Christopher J. Marzzacco - Harrisburg, PA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

• Non Legal Education

  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
    B.A.

Past Positions

• Anapol Weiss, Partner, 2011 - 2017
• Colgan Marzzacco, Co-owner, 2008 - 2010
• Wiley, Lenox, Colgan & Marzzacco, Partner, 1999 - 2008
• Dauphin County District Attorney's Office, Deputy District Attorney, 1997 - 1999

Classes and Seminars

• Ethics for General Practitioners When Handling Personal injury Cases, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2012
  
• Over the Top Settlements: How to Develop, Present and Settle for Maximum Value, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2013
  
• Distracted Driving: Representing the Plaintiff in a Civil Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2016
  
• The Changing Landscape of Distracted Driving: The Science and the Law, Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ), 2016
  
• Liability and Insurance Coverage for Highly-automated Vehicular Crashes, PennDot/Department of Community and Economic Development, 2017
  
• Ethical Pitfalls and How to Avoid them in Personal Injury Cases, Dauphin County Bar Association, 2012
  
• Representing Injured Workers in Motor Vehicle Cases, Dauphin County Bar Association, 2014
  
• Litigating Catastrophic Injury Cases, PBI, 2015
  
• Case Selection, Evaluation and Investigation, PBI, 2014
  
• Handling Complex Personal Injury Cases, Anapol Weiss, 2014
  
• Student Awareness Initiative: End Distracted Driving, EndDD.org, 2013 - 2016
  
• Distracted Driving Prevention for Commercial Drivers, EndDD.org, 2016
  
• Negotiations in Personal Injury Cases, Guest Lecturer, Widener University School of Law, 2013
  
• Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Instructor, Widener University School of Law, 2001 - 2016
  
• Professional Responsibility, Guest Lecturer, Widener University Commonwealth Law School, 2020

Published Works

Articles

• 7 Fatal Mistakes Victims of Accidents Make in PA and How to Avoid Making Them, 2010
  
• "Highly Automated Vehicles in Pa.: Where Are We and Where Are We Headed?", Legal Intelligencer, October 12, 2007
  
• "Hot-button Issues Affecting Distracted-Driving Motor Vehicle Litigation", Legal Intelligencer, July 7, 2016
  
• "Ethical Pitfalls for Lawyers to Avoid in Personal Injury Cases", Legal Intelligencer, January 9, 2015
  
• "Premises Liability Claims That Occur on Recreational Areas", Legal Intelligencer, August 9, 2013
  
• "Keeping Clients Happy Under the Rules of Professional Responsibility and in the Real World", Legal Intelligencer, March 8, 2013
• "Talking 'Tort Reform' to the Public as Trial Lawyers", Legal Intelligencer, September 7, 2011

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1996

Other Affiliations

• Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
• Dauphin County Bar Association (Member)
• York County Bar Association (Member)
• Cumberland County Bar Association (Social Member)
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice (Member)
• York County's Panel of Arbitrators (Member)
• American Association for Justice (AAJ) (Member)