Christopher M. Tretta is a partner in the firm's Philadelphia office.  With almost 40 years of trial experience, his practice includes all aspects of insurance defense litigation including employment litigation, construction law, premises liability, professional liability, false arrest, libel, products liability and toxic tort matters.

Mr. Tretta is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Tretta has received the highest level AV® Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, and was the recipient of America's Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.  He has also been selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers annually since 2005 and has been named to the Top 100 in Pennsylvania or Top 100 in Philadelphia lists regularly since 2008.  Mr. Tretta was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America in 2018.

Mr. Tretta received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Georgetown University in 1975, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated first in his class.  He received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1978.

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