Arthur L. Bugay

Arthur Bugay is an experienced trial attorney, having tried cases in Federal and State Courts, in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey. He has over 35 years of experience as a trial attorney and was a Senior Partner at a Major Personal Injury Law Firm and a Partner at a Civil Rights and Environmental Law Firm before opening the Bugay Law Firm in June 2023.
Arthur has been recognized as an Outstanding litigator and appellate attorney. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Advocacy and was awarded a Master of Laws in Trial Advocacy in 2000. Arthur has taught Products Liability at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Arthur has earned many Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar recoveries for his clients and is a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Arthur has been named a Super Lawyer every year since 2010 and has been named a Preeminent Lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, a Peer Rated legal reviewer of attorneys, having received an “AV” Rating, the highest professional rating awarded.

Arthur earned five (5) degrees from Temple University and is one of four (4) such graduates – in more than 500,000 graduates in Temple’s History. Arthur graduated with Honors from Temple’s Beasley School of Law and earned two Master of Laws Degrees there. Before Law School, Arthur was in Temple’s Ph.D. Program for Economics and switched to Law, after being awarded a Master of Arts in Economics because he wanted to apply his knowledge to solving practical economic problems experienced by families and workers.

Since 1991, Arthur has served working families to achieve damages for Wrongful Death, Survival Actions and for individuals to address harm caused by defective products, construction accident injuries, gun violence, physical attacks, environmental hazards and contamination, trucking accidents, defective roadway design, ATV accidents, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home Negligence, Recreational and Attraction Injuries, car accidents, injuries caused by drunk drivers, and unsafe property cases. Over the years, he has helped hundreds of people get compensation for physical harm suffered and for economic damages.

Arthur has successfully sued for damages from fraud, criminal actions, for workers who have been stiffed by employers who owe them wages, for homeowners and other victims of construction contract abuse and improper or negligent construction projects.

Arthur has successfully represented fire fighters who have been wrongfully deprived promotional opportunities because of improperly administered or scored civil service examinations. He successfully obtained the court ordered promotion of a fire fighter to fire lieutenant. He successfully litigated to obtain the promotion of 14 fire officers to their higher ranks. He successfully litigated a significant monetary damage settlement with a fire captain’s reinstatement from forced disability after a municipality attempted to force her into retirement.

Arthur has also successfully represented individuals for commercial harm after being forced out of their businesses and obtained a multi-million dollar damage award for a founder of a business after he was frozen out of his business by officers who took over operations.

While he is known as an aggressive and tenacious advocate, Arthur is personable and treats all clients as part of his family of representation. If you are Arthur’s client, you will have access to him at all times and will have your questions answered for your case. Arthur’s personable and direct representation was instilled in him early, from growing up in a small town, outside of Philadelphia, where everyone knew one another. His Mother, Margie, ran a small store and was loved by all who knew her. His father, Milton, was an adored piano player, classically trained, but who played piano in local restaurants – the king of the piano bar.

Arthur supports veteran rights and has pursued employment claims for USERRA violations. His father and uncles served in World War II and his Uncle Henry died in combat in Iwo Jima. Arthur’s Uncle Paul was a beloved country lawyer in Owensboro, Kentucky. Arthur litigates cases across Pennsylvania counties, and has represented clients in Perry, Elk, Cameron, Jefferson, Franklin, and other counties. Arthur litigates across New Jersey and has represented clients in counties throughout the state. Arthur’s practice is in federal and state court. He is and has been admitted for practice in other states, on a pro hac vice basis, in West Virginia, California, New York, Florida, Texas, Maryland, and Delaware. Arthur is proud to represent victims of chemical contamination from Camp Lejeune, Texas.

Arthur has written and published many law articles to set the stage for litigation in the areas of construction law, products liability, evidence law, construction liability, education law, and other areas.

Arthur received the 2012 George Douglas Award for Appellate Advocacy by the Pennsylvania Association of Justice. In 1996, he was recognized by the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project for his Outstanding Service and contributions. Arthur believes that legal representation is a privilege and every client is important whose needs must been understood, addressed, and honored.

Arthur is grateful to be able to have his own law firm where he can focus on clients on a 1:1 basis. He has even created a new area of his law practice which he describes as “Happy Law”; the part of his practice designed to resolve personal problems that his clients may present. Arthur has a Master of Law in Taxation and in Estate Planning. He has performed Kinship Adoptions. He has helped clients obtain guardianship for incapacitated family members. He has helped clients through bankruptcy. He has helped clients through criminal charges. He has advised clients in estate planning and administration. In short, clients present themselves with what seems to them to be a complicated and serious legal concern and, after representation, are relieved to learn that their problem is neither all that difficult or unique. Arthur earnestly wants to help you and will do so with kindness, respect, and focus.

Arthur supports community and charitable interests. His current fundraising efforts, in memory of his brother, support the Jefferson Health's David Farber ASPIRE Center for suicide prevention. He has been a lead fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association and founded “Miles for Melissa”, a charity that raised money for the ALS society. Arthur has raised money for the MS Society and has done this through endurance events, ranging from Marathons to the Ironman. Arthur is an endurance, open water swimmer, a runner, and a long-distance bicyclist. Arthur has represented competitive bicyclists for injuries suffered because of defective bicycle components and because of event negligence.

Since Arthur has completed two Ironman Events, in Lake Placid and in Maryland, he has been called an “Ironman with a Heart of Gold”. While running marathons (he has done 14 of them), Arthur was called “A lawyer who really runs against type” by Art Carey, a Philadelphia Inquirer journalist, meaning that he is someone who really cares and zealously will work to achieve a successful outcome for his clients and for these just causes. Arthur applies his strength, endurance, and zeal to all of his cases.