Mary is an accomplished trial attorney with extensive experience litigating complex matters across a variety of practice areas. Mary leverages her experience to pinpoint legal issues, and anticipate her opponent’s arguments in order to strategically represent clients throughout the litigation process.

 

At Peter Capello, Joanna’s practice focuses on representing clients in personal injury cases, including mass tort cases. Mary has tried more than a dozen jury trials, and has represented clients in federal and state courts across the country.

 

Prior to joining the firm, Mary spent over five years practicing as a civil defense attorney. During that time, she represented clients in a variety of industries including trucking, insurance, recreational transportation, retail, engineering, railroad, and propane. Mary has experience in all stages of litigation including scene investigations, product inspections, written discovery, preparing witnesses and experts to testify, taking, and defending depositions, motion practice, handling substantive hearings, mediation, and trial. Mary successfully defended fortune 500 companies, privately owned companies, and insurance companies in various matters. This experience provides her with an uncanny ability to anticipate her opponent’s arguments, and craft effective legal strategies to best represent her clients.