Attorney Profiles

Joseph P. Hart, Associate

Joseph P. Hart is an associate with Meng & Alpert. His primary practice areas include personal injury and negligence litigation. He has practiced since 1973 and has many years experience in public and private practice.

After receiving his Bachelor of Science in History Education at the University of Scranton, Mr. Hart attended law school at Duquesne University School of Law where he graduated with his Juris Doctor.

Mr. Hart is a member of professional organizations such as the American Association for Justice and Prince Georges County Bar Association, and he received an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating an attorney can have with the organization.

Beginning in 1973, Mr. Hart became a partner with the firm of Hoencke & Hart, Heidelberg, Germany. He spent 5 years representing U.S. Military personnel in criminal actions before Courts Martial throughout Germany. From 1980 to 1984, Mr. Hart was responsible for defense of major litigation matters against the District of Columbia and its Agencies within the Office of the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC. He served as Assistant Corporation Counsel; Prosecutor, Criminal Division; and within the General Litigation Division. Four years later, he became partner in Glassie, Pewitt, Dudley, Beebe & Shanks, Washington, DC, where, for 4 years he developed a personal injury/negligence practice.

His own law office of Joseph P. Hart, Washington, DC, began in 1989 where he handled civil and criminal cases for 8 years. His primary focus was on personal injury, police brutality and general litigation matters against the District of Columbia and its Agencies. In 1997, Mr. Hart joined Alexander and Cleaver, Fort Washington and Annapolis, MD, as a litigator on their personal injury team. He was responsible for the development, settlement and trial of all personal injury cases in the District of Columbia and Maryland.

He joined the law firm of Meng & Alpert, LLC in mid 2007.

His professional development includes Alternative Dispute Resolution and Issues of Intellectual Property and Trucking Litigation.

Mr. Hart has been admitted to the following bars: District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Court, Court of Appeals of Maryland, United States District Court District of Columbia, United States District Court District of Maryland, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

To arrange for further information, please call 301-627-1600 and ask for Joseph Hart.