Joseph M. Armstrong, Principal

Business Litigation Attorney

Email:	jarmstrong@offitkurman.com
Office Phone:	267.338.1379
Fax:	267.338.1335
Mailing Address:	Ten Penn Center 1801 Market Street Suite 2300 Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Practice Areas

Practice Focus

Mr. Armstrong concentrates his practice in commercial litigation and regularly represents clients in contractual disputes, employment disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, copyright infringement, post merger and acquisition disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants, and adversary claims in bankruptcy and environmental matters. Mr. Armstrong is often called upon to use his business litigation experience to handle many family law matters, including complex high asset divorce cases involving business valuations and the support obligations of high income generating clients requiring counsel with a complete understanding of how businesses work. In connection with his family law practice, Mr. Armstrong also works closely with the firm's estate planning and wealth preservation attorneys to craft pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements that preserve the intent of multi-generational estate and business succession plans.

Points of distinction

• Admitted to practice before the United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• The United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Jury and non-jury cases in both the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
• Cases presented to the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court of Pennsylvania
• The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Regularly represents employers before the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights and several other governmental agencies.

EDUCATION

• University of Scranton, B.S., magna cum laude
• Villanova University School of Law, JD (1998)

BAR And Court ADMISSIONS

• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey

Activities & associations

• Philadelphia Bar Association, member
• American Bar Association, member
• Moot Court Board

Speeches and Publications

In connection with the portion of his practice devoted to defending employment discrimination claims, Mr. Armstrong published the article, Sexual Harassment: The Unwary Employer Will Pay.