Joseph John Mashinski

Joseph J. Mashinski has practiced law in Pennsylvania since 2005. He grew up in the Wyoming Valley, earned his A.B. in U.S. History from Princeton University and his J.D. from the Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, and began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Kevin A. Hess in the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas.

Much of his career has been spent on the side of the table that injured people rarely get to see. As in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 financial services company, he managed outside litigation and insurance claims and learned first-hand how large institutions evaluate, value and defend claims. That experience is what he brings to every case review at PA Attorney Source: an understanding of how insurers think, and what it takes to make them pay what a claim is actually worth.

Joseph served for seven years as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem in Luzerne County, has served as solicitor to the Kingston Borough Zoning Hearing Board, and has run his own practice in the Wyoming Valley since 2012. He has taught as adjunct faculty at Champlain College's Master of Science in Law program and at Lackawanna College, and co-authored the second edition of Estate Planning For Dummies (Wiley).

As Managing Attorney at PA Attorney Source, Joseph reviews every case inquiry, explains how Pennsylvania's rules apply, and matches each case with the right attorney from the firm's network of experienced personal injury lawyers. Consultations are free, and there is no attorney fee unless there is a recovery.