radiation device), SenoRx (biopsy system), Philips Medical Systems (CardioMD Camera), Axon Systems (neuromonitoring system), Oticon (hearing aid) and Mast Biosurgery (bioresorbable sheet). As local counsel for Corning, Inc. in the breast implant class action filed by John O’Quinn in Civil District Court, Joe successfully argued the motion for summary judgment that dismissed Corning, Inc. on the eve of the ensuing 5 month trial against Dow Chemical and others.

Joe has lectured frequently on trial practice at conferences sponsored by the Louisiana Bar Association and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel and he has previously served for 5 years on the Tulane Law School adjunct faculty, teaching Trial Advocacy. He has been selected by his peers as Best Lawyers in the fields of Bet-the-Company, Commercial, Personal Injury and Product Liability Litigation and has been chosen as a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Personal Injury Defense for 15 years in a row.

Admissions
All Louisiana state courts; United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Memberships
Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel
New Orleans Association of Defense Counsel
DRI
ABA