Mark K. Altemose

Mark K. Altemose

CEO and Managing Partner

Admission, Education, Awards
Overview

Mark Altemose is the CEO and Managing Partner of Cohen, Feeley, Altemose & Rambo, P.C. He focuses his legal practice on personal injury and construction litigation. Mark has extensive experience handling serious injury and death cases involving automobile, trucking and motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical malpractice, construction accidents, gas and chemical exposure and explosion accidents, product liability, dog bites, mass torts, and slips and falls.

Mark has acted as a lead counsel in many well-known Lehigh Valley catastrophic injury and death cases including the Charles Cullen serial murder cases, the DePUY ASR defective hip implant litigation, the Allentown natural gas explosion and the underground propane tank explosion in Bushkill Township. He has achieved many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients, several exceeding $10 million, with verdicts of $95 million, $4.36 million and $1.5 million, and a multiple plaintiff settlement of $20 million.​

Mark regularly lectures and teaches continuing legal education courses about personal injury litigation. He is often selected by plaintiff and defense attorneys as an independent mediator and arbitrator in complex personal injury cases.

"I attribute much of my success as a trial lawyer to growing up and working in the Lehigh Valley, where I learned the values of hard work, honor, and respect for others."

Mark served on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice for almost a decade. He was one of only 10 attorneys in the State asked to serve as a founding member and director of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice Auto Negligence Section. Mark is a member of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn, an organization dedicated to professionalism in law and comprised of a select group of attorneys and judges. He was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Inn in 2007 and Counselor to the Inn in 2011. He was elected President of the Inn in 2013 and served a two-year term.

Mark was born and raised in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, a small town located in the northern Lehigh Valley. He helped pay his way through college and law school by doing construction and manufacturing work, including working one summer in a local slate quarry making roofing slate and slate chalkboards. Mark still enjoys construction work as a hobby, completing projects such as an addition to his home.

When he graduated from law school, Mark knew he wanted to return to the Lehigh Valley to give back to the community where he was raised, to fight for the rights of the good, hard working people of this community, and to raise his family with the same values he was taught. Mark and his wife, Jennifer, live in Lower Saucon Township with their three wonderful daughters, Rachel, Meghan and Abigail.

Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1990

New Jersey, 1991

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990

Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1991

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2002

Education

Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1990

Lafayette College, B.A., cum laude, 1987

Pen Argyl High School, 1983

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Lehigh County Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Northampton County Bar Association

American Association for Justice

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn

Awards And Honors

2023
Named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
2008-2023
Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2020-2023
Recognized by Best Lawyers® for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
2022
Selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
2018-Present
Elected by Judges as a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Lawyer—Judicial Edition
2016-Present
Recognized by Lehigh Valley Magazine as a “Local Legal Leader”
2015-Present
Elected by Peers to Global Directory of Who’s Who—“Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania”
2015-Present
Elected by Peers to National Association of Distinguished Counsel –Nation’s Top One Percent of Attorneys
2015-2017
Appointed Chairman, Medical/Legal Committee, Northampton County Bar Association
2014-Present
Elected by Peers as a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Lawyer
2014-Present
Elected by Peers as Lehigh Valley “Select Lawyer” in areas of medical malpractice law, personal injury law and automobile accidents law
2013-Present
Member of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Bethlehem
2013-2015
Elected President of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn
2011-2013
Elected Counselor of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn
2011-Present
Appointed Chairman, Bench/Bar Laison Committee, Lehigh County Bar Association
2010
Recognized by the National Law Journal and VerdictSearch as recovering the 20thlargest verdict in the United States in 2010
2010-Present
Selected as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania by The American Trial Lawyers Association
2009-Present
Elected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Pennsylvania by the American Trial Lawyers Association
2008-Present
Elected by Peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
2007-2011
Elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn
2005-2007
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers-Rising Stars
2005-2010
Civil Rules Committee, Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas
2005-Present
Elected as a Team Leader, Donald E. Wieand Baristers’ Inn
2003-Present
Elected to Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2002-Present
Elected to Who’s Who in America
2001-Present
America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
2001-2005
Co-chairman, Programs Committee of the Board of Directors of the Lehigh County Bar Association
2001-2005
Board of Directors of the Lehigh County Bar Association
2000-2008
Member, Education Committee of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
1999-2002
Member, Leadership Counsel of the Young Lawyer’s Committee of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer’s Association
1999-2000
Chairman, Hearing Committee 2.04 of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1998
Recipient of Service Award from Lehigh County Bar Association
1998-Present
Elected to Who’s Who in American Law
1998-2008
Member, Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Member of Hearing Committee 2.04 of the Disciplinary Board of the
1994-2004
Co-Chairman, Law Day Committee of the Lehigh County Bar Association

Admission, Education, Awards

Mark Altemose is the CEO and Managing Partner of Cohen, Feeley, Altemose & Rambo, P.C. He focuses his legal practice on personal injury and construction litigation. Mark has extensive experience handling serious injury and death cases involving automobile, trucking and motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical malpractice, construction accidents, gas and chemical exposure and explosion accidents, product liability, dog bites, mass torts, and slips and falls.

Mark has acted as a lead counsel in many well-known Lehigh Valley catastrophic injury and death cases including the Charles Cullen serial murder cases, the DePUY ASR defective hip implant litigation, the Allentown natural gas explosion and the underground propane tank explosion in Bushkill Township. He has achieved many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients, several exceeding $10 million, with verdicts of $95 million, $4.36 million and $1.5 million, and a multiple plaintiff settlement of $20 million.​

Mark regularly lectures and teaches continuing legal education courses about personal injury litigation. He is often selected by plaintiff and defense attorneys as an independent mediator and arbitrator in complex personal injury cases.

"I attribute much of my success as a trial lawyer to growing up and working in the Lehigh Valley, where I learned the values of hard work, honor, and respect for others."

Mark served on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice for almost a decade. He was one of only 10 attorneys in the State asked to serve as a founding member and director of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice Auto Negligence Section. Mark is a member of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn, an organization dedicated to professionalism in law and comprised of a select group of attorneys and judges. He was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Inn in 2007 and Counselor to the Inn in 2011. He was elected President of the Inn in 2013 and served a two-year term.

Mark was born and raised in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, a small town located in the northern Lehigh Valley. He helped pay his way through college and law school by doing construction and manufacturing work, including working one summer in a local slate quarry making roofing slate and slate chalkboards. Mark still enjoys construction work as a hobby, completing projects such as an addition to his home.

When he graduated from law school, Mark knew he wanted to return to the Lehigh Valley to give back to the community where he was raised, to fight for the rights of the good, hard working people of this community, and to raise his family with the same values he was taught. Mark and his wife, Jennifer, live in Lower Saucon Township with their three wonderful daughters, Rachel, Meghan and Abigail.

Overview

Admissions

Pennsylvania, 1990

New Jersey, 1991

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1990

Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1991

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2002

Education

Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 1990

Lafayette College, B.A., cum laude, 1987

Pen Argyl High School, 1983

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association

Lehigh County Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Northampton County Bar Association

American Association for Justice

Pennsylvania Association for Justice

Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn

Awards And Honors

2023
Named 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
2008-2023
Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
2020-2023
Recognized by Best Lawyers® for Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
2022
Selected to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100
2018-Present
Elected by Judges as a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Lawyer—Judicial Edition
2016-Present
Recognized by Lehigh Valley Magazine as a “Local Legal Leader”
2015-Present
Elected by Peers to Global Directory of Who’s Who—“Best Lawyers in Pennsylvania”
2015-Present
Elected by Peers to National Association of Distinguished Counsel –Nation’s Top One Percent of Attorneys
2015-2017
Appointed Chairman, Medical/Legal Committee, Northampton County Bar Association
2014-Present
Elected by Peers as a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Lawyer
2014-Present
Elected by Peers as Lehigh Valley “Select Lawyer” in areas of medical malpractice law, personal injury law and automobile accidents law
2013-Present
Member of the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Bethlehem
2013-2015
Elected President of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn
2011-2013
Elected Counselor of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn
2011-Present
Appointed Chairman, Bench/Bar Laison Committee, Lehigh County Bar Association
2010
Recognized by the National Law Journal and VerdictSearch as recovering the 20thlargest verdict in the United States in 2010
2010-Present
Selected as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania by The American Trial Lawyers Association
2009-Present
Elected as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Pennsylvania by the American Trial Lawyers Association
2008-Present
Elected by Peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer
2007-2011
Elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Donald E. Wieand Barristers’ Inn
2005-2007
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers-Rising Stars
2005-2010
Civil Rules Committee, Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas
2005-Present
Elected as a Team Leader, Donald E. Wieand Baristers’ Inn
2003-Present
Elected to Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2002-Present
Elected to Who’s Who in America
2001-Present
America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals
2001-2005
Co-chairman, Programs Committee of the Board of Directors of the Lehigh County Bar Association
2001-2005
Board of Directors of the Lehigh County Bar Association
2000-2008
Member, Education Committee of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
1999-2002
Member, Leadership Counsel of the Young Lawyer’s Committee of the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer’s Association
1999-2000
Chairman, Hearing Committee 2.04 of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1998
Recipient of Service Award from Lehigh County Bar Association
1998-Present
Elected to Who’s Who in American Law
1998-2008
Member, Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Member of Hearing Committee 2.04 of the Disciplinary Board of the
1994-2004
Co-Chairman, Law Day Committee of the Lehigh County Bar Association

Verdicts &
Settlements

$95M

Malpractice Verdicts

$22M

Hip Implant Products Liability Settlement

$4.36M

Construction Accident Verdict

$3.75M

Automobile Accident Settlement

In his Own Words

Mark K. Altemose
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