James Heneghan

One Oxford Centre301 Grant Street, Suite 270Pittsburgh, PA 15219 One Oxford Centre301 Grant Street, Suite 270Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Attorney James (“Jim”) Heneghan has accomplished many successful verdicts and settlements over his 30 plus years of practicing law. His priority has been making sure his clients receive the best legal representation possible and that they feel personally supported. Over his career, Jim has received the prestigious Client Distinction Award from Martindale-Hubbell. This is an award based on an objective audit of an attorney’s past client reviews and satisfaction.  Martindale-Hubbell is an independent information services company that was founded in 1868. It provides the public with background information on lawyers and law firms in the United States and other countries.  Jim has also just recently been selected by The National Trial Lawyers as one of the “Top 100” plaintiff civil trial attorneys in Pennsylvania. Subsequently, he has continued to be invited to membership as one of the “Top 100” civil plaintiff trial attorneys in Pennsylvania by The National Trial Lawyers and one of the “Top 10” Personal Injury Attorneys of Pennsylvania by The National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, Inc. The “Top 100”and “TOP 10” are both an invitation only organization composed of the premier trial lawyers from each state or region who meet stringent qualifications as trial lawyers. Membership is extended only to the select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state or region who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and public profile. In addition to the Client Distinction Award from Martindale-Hubbell, The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100″ and The National Academy’s “TOP 10,” Jim is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is awarded to attorneys who have a verdict or settlement over seven figures ($1,000,000.00). Less than 1 percent of all attorneys in the United States belong to this forum. Jim has achieved both 7 figure settlements and verdicts on many occasions, and has numerous multi-million-dollar results. In fact, he has a personal high result of a $4,100,00.00 resolution in a non-fatal motor vehicle crash. He has almost a dozen 7 figure results for his clients over his career. Some examples include one of his very first cases as Heneghan Law in 2021. There he completed a resolution of a fall down case that resulted in a total settlement for his clients equaling $1,050,000.00 against all defendants. Within the year before he started Heneghan Law, Jim also completed a $3,500,000.00 resolution in a non-fatal trucking crash. As a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney, Jim brings vast experience in handling and/or trying cases throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Attorney Heneghan is also admitted to practice law in the Middle and Western Districts of the Federal Courts of Pennsylvania, United States Southern District of Ohio, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He received his law degree from Duquesne University Law School. Jim had been a senior litigator at Edgar Snyder & Associates for over 11 years, an associate and partner at the firm Feldstein, Grinberg, Stein & McKee for an additional 11 years, and a senior litigator at Bordas & Bordas for three years before starting his own firm. In deciding to open his own firm, Jim wanted to give each of his clients the full personal attention that all clients want and deserve, but do not always get from their attorney.