Joseph N. Kravec, Jr.

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Joseph N. Kravec, Jr., a partner at Specter Specter Evans & Manogue, P.C., was graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, 1989 cum laude, and from the Duquesne University School of Law, 1993. He is admitted to practice before the Courts of Pennsylvania, the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and Western District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Kravec is chair of the Insurance Law Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Kravec is also a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award and a finalist in the Trial Court Moot Competition.

Since admission to the bar, Mr. Kravec has been a litigator practicing in the fields of general, consumer and commercial litigation, including insurance, securities and antitrust law, as well as personal injury and complex product liability litigation. He has been primarily involved in the Specter firm's class action practice since his association with the Firm. Mr. Kravec has extensively and actively participated in litigating numerous class actions, including the following cases:

Varacallo v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, 752 A.2d 807 (N.J. App. Div. 2000) (vanishing premium life insurance sales practices)
In re: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Sales Practices Litigation, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22688, Misc. Docket No. 96- 179, MDL No. 1091 (W.D. Pa.) (various life and annuity deceptive sales practices)
Cope v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 696 N.E. 2d 1001 (Ohio 1998) (churning life insurance sales practices)
Richard v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (a/k/a In re: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Policy holders Litigation) 707 A.2d 512 (Pa. 1998) (churning life insurance sales practices)
Delaney, et al. v. Enterprise Rent-a-Car Company, Inc. and Elrac, Inc., Docket No. OCN-L- 1160-01, (Superior Ct. of NJ, Ocean County) (certified class action for rental car customers purchasing insurance products and collision damage waiver from Enterprise)

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Magliulo v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 205 F.R.D. 55 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) (ERISA claim against employee health plan for charging medicare eligible participants a higher non-medicare eligible premium rate)
Brubaker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 2002 WL 975846 (D.D.C., March 29, 2002) (Erisa claim against employer's pension plan for not paying deferred vested retirees the cost-of-living increases "COLA" paid to all other retirees)
Barbara Kenty v. Bank One, 650 N.E. 2d 863 (Ohio 1995) (companion case 92 F.3d 384 (6th Cir. 1996)) (forced-placed auto loan insurance)
Peerless Wall and Window Coverings, Inc. v. Synchronics, Inc., 85 F. Supp. 2d 519 (W.D. Pa. 2000) (No. Civ. A. 98- 1084) (Y2K misrepresentation)
Erie Forge and Steel, Inc. v. Cypress Minerals Company, 1994 WL 485803, 1994 Trade Cases P 70, 653 (W. D. Pa., Jun. 7, 1994) (No. Civ. 94-404) (antitrust price-fixing)
In re: Westinghouse Securities Litigation, 90 F.3d 696 (3rd Cir. 1996) (securities fraud)
In re: Chambers Development Company Securities Litigation, 912 F. Supp. 822 (W.D. Pa. 1995) (securities fraud)
Fox v. Equimark Corporation, 1994 WL 560994, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P98, 384 (W.D. Pa., Jul. 18, 1994) (No. Civ. A. 90-1504)(securities fraud)
George, et al. v. BancOhio National Corporation, et al., Civil Action No. C2-92-314 (S.D. Ohio) (forced-placed auto insurance)
Regina G. Bates v. National City Bank, et al., Case No. 279634 (Cuyahoga Co. Ct. of Common Pleas, OH) (forced-placed auto insurance)
Deal, et al. v. New York Life Insurance Company, et al., Civil Action No. 94-8938 (Allegheny Co. Ct. of Common Pleas, PA) (churning life insurance sales practices)
Marrs, et al. v. New York Life Insurance Company, Civil Action No. 94-2037 (Allegheny Co. Ct. of Common Pleas, PA) (retirement life insurance sales practices)