Personal Injury:
Stephen A. Sheller, Esq.
Sheller, P.C.
As Sheller, P.C.‘s founding partner, Stephen A. Sheller has built a nationally known plaintiff’s practice, representing individuals and whistleblowers in their pursuit of justice often against some of the largest corporations in the country. Mr. Sheller represents clients in product liability, defective drugs, class action, mass tort, pharmaceutical quit tam (whistleblowing) and False Claims act, and complex catastrophic personal injury. A seasoned litigator, Mr. Sheller is known for a number of large verdicts, including over $10.1 billion in “lite tobacco” litigation against tobacco industry giant Philip Morris. In 2009-2010, Mr. Sheller led the firm’s representation of pharmaceutical industry whistleblower/qui tam actions resulting in over settlements of $4.2 billion. He and his firm also represent clients individually and in class action garnering substantial verdicts in cases including dangerous drugs, particularly those involving psychiatric drugs and children. In 2000, Mr. Sheller was the lead attorney in Florida challenging the election results of the U.S. Presidential election. For this and a range of other legal issues, Mr. Sheller has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and Al Jazeera as well as in the New York Times and other major newspapers and magazines.
Website: www.sheller.com | Email: sasheller@sheller.com
Phone: 800-883-2299 or 215-790-7300 | Location: Philadelphia, PA & Medford, NJ
Peter J. Weber, Esq.
Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby
Attorney Weber is a founding partner of Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby. He has extensive experience representing employers, insurance carriers, self-insureds and third-party administrators in workers' compensation matters as well as general casualty matters and bad faith actions arising out of the handling of workers' compensation cases. Mr. Weber also has extensive experience in complex litigation and was involved in the defense of personal injury asbestos claims and property damage claims. He serves as a co-author of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedure Manual (the "Bible" of Workers' Compensation Law) and has authored the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Annual Survey of Recent Developments in Workers' Compensation Law.
Website: www.wglaw.com | Email: pweber@wglaw.com
Phone: 215-972-7900 | Location: Philadelphia
Jamie L. Sheller, Esq.
Sheller, P.C.
Sheller handles and supervises medical malpractice, medical device, drug product liability, complex product liability, multi-district, class action litigation as well as general personal injury cases. She was co-counsel is the landmark Paxil antidepressant birth defects case. Ms. Sheller has extensive experience in organizing mass tort document production and use of databases. She works on all aspects of the litigation from initial client intake through trial and appeal and has built a national reputation for her dedication to clients and pursuit of justice.. She has been actively involved in interfacing with attorneys from all parts of the country on various steering committees, as well as the coordinating courts in order to organize and make decisions relating to complex litigation.
Website: www.sheller.com | Email: jlsheller@sheller.com
Phone: 800-883-2299 or 215-790-7300 | Location: Philadelphia, PA & Medford, NJ
Alan Feldman, Esq.
FELDMAN SHEPHERD WOHLGELERNTER TANNER WEINSTOCK DODIG LLP
Alan Feldman has devoted his professional career to complex personal injury and class action cases, achieving a record of success in a wide variety of cases. Mr. Feldman has prosecuted claims against HMOs and health insurance companies for fraudulent medical care (profiled on Dateline NBC).
Website: www.feldmanshepherd.com | Email: afeldman@feldmanshepherd.com
Phone: 215-567-8300 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
George J. Badey, III, Esq.
BADEY SLOAN & DIGENOVA
Mr. Badey is focuses his practice on plaintiff's personal injury litigation, including products liability, medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and general personal injury. Mr. Badey has achieved, through both jury verdicts and settlements, over fifty six-figure recoveries, 10 seven figure recoveries, and 1 eight figure recovery (all in present value). He has successfully argued in numerous appellate forums, including the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Federal Circuit, and the Pennsylvania Supreme and Commonwealth Courts.
Website: www.lawbsd.com | Email: gjbadey@lawbsd.com
Phone: 215-790-1000 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
Christopher C. Fallon, Esq.
COZEN & O'CONNER
Chris joined the firm in August 1979 and leads the firm's personal injury group.He concentrates his practice in property insurance and personal injury litigation. He has been a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and was Hiring Partner for seven years. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and is the Course Planner for statewide PBI programs on damages in personal injury and wrongful death cases. In addition to his personal practice, Christopher was the Co-Founder and President of the Philadelphia Bar Association Homeless Advocacy Project and the President of the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program from 1989-1990.
Website: www.cozen.com | Email: jpasek@cozen.com or cfallon@cozen.com
Phone: 215-665-2036 or 800-523-2900 | Location: with 23 offices worldwide
Brian J. McCormick Jr.
SHELLER, P.C.
Brian J. McCormick, Jr. is a managing partner of Sheller, P.C. Mr. McCormick has assisted the U.S. Government with the successful prosecution of several qui tam actions in his career. As a young lawyer entering the profession, Mr. McCormick was charged with the responsibility for managing and litigating large multimillion dollar cases, recognizing his legal acumen and attention to fine detail, unusual for attorneys in the early stages of their career. This experience has proved invaluable, representing whistleblowers in three matters and bringing about the successful recovery in the biggest cases in U.S. history of over $4.2 billion in only 15 months during 2009-2010. Adding to whistleblower qui tam work, Mr. McCormick also practices pharmaceutical injury, consumer protection, products liability and mass tort litigation.
Website: www.sheller.com | Email: bjmccormick@sheller.com
Phone: 215-790-7325 | Location: with offices in Philadelphia, PA & Medford, NJ
James Colleran, Sr., Esq.
THE COLLERAN FIRM
He founded the Colleran firm in 1995 after practicing with a prominent Philadelphia personal injury firm for 26 years. Atty. Colleran developed a reputation for being a leading plaintiff’s personal injury advocate, once described by Philadelphia Magazine as “one of the six toughest personal injury attorneys in the region.” He has consistently been asked to speak before civic groups, bar associations and for Continuing Legal Education courses. Today, his firm consists essentially of related family members making for a cohesive unit that continues to receive superlative reviews among their Pennsylvania and New Jersey peers and clients.
Website: www.colleran.com | Email: attorneys@colleran.com
Phone: 215-972-8000 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
Lawrence R. Cohan, Esq.
ANAPOL SCHWARTZ
Lawrence R. Cohan, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, chairs the firm's Toxic Tort Litigation Department, and is the Managing Partner and Senior Trial Counsel for the Cherry Hill, New Jersey office. Mr. Cohan concentrates his practice in toxic torts (asbestos, chemicals and other dangerous products), pharmaceutical liability, vaccine related injuries, medical malpractice, products liability, FELA, and complex personal injury matters.
Website: www.anapolschwartz.com | Email: lcohan@anapolschwartz.com
Phone: 215-790-4567 | Location: with 6 offices in PA, NJ & WV
Mark Tanner, Esq.
FELDMAN SHEPHERD WOHLGELERNTER TANNER WEINSTOCK DODIG LLP
Mark W. Tanner is an accomplished trial attorney with a wide ranging practice in complex litigation. In addition to securing one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in the courts of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tanner has also secured what is believed to be the largest jury verdict in Pennsylvania in a bad faith case against an insurance company. Mr. Tanner has been appointed by the Court as liaison counsel in mass tort litigation in both Pennsylvania state and federal courts, including the Orthopedic Bone Screw litigation and the Diet Drug litigation, in which he served as sub-class counsel. His practice interests include medical negligence, disability insurance claims, insurance bad faith, product liability and class action litigation.
Website: www.feldmanshepherd.com | Email: mtanner@feldmanshepherd.com
Phone: 215-567-8300 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
Sol Weiss, Esq.
ANAPOL SCHWARTZ
Sol H. Weiss is an experienced trial attorney known for his exacting preparation and attention to detail. Mr. Weiss concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation including class actions and pharmaceutical cases, medical and other professional malpractice, securities litigation and products liability matters.
Website: www.anapolschwartz.com | Email: sweiss@anapolschwartz.com
Phone: 215-735-2098 | Location: with 6 offices in PA, NJ & WV
John Snyder, Esq.
RAWLE & HENDERSON LLP
John J. Snyder focuses his trial practice in the area of the defense of catastrophic injury, with particular emphasis on construction, industrial, pharmaceutical, medical malpractice and product liability matters. He is a very experienced litigator having tried an extremely large number of trials to verdict in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties.
Website: www.rawle.com | Email: jsnyder@rawle.com
Phone: 215-575-4220 | Location: with 8 offices throughout PA, NJ, DE, NY, WV