Josh Mankoff
Joshua Mankoff focuses his practice on complex litigation involving medical device and pharmaceutical liability, consumer protection, toxic torts, medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, and constitutional violation claims brought under Section 1983. He has extensive experience handling sophisticated mass tort and multi-district litigation (MDL) matters involving products and pharmaceuticals such as Allergan breast implants, Bard, Cordis, and Cook IVC filters, Exactech implants, Lipitor, SGLT2 inhibitors, Yaz/Yasmin birth control, gadolinium contrast agents, and Halliburton/KBR litigation.
Joshua has played a key role in a number of significant litigations nationwide. He served on the trial team in the Bard IVC Filter MDL for three bellwether trials and two additional cases, contributing to two plaintiff verdicts and numerous settlements. He is also part of the litigation team in the Excellus Data Breach class action, where a settlement class was certified, and has been actively involved in litigation concerning surgical stapler defects involving both manufacturing and design issues.
Before entering the legal profession, Joshua built a strong technical foundation as a software engineer for a startup company specializing in search and guided navigation technologies serving more than 250 million end-users. His work supported high-profile platforms and organizations, including the United States Census website, the Library of Congress, the Department of Defense, and hundreds of online retailers. That technical background has proven invaluable in complex litigation, where managing and organizing massive volumes of electronically stored information, testimony, and discovery materials is critical.
Joshua earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Temple University Beasley School of Law after graduating cum laude from Williams College with a double major in Computer Science and Psychology. During law school, he clerked for the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He also spent a year in Africa, first interning with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, and later observing local gacaca proceedings in Rwanda related to the prosecution of individuals involved in the 1994 genocide. While at Temple, Joshua distinguished himself academically and competitively, serving on the Temple Law Review, qualifying as a finalist in the Temple Moot Court competition, and winning a Philadelphia-wide legal writing competition sponsored by Pennsylvania Lawyers for Justice in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Joshua has received numerous professional recognitions throughout his career. He has been selected to Upstate New York Super Lawyers from 2024–2026 and Pennsylvania Super Lawyers from 2020–2023 after previously being recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2012 and 2015–2019. He was also recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs beginning in 2018.
In addition to his litigation practice, Joshua remains active in professional leadership, writing, and legal education. He served as Co-Chair of the American Association for Justice’s SGLT2 Litigation Group and has presented nationally on complex litigation topics at conferences hosted by HarrisMartin and the American Association for Justice. He has also authored publications addressing pharmaceutical litigation and military tribunal issues, including articles published through AAJ’s Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts (STEP) and The Philadelphia Lawyer.
Joshua is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the District of Columbia Bar.
Outside the office, Joshua volunteers with JustCause through its housing assistance clinic, representing tenants in local eviction courts. He also enjoys traveling internationally, spending time outdoors with his family and two dogs, and exploring new places whenever possible.
Education
- Temple University Beasley School of Law J.D. 2009
- Williams College B.S. 1998