“To me, being an advocate means turning over every rock and being the voice for my clients who have lost so much through personal tragedy.”
Jeffrey P. Fritz, Esq. is experienced in representing crime victims on behalf of survivors of murder, assault, sexual assault and molestation.
He has obtained multiple settlements and verdicts of more than $1,000,000.00 and was a member of the Tropicana Casino & Hotel garage collapse trial team, which obtained the largest construction accident settlement in U.S. history at the time, totaling $101 million. He successfully represented multiple victims of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky in claims against Penn State University for child sexual abuse. In 2025, he won a $3,000,000 verdict against a Margate City lifeguard and additionally a $485,000 settlement against the City of Margate for sexual abuse of a minor committed by a Margate City Beach Patrol lifeguard between 1979-1983. In 2024, he obtained a $1,600,000 verdict and subsequent $2,000,000 settlement against the Camden City School District for a teacher’s sexual abuse of his middle school student in the early 1990’s. Mr. Fritz serves as counsel for dozens of victims of Ricardi Cruciani, a former neurologist who overmedicated and sexually assaulted many of his patients and also as counsel for multiple victims of former Cherry Hill, NJ teacher Otto Becken who sexually abused multiple sixth grade students in the 70’s and 80’s at Cooper Elementary School.
Mr. Fritz is a 1996 Cum Laude graduate of Widener University School of Law. He is a member of the bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. He is also a charter member, advisory board member and past president (2010 & 2011) of the National Crime Victim Bar Association, a national organization of attorneys and professionals devoted to obtaining civil justice for the victims of crime. He also served as a board member of CHILDUSA, nonprofit think tank for children devoted to ending child abuse and neglect. Mr. Fritz is also a member of the American Association for Justice and both the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations. He has also been named a 2005 & 2006 “Rising Star” by Philadelphia Magazine and Super Lawyers and “Best of the Best” (Reader’s Choice) by South Jersey Magazine for crime victim representation.
Jeffrey P. Fritz has multiple several articles regarding civil justice for crime victims in national publications such as Trial Magazine, The Victim Advocate and Victim Voice. He has served as a lecturer on civil justice for attorneys, victims, and victim service providers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York as well as nationally. He has provided commentary on crime victims’ rights to the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press and the Philadelphia Inquirer and has appeared on NBC, MSNBC, CNN, HLN, Oxygen Network, Fox-29, NBC10, 6ABC, KYW News Radio & truTV, as well as a guest on the “Parallel Justice” podcast and the “Dr. Oz” show. He has trained crime victim service providers and attorneys in obtaining civil justice on behalf of the National Center for Victims of Crime/National Crime Victim Bar Association. He has also lectured on behalf of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency at their state-wide conference entitled “Pathways for Crime Victims” and has served on behalf of the New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Board training other attorneys in civil remedies for crime victims across the State of New Jersey. He has been an invited lecturer on behalf of the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), American Association for Justice (AAJ), New Jersey’s Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), CHILDUSA, Perrin Conferences and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association regarding crime victim representation. He also served as a guest lecturer at Delaware Law School at Widener University on torts and representation of sexual assault survivors.
