Overview
Eileen Monaghan Ficaro focuses her practice on professional liability defense matters involving attorneys, accountants, architects and engineers, insurance agents, healthcare providers, and others, as well as in representing employers in all areas of employment litigation, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, ERISA, and wage and hour violations. Ms. Ficaro also handles general liability matters, such as personal injury actions, product liability actions, and directors and officers liability matters, and defends businesses against False Claims Act claims and qui tam actions. Additionally, Ms. Ficaro has experience defending educational institutions.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Ficaro was an associate at a large law firm in Philadelphia, PA, where her practice included complex matters involving product liability, premises liability, construction accident and defect, insurance defense and general negligence law.
During law school, Ms. Ficaro was a member of Temple University’s National Trial Team and the Moot Court Honor Society. She earned the distinction of Best Advocate in the Final Round at the 2005 Regional Trial Competition and advanced to the quarter-final round at the 2005 National Trial Competition. She was the 2005 recipient of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award and the Victor A. Jaczun Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Ms. Ficaro is also the 2002 American Forensic Association National Champion in Informative Speaking and the 2002 Interstate Oratorical Association Competition Champion.
Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law – J.D.
- Saint Joseph’s University – B.A.
- cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Montgomery County Bar Association
Recognition
- Regional Trial Competition, Best Advocate in the Final Round (2005)
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award (2005)
- Victor A. Jaczun Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy (2005)
- American Forensic Association National Champion in Informative Speaking (2002)
- Interstate Oratorical Association Competition Champion (2002)
Publications
- Insurance Reimbursement for Medical Cannabis—Where Does NJ Stand Now?, authors Eileen Ficaro and Gregory Brown, New Jersey Law Journal, 5-3-2023
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Recognizes Employees’ Right to Sue Employers Under the Medical Marijuana Act
- To whom and for what purpose drives the analysis of attorney-client communication?, InsideCounsel
- Spoliation: The ramifications of the failure to preserve evidence, InsideCounsel
- Following the road to ESI preservation with three court questions, InsideCounsel
News
- KDV Alert: Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice Plaintiffs No Longer Required to File Suit in Venue Where Injury Occurred
- Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck Names Christopher Tellner and Eileen Ficaro Co-Managing Partners of Blue Bell PA Office
- Following the road to ESI preservation with three court questions, InsideCounsel