John C. Conti

John C. Conti has served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. since 2013. He also chairs the firm’s Executive Committee and Medical Malpractice Defense Group . Mr. Conti is also admitted to practice in California and serves as the Managing Attorney of the firm’s Los Angeles office . He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and recently served as State Chair for Pennsylvania. In September 2025, Mr. Conti was appointed Chair of the Judiciary Committee for the College.

His practice specializes in the representation of hospitals and other health care providers, primarily in connection with the defense of professional negligence suits and related litigation. In over 40 years of practice, he has represented virtually every major health care institution in the region. This representation has included matters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and California. Mr. Conti has tried over 160 cases to verdict and argued over 25 cases in appellate courts, including nine appeals in recent years before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

In 2005, Mr. Conti was appointed Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he taught a course on expert witnesses until 2014. He has also served as an expert witness in bad faith litigation. He is a licensed airplane pilot, holding multi-engine, instrument, and glider certifications.

Professional Accomplishments

•American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow), inducted in 2014 (Judiciary Committee Chair 2025; Pennsylvania State Chair 2021-2022)
•Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1993
•The Best Lawyers in America since 2007: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
•Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (Senior Fellow)
•Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2005, 2007-2019 and 2021-2023
•Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (2005-2014)

Speaking Engagements

•Served on faculty for several judicial CLE programs; subjects included professional negligence, civil jury instructions and appellate law update
•Served on the faculty of approximately 70 seminars for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute; frequent lecturer on all facets of professional negligence and related litigation
•“Cyber Security, Data Breaches and the Rise of the Dark Web” (Co-Presenter), ACC Pennsylvania CLE, 4/5/2016

Publications

•“The Closing Statement for the Defense” (Author), California Litigation, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2017, pp. 26-31
•“The Opening Statement For the Defense” (Author), California Litigation, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2017, pp. 22-27
•Matthew Bender’s Federal Evidence Practice Guide (Board of Editors for 5 years)
•“Trial Objections” (Chapter Author), Litigation, American Bar Association, Fall 1987, p. 16

Articles

4/21/2017 Articles

The Opening Statement for the Defense

8/31/2015 Articles

Respected Jurist Dismisses Massive Data Breach Class Action

Multi Media

9/10/2018 Multi Media

A Message from Our President

Press Releases

8/21/2025 Press Releases

Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers in America Award Recipients

7/23/2025 Press Releases

John Conti appointed chair of ACTL’s Judiciary Committee

8/15/2024 Press Releases

Forty-Six Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers Award Recipients

8/17/2023 Press Releases

Forty-Four Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers Award Recipients

5/30/2023 Press Releases

DMC’s 2023 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees from Pennsylvania

8/25/2022 Press Releases

Forty-Three Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers List

8/25/2021 Press Releases

2022 Best Lawyers List includes 44 Attorneys from Dickie McCamey

5/26/2021 Press Releases

DMC’s 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees

8/19/2020 Press Releases

Forty-Five Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Lawyers Named to 2021 Best Lawyers list

8/15/2019 Press Releases

Forty-Two Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2020

5/9/2019 Press Releases

DMC’s 2019 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Selectees

8/15/2018 Press Releases

Forty-Two Dickie McCamey Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2019