About John Michael
John Michael Pumphrey works out of a Philadelphia office and maintains active ties to the legal communities of both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He is a lawyer who combines courtroom experience with public policy involvement. He often appears in local legal circles through association meetings and state-level task force work.
Pumphrey attended Widener University Delaware School of Law, where he earned his J.D. He later completed an LL.M. at Temple University. Those credentials underpin a practice that crosses state lines and legal disciplines. His academic background includes advanced study beyond the basic law degree, an uncommon step that many colleagues note when discussing specialized litigation matters.
He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and holds current memberships in the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations. Those memberships place him in regular contact with fellow litigators and trial practitioners. He has also served as a member of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis Task Force, a panel formed to examine shifts in the malpractice insurance market and the effects on providers and patients. His participation on that task force has brought him into conversations that bridge law, insurance, and health policy.
Pumphrey’s career reflects steady involvement in courtroom and policy work rather than in-house corporate practice. He has taken part in efforts to improve the dialogue around malpractice insurance and to provide practical perspectives to state officials studying the issue. Colleagues describe him as someone who moves between the courtroom and meeting rooms, bringing practical questions back to policy discussions. He attends association events and contributes to working groups, often focusing on litigation practice and the procedural issues that affect trials.
In Philadelphia he maintains an office where he meets clients and handles filings and court appearances across the region. He continues to participate in the trial bar at the local and state level while remaining engaged on matters that touch both legal and insurance communities. He currently focuses his practice on civil trial litigation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
