Michael J. Diamond

Michael J. Diamond focuses on multiple practice areas including retail liability, motor vehicle liability, general liability, first-party property claims, and transportation claims. Mr. Diamond, one of the founding partners of Chartwell Law, has successfully defended personal injury matters on behalf of insured and self-insured entities involving national retailers, supermarkets, family-owned stores, fast-food franchises, and convenience stores.

Mr. Diamond dedicates a significant portion of his practice to the defense of motor vehicle and trucking matters regularly, in state and federal court, involving individual and corporate defendants. He represents transportation and shipping companies and their insurers in connection with cargo and shipping claims. Additionally, he also regularly defends homeowners against claims for injury, accident and/or dog bite incidents on residential properties.  

Mr. Diamond began his career working in the insurance industry as a claims specialist and supervisor at two prominent insurance companies in the Greater Philadelphia area.  His background benefits him in the analysis of insurance policy terms and provisions allowing for aggressive defense of these claims.

Mr. Diamond has accomplished many feats in his representative matters including successfully defended a motorcycle versus motor vehicle accident in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas; secured summary judgment on behalf of a retail grocery store in connection with a slip and fall on a foreign substance; litigated, arbitrated, and tried first-party property and premises liability matters in state court; secured summary judgment on behalf of a university based upon statutory exclusive remedy defenses; and settled an MTC case at trial on behalf of Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London with no payments being made under the policy.