Attorney Profile
Thomas W. Nardi, Jr.
Areas of Practice
Contact Info
Overview
Tom Nardi is a member of the Casualty Department where he will defend clients across broad range of legal fields including general liability, product liability, trucking and transportation, automobile liability and premises and retail liability. As an experienced litigator and trial attorney, he previously represented clients in constitutional, civil rights, municipal and governmental liability.
Tom has a varied career, giving him a depth and breadth of litigation experience he brings to bear for his clients. Immediately prior to joining Marshall Dennehey, Tom was an Assistant Public Defender, where successfully represented clients in a broad range of matters from traffic-related misdemeanors to felonies with potential mandatory life sentences. Tom has taken hundreds of misdemeanors and felony matters from first appearance to resolution, eventually specializing in juvenile and domestic cases. In addition, Tom previously worked at a large law civil firm in the Philadelphia area, where his practice was in both state and federal court, representing institutional and private clients in all manner of matters, from personal injury to complex constitutional claims.
Outside of his legal practice, Tom is an active participant in Stonewall sports leagues, Quizzo nights, and bad movie marathons. He and his husband are also working to visit every National Park; they’ve currently been to 16.
Results
Successfully obtained a defense verdict for a public transportation system in a Wrongful Death and Survival case in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The case involved the death of a pedestrian, struck by a bus, with the plaintiff, his father, disputing the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's suicide ruling. The defense presented a forensic psychiatrist's testimony confirming the deceased’s high suicide risk. Although the transportation system was found 40% negligent, the decedent's 60% negligence barred recovery of damages. The claim was further limited by statutory caps applicable to Commonwealth entities.
Obtained a summary judgment in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in a banking case where Plaintiffs alleged failure to properly monitor alleged fraudulent transactions.
Obtained dismissals of several cases in Eastern District of Pennsylvania against state entity for alleged constitutional violations.
Obtained injunctive relief and summary judgement for a client in a complex construction regulation case in Eastern District of Pennsylvania, upheld on appeal to the Third Circuit.
Secured a dismissal of aggravated assault felony case due to prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations.
Secured a dismissal of attempted murder case due to prosecutorial misconduct.
Thought Leadership
Pennsylvania Bar Institute Medical Marijuana and Hemp Law Symposium, Co-Course Planner, 2020
"Knowing Your Rights," Cannabis Opportunities Conference, Diasporatic Alliance for Cannabis Opportunities, October 2018
"Creating Diversity in the Cannabis Industry, and Why It’s Important," Co-Author (with Carlton Johnson, Esq.), Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer, May 2019
"Virtually Uncertain: The Fourth Amendment and Laptops in United States v. Lichtenberger," Temple Law Review, Volume 89, 2017