About Our Firm

Philadelphia's McMonagle, Perri, McHugh and Mischak continues to build on a foundation that has earned the firm an outstanding national reputation for successfully litigating criminal, personal injury, civil rights and domestic relations cases. Partners Brian McMonagle and Fortunato Perri, Jr. completed another outstanding year of achieving remarkable acquittals and stunning monetary awards for their clients.

An NBA superstar and league MVP and hip-hop legend Beanie Siegel are just two of the many professional athletes, entertainers, elected officials, physicians and attorney's who have sought this firm's counsel.

As one of the nation's leading criminal attorneys, McMonagle has won hundreds of acquittals for his clients, including a stunning acquittal for Philadelphia's Deputy Mayor in one of the largest political-corruption cases in the city's history. McMonagle's clients have included professional athletes, high-ranking law enforcement officials, politicians, doctors and attorneys. He was recently inducted into the prestigious American Board of Criminal Lawyers and is in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers. He also serves as a legal analyst on Philadelphia news programs and lectures at area law schools.

Perri is one of the few lawyers in the United States who has obtained excellence in both criminal and civil litigation. His recent acquittals in high-profile cases, including his successful defense of recording artist Beanie Siegel, has earned him a national reputation as a lawyer who excels in the spotlight. Perri has successfully defended medical, corporate and legal professionals, in addition to sports and entertainment figures.

He has also achieved one of the largest monetary awards ever received in a civil rights case. Perri is listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers, and frequently appears on national and local media outlets.

Walter McHugh has been successful in several of Pennsylvania's most serious wrongful death and catastrophic loss cases. He achieved one of the state's largest monetary awards in a misfiled prescription case. Among Pennsylvania's finest divorce lawyers, McHugh is also listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers.

"It is an honor to be considered by our peers to be among "Pennsylvania's finest," McMonagle says. "We are convinced that our best work is yet to come."