Firm Profile: Caputo, Cox & Schwarzwaelder

Experienced lawyers providing individualized service to plaintiffs in medical malpractice and serious personal injury and death cases.

Over the years, John Caputo has obtained record setting verdicts.  Numerous settlements have been obtained for our injured clients which are over $1 Million, some over $4 Million, and well over $10 Million in Allegheny County, but all the injuries and the settlements cannot be revealed due to confidentiality agreements.  Although our track record is not an accurate guide of the value of your case, because each case is different and unique in its strengths, weaknesses and extent of damages, we strive to maximize the amount of money we recover in each case by litigating as long as necessary or trying the case to a jury in order to achieve that result.

Two of the firms lawyers, John Caputo and Art Schwarzwaelder, have been given national recognition in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, which accepts no more than 1% of all lawyers in any state by invitation only.  John Caputo has attained the recognition of his peers nationally in numerous trial lawyer organizations, and by certifications and is an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law teaching trial planning and strategy.  He is also recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the field of personal injury and has been designated one of the top Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania.

Our firm has an extensive medical library amassed over many years of handling medical -malpractice cases.  We use the services of nurses and consult with physicians who review medical records for us in the office so that we can have the benefit of their expert analysis in both determining if a case is valid and also to enhance our understanding of complicated medical issues.

Our goal is to apply intense focus to every case because each particular case is unique.  The client deserves a full and complete analysis of their inquiry, and if accepted as a case for litigation, then each and every task necessary to achieve an optimum recovery is performed.  For these reasons, our firm has resisted a high volume, assembly line approach to representing clients.  We have no desire to engage in mass media promotions such as billboards, radio or TV ads.  Most of our work is referred to us by other attorneys who know of our reputation or who have referred cases to our firm in the past.

We have handled cases in all of the following 26 counties in Pennsylvania:

Allegheny Beaver Berks Blair Butler

Cambria Centre Clarion Clearfield Crawford

Dauphin Erie Fayette Franklin Greene

Indiana Jefferson Lawrence Lehigh Mercer

Mifflin Montgomery Somerset Union Warren

Westmoreland

Caputo Cox & Schwarzwaelder is grateful for the opportunity to represent clients from all walks of life with the hope of minimizing their loss and providing a significant recovery for injuries and security and comfort to the families in death actions.  We attempt to show our gratitude with contributions to charitable organizations, and have been a community sponsor for charitable organizations.