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Meet Jeff
Jeffrey Campolongo is an employment, small-business, and entertainment attorney with more than twenty-five years of experience helping employees, professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives navigate some of the most challenging moments of their careers. Since founding the Law Office of Jeffrey Campolongo in 2002, Jeff has focused his practice on employment discrimination and workplace matters, as well as advising artists, performers, and media clients on the unique legal issues within the entertainment industry. His approach blends litigation skill, practical business guidance, and a deep commitment to client-centered advocacy.
In addition to his law practice, Jeff serves as an adjunct professor at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, where he teaches Interviewing & Counseling and Contract Drafting. Teaching law students allows him to help shape the next generation of lawyers while reinforcing the fundamentals of communication, empathy, and precision that guide his practice every day.
Jeff earned his B.A. from Villanova University, majoring in Sociology with minors in Africana Studies and Spanish, and received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law. Before entering legal practice, he gained regional exposure as the host of the music-television program Live on Stage, an experience that continues to inform his work with entertainment clients.
He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Supreme Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and numerous federal district courts.
Jeff’s work has been recognized by several leading legal publications and organizations. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, and his firm is ranked as a Tier 1 practice in the Best Law Firms® edition for Pennsylvania. He has been featured in Modern Luxury magazine’s Legal Eagles edition as one of “Philadelphia’s Top Lawyers,” and he has been honored year after year as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer®. He received the Outstanding Service Award from Widener Law School, recognizing a single alumnus for distinguished service to the legal profession. Earlier in his career, he was selected as one of just 35 attorneys statewide as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track,” recognizing emerging leaders in Pennsylvania’s legal community. His trial achievements include securing one of the state’s highest civil-rights and employment verdicts, noted in “Top PA Verdicts.”
Beyond the courtroom, Jeff has been an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs), and the Philadelphia and Montgomery Bar Associations. He also volunteers with the Legal Network for Gender Equity, the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, and the Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law, where he assists immigrant children and families.
Jeff is also a published author and speaker, contributing a monthly column to The Legal Intelligencer and co-authoring chapters for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th editions of the Pennsylvania Employment Law Deskbook.
