Lois DeAntonio’s commitment to helping the catastrophically injured began during her years as an emergency room nurse in New York City. Ms. DeAntonio, who has bachelors’ and masters’ degrees in nursing, wanted to help people more than one patient at a time, so in her off hours she worked toward a degree from Brooklyn Law School. Since 1999, she has been putting that education and dedication to work for the clients of Raynes McCarty. Ms. DeAntonio has been involved in many of the firm’s highest profile civil rights cases, including those surrounding the treatment of patients at city medical clinics.

A recent success involved a disabled five-year-old girl who was injured and eventually died as a result of a careless bus company employee. The Firm’s argument that her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act had been violated—that her disability should have been properly accommodated—transformed the disability bus industry. The case received widespread attention. Ms. DeAntonio has addressed numerous groups on the outcome and implications of the case.

Ms. DeAntonio joined the Firm after eight years on the defense side of the table. A recipient of an American Jurisprudence Award in Commercial Paper and Transactions, she is also an accomplished writer; her article probing the Supreme Court’s complex “Lohr” decision was published in the distinguished journal Counterpoint.

• Hunter - Bellevue School of Nursing—BSN, magna cum laude; MSN, summa cum laude
• Brooklyn Law School

• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• American Association for Justice
• PA Trial Lawyers Association
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association