Associate

121 S. Broad Street, 20th Floor 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Phone: 215-545-9300
Fax: 267-809-8224
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Education: Beasley School of Law at Temple University, J.D., 2000; University of Michigan, B.A. Political Science, 1997

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Insurance, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Healthcare Litigation, Automobile Accidents and Injuries

Admissions: 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2006, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2009, United States District Court, District of New Jersey.

Biography:

Mr. Datz, a trial attorney, focuses his practice on defending victims of injury and negligence. Specifically, he represents clients injured by medical malpractice, premises liability and personal and automobile injuries. He also helps clients with healthcare liability claims.

Mr. Datz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Michigan and a Juris Doctorate from the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University, where he was the Managing Editor of the Temple Political and Civil Rights Journal in 1999.

Formerly an Assistant District Attorney of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Mr. Datz joined Seidel, Weitz, Garfinkle & Datz in 2007. He serves his community as a volunteer lawyer in Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program, a pro bono services organization that represents low-income clients with civil legal issues.

Mr. Datz is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association. He has been named a 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star by Law & Politics magazine and Philadelphia Magazine, an honor reserved for Pennsylvania's top up-and-coming attorneys. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He lives in the Philadelphia region.