Jimmy Chong

Jimmy Chong is the attorney and founder of Chong Law Firm, with offices serving Wilmington and Pennsylvania communities. He focuses on personal injury law and patent infringement and has handled business transactions, landlord-tenant law, contract law, and criminal law. His personal injury work includes automobile accidents, wrongful death, motorcycle and truck accidents, medical malpractice, dog bites, and slip-and-fall matters. He is licensed in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Jimmy earned a J.D. from Widener University School of Law, now Delaware Law School. He completed an Estate Planning Certificate through the LL.M. Graduate Tax Program at Temple University Beasley School of Law. He earned a B.S. in Business Management and a B.A. in Economics from Bucknell University. His legal and business education supports a practice that spans injury litigation, civil disputes, mediation, arbitration, and selected business and intellectual property matters.

Jimmy is certified as a mediator and arbitrator by the New Castle County Superior Court and as an arbitrator by the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He serves as a mediator for Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion Program and has served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Office of Disciplinary Counsel’s Hearing Committee. His professional work combines courtroom advocacy, personal injury representation, alternative dispute resolution, and experience handling a broader range of civil and business-related legal matters.

Jimmy Chong has received recognition from Super Lawyers, the National Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He has served in leadership roles with the Montgomery Bar Association’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee and received the Horace A. Davenport Diversity Award in 2019. His community board service includes the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation and Penn Asian Senior Services, reflecting professional involvement beyond his litigation and dispute-resolution practice.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder, Chong Law Firm P.A.
• Certified Arbitrator, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Co-Chair or Co-Vice Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Montgomery Bar Association (2019-Present)
• Certified Mediator and Certified Arbitrator, New Castle County Superior Court
• Member, Hearing Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Office of Disciplinary Counsel (2021-Present)
• Board Member, Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation
• Board Member, Penn Asian Senior Services
• Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman, Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia
• Member, Pennsylvania Council of Mediators
• Mediator, Philadelphia Eviction Diversion Program (2020-Present)

Licensed State

• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• New Jersey

Education

• Widener University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Bucknell University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business Management
• Bucknell University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics

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