John F. Ledwith

Construction, Mediation
1845 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 191034797


Construction

Admitted

1965, Pennsylvania; 1985, New York

Law School

University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1963

Law School Graduation Year

1963

College

University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1960

Memberships

Philadelphia (Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal Court Arbitration, 1980—; Member: Federal Courts Committee, 1980—; State Civil Procedures Committee, 1977—), Pennsylvania (Member, Civil Litigation Law Section), New York State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, 1992; Chair, Construction Law Section, 2001); Defense Research Institute (Member, Construction Law Committee); Pennsylvania Defense Institute (Member, Professional Liability Committee).

Biographical

Author: Conflicts of Law, Lessons Worth Remembering, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, Vol. 41, No. 4, Summer, 1991; Conflicts of Law in Tort Litigation, F.I.C.C. Quarterly, Summer 1991; Construction Litigation: The Statute of Repose, Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1996; Construction Litigation: The Peculiar Risk Doctrine in Pennsylvania, Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 8, 1996; Peculiar Risk Doctrine No Longer Entrenched, Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 10, 1996. Co-Author, Construction Litigation Issues: Pennsylvania's Statutory Employer Immunity, Defense Digest, Vol. 2, No. 6, 1996. Professional Affiliate, American Institute of Architecture.

Military

U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1963-1971