Joseph T. Piscitello

Founder, Piscitello Law

Attorney Joseph Piscitello is the founding principal of Piscitello Law and brings 35+ years of experience as an attorney in the Delaware Valley region. He has successfully handled thousands of legal cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has litigated issues in the U.S. Court of Appeals. He served as a Judge Pro-Tempore in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and uses his legal skills and experience to help attorneys find effective legal solutions to complex matters of the law. For more than a decade, Joe has specialized in the field of cycling law and has represented cyclists and pedestrians involved in crashes that result in devastating injuries and fatalities.

In June 2025, Attorney Piscitello participated in a five-day international law study course in Lake Iseo, Italy. The course included lectures with European law professors, Italian lawyers, judges, and prosecutors. This intensive program focused on the key differences between the American and European Courts of Justice.

A Lifelong Passion for Cycling

Joe has been fortunate to find joy and passion in both practicing law and being part of a vibrant cycling community. His love of cycling began in high school in the Lehigh Valley region, where he trained in Trexlertown, PA. He took a break from cycling during college and law school, and reconnected to the sport in his early forties. Joe began to train with a fierce determination to win among his peers. After countless hours of riding and training, he found his competitive stride and won the Masters 45 plus PA State Criterium Championship (2013) and the Masters 55 plus PA Cyclocross Series Championship (2015). In addition, he placed in the top ten in the Masters National Championship 3 times.

We would be remiss if we failed to call out his longtime coach and friend, Brian Walton, who trained Joe for years. Brian is an Olympic Silver Medalist, three time Olympian, three time PanAM games Champion, and was inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame. Brian founded Walton Endurance in 2012, and it’s fair to say that our very own Joey P was among Brian’s earliest group of athletes.

By 2016, Coach Walton invited Joe to serve as a Coach and Ride Leader for a corporate cycling event for Bristol Myer’s Squib to raise funds for cancer research. Joe served as ride leader for a one week stage that started in Girona, Spain, and went through France and Italy. More about Joe’s role in Stand Up To Cancer here.

Leaning into the critical role of Advocacy

Joe Piscitello and his firm have taken on the serious role of advocating for safe streets with as much determination as we employ in representing injured cyclists and pedestrians. We stand with advocacy groups, like Families for Safe Streets who maintain that every crash is a public policy failure. Every day, 120 people across the country lose their lives to these preventable crashes and more than 14,000 will endure devastating life changing injuries. That staggering number of loss and injury occurs EVERY DAY in America.

Piscitello Law is proud to work closely with national, state and local advocacy groups to make our roads safer in several key areas, including; improving road infrastructure (protected bike lanes, trail networks); slowing traffic speeds; and utilizing automated speed cameras in areas of high injury. We are also actively involved in efforts to create a Jay Alert System to mitigate hit and runs throughout the state. Our legislative focus for 2026 also includes calls for new laws to authorize the use of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology to regulate super speeders and reckless drivers.

There are several ways that Joe and the firm engage in advocacy and education. One of the key ways is through Podcasts and Bike Law & Safety Seminars. The firm has presented Bike Law Seminars in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to help cyclists understand their rights as well as their role in defensive riding. Joe is also involved in Legislative Lobby Days in Harrisburg to connect with elected lawmakers who can improve road safety through legislation. Below is an image of a friend/fundraising event that Piscitello Law hosted for PA Safe Roads Political Action Committee (2024).

Legislative Advocacy Highlights

• Member, Board of Directors, PA Safe Roads Political Action Committee (2024- )
• Panel Moderator, Vision Zero Conference (2018)
• Sponsor, Vision Zero Conference, Philadelphia (2018-
• Member, Legislative Lobby Day Team, Harrisburg
• Sponsor, Bicycle League of America
• Sponsor, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
• Sponsor, Coalition of Appropriate Transportation (Lehigh Valley)
• Sponsor, 5th Square Advocacy (Philadelphia)

Sponsorships to get More Kids on Bikes

• Pennsylvania Interscholastic Cycling Association (PICL/NICA)
• National Youth Cycling Summit
• Bicycle Coalition Youth Cycling (Philadelphia)
• Little Bellas
• Community Bike Works (Easton, PA)
• Recycle Bicycle (Harrisburg, PA)
• Neighborhood Bike Works (Philadelphia, PA)
• JAWS Holiday Bike Drive
• Lil Safety Traffic Garden, ( Hunting Park, PA)

Sponsorship to promote Cycling and Tri Sports

• Founder, PA Masters Elite Racing Team (2010-2021)
• Title Sponsor, West Chester Cross Classic Race (2018-)
• Title sponsor, Cooper River Cross (2018-)
• Title Sponsor, Rock n Road Gravel Ride w Andre Taffi, Trexlertown (2019)
• Silver Sponsor, Philadelphia Bike Expo (2018-)
• Sponsor, Yoder Performance, Tri Team (2019-)
• Sponsor, T3 Tri Team (2025-)
• Sponsor, Professional Tri Athlete, Samantha Snukis (2020-)
• Sponsor, Team I Hate Cancer (2019, 2022)
• Sponsor, Franklin County Cyclists (2024-)
• Ride Leader/Coach for Walton Endurance -Stand up to Cancer Europe (2017)

Associations

• Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice
• USA Cycling Association
• Advisory Board member, Bicycle Coalition’s Youth Cycling Program (2019)
• Founding Member, Psychology Honors Society, East Stroudsburg University
• President, Honor Society, East Stroudsburg University

Awards

• Masters 45 Plus State Criterium Champion for Pennsylvania (2013)
• Top Ten at Masters Nationals Cycling Championship (Criterium & Cyclocross)
• Pennsylvania State Cyclocross Champion (2015)
• Paceline Supporter of Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia (2015)
• Outstanding support Award from Cadence Youth Cycling Program, (2012, 2014)

Education

• J.D. Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, Michigan (1987)
• B.A., Philosophy & Psychology, East Stroudsburg University, PA (1983)

Additional Resources

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​Attorney Piscitello uses his competitive nature and commitment to excellence to provide effective legal assistance to cyclists and pedestrians across the state of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Contact Piscitello Law today at (215) 372-8768 if you’ve been injured. We offer free initial case evaluations to help.