Stephen DeNittis

Stephen P. DeNittis is the managing partner of DeNittis Osefchen Prince, P.C. An experienced consumer fraud class action litigator and catastrophic personal injury litigator, Mr. DeNittis has recovered millions of dollars for victims of severe injury or corporate fraud in federal and state courts across the country. Stephen DeNittis currently serves as lead or co-lead counsel in many class actions currently pending in federal and state court. Since 1998, Stephen DeNittis has successfully served as lead or co-lead counsel in over two hundred twenty five (225) class actions involving consumer fraud, bogus fees, false advertising, food mislabeling, construction defects, wage and hour violations, RESPA violations and mass tort litigation throughout the country.

Stephen DeNittis is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and before the United States Supreme Court and many other federal courts. In 2013, he was designated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a high honor of achievement as only 1.5% of attorneys in New Jersey hold such a designation. He is also rated AV, the highest rating given by Martindale Hubbell, the country’s foremost legal directory. He has also been selected to the following recognized rating lists: Super Lawyers list for the years 2013-2025; The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers in the State List – 2021, 2022; and the Top 100 High Stake Litigators in the State List – 2021-2025. He has also been inducted into the national prestigious organization American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in 2024. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. 

Aside from his work, Stephen DeNittis financially sponsored and coached his two daughters’ soccer and softball teams. He also is a lifelong rabid Philadelphia Eagles fan and has been a season ticket holder since 1997. Mr. DeNittis was also an officer of the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House – Southern New Jersey (RMH) charity 2012-2022 and rejoined the RMH Board in 2019.

Professional Associations

• Board Member – Vice-President, Ronald McDonald House Charities – Southern New Jersey 2012 -2022
• Board Member – Secretary, Moorestown Soccer Club, 2013 – 2018
• Board of Governors, New Jersey Association of Justice, 2012 – present
• Co-Chair of the Consumer Section, Board of Governors, New Jersey Association for Justice 2014-present
• New Jersey Association for Justice
• American Association for Justice
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• Burlington County Bar Association: Personal Injury Committee
• Burlington County Bar Association: Civil Practice Committee
• Camden County Bar Association: Class Action Practice Committee
• Camden County Bar Association: Personal Injury Committee
• Camden County Bar Association: Civil Practice Committee
• American Bar Association
• Philadelphia Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association: Class Action Law Committee
• New Jersey State Bar Association: Products Liability Law Committee

Focus Areas:

Class Actions, Consumer Fraud, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Complex Litigation, Sex and Child Abuse Litigation

Education

• Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1997 J.D.
• Rutgers University, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1992 B.A. Major: Economics

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1997
• Pennsylvania, 1997
• New York, 2020
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1997
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2006
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2018
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 2021
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee, 2012
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2020
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Court, 2020
• Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2012
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2007

Certifications

2013 Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Civil Trial Attorney per R. 1:39-1 and Re-certified in 2018.