Jump To Navigation

Attorney Profiles

Kaitlin B. DeCrescio 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Associate
phone (215) 575-2843
fax (215) 575-0856
email kbdecrescio@mdwcg.com

Kaitlin Brigid DeCrescio is an associate specializing in legal research and writing in the firm's Casualty Department.  Kaitlin's practice focuses on conducting research and writing substantive motions and briefs for senior attorneys on a variety of legal issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Kaitlin clerked for the Honorable Heidi Willis Currier and the Honorable Fred Kieser, Jr. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Middlesex County.

Kaitlin graduated from Cornell University, magna cum laude, in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.  Kaitlin then attended the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, receiving her Juris Doctor degree in 2007 and her Master of Laws in Transnational Law in 2008.  During law school, Kaitlin studied abroad in Rome, Italy and Tokyo, Japan.  She also spent a summer working at the law firm of Bacciardi & Partners in Pesaro, Italy.  While studying in Philadelphia, Kaitlin was an active member and the Articles Editor of the Temple Journal of Science Technology and Environmental Law. She was also a legal intern for Philadelphia City Councilman Brian J. O'Neill, a Research Assistant to Professor Sharon Harzenski, and a Teaching Assistant in the law school's Integrated Trial Advocacy Program. 

Year Joined Organization:
2008
Areas of Practice:
Products Liability
Bar Admissions:
Pennsylvania, 2007
New Jersey, 2007
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2007
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2009
Education:
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007
J.D.
Honors: Barrister's Award Winner, Outstanding Oral Advocate in Trial Advocacy
Honors: Best Paper and Distinguished Classroom Performance in Entertainment Law


Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008
LL.M., Transnational Law


Cornell University, 2004
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Cornell Tradition Fellow
Major:  English Literature


Published Works:
An Education in Evolution: Silencing Scientific Inquiry in Selman v. Cobb County School District, 25 Temple J. Sci. Tech. & Envtl. L. 285, Fall, 2007


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Justinian Society, 2006-present


Temple Law Alumni Association, 2007-present


Past Employment Positions:
Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Civil Part / Law Clerk to the Hon. Heidi Willis Currier, J.S.C. / Law Clerk to the Hon. Fred Kiesser, Jr. J.S.C., 2007-2008


Bacciardi & partners, Pesaro, Italy, Summer 2006


Languages:
Italian

FirmSite® by FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business.

Disclaimer | Site Map