Product Liability:
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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
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Robert C. Heim, Esq.
Dechert
Mr. Heim's practice representing corporations involves a broad range of class action and other complex litigation and includes antitrust/competition, appellate practice, mass torts and product liability. In 2007, Mr. Heim assumed chairmanship of the Board of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts.
Website: www.dechert.com | Email: robert.heim@dechert.com
Phone: 215-994-4000 | Location: Philadelphia
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Jamie L. Sheller, Esq.
Sheller, P.C.
Attorney 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
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Mary McGovern
Earle Mack School of Law, Drexel University
Before coming to the law school, Mary McGovern was the Director of the Complex Litigation Center of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania for 13 years, a position that the Administrative Judge has called “indispensable to the operations of the court.” As Assistant Dean, McGovern is responsible for hiring and supervising clerical staff, setting up all non-academic events, and acting as the liaison with city, state and federal agencies.
Website: http://www.earlemacklaw.drexel.edu/ | Email: mcgovern@drexel.edu
Phone: | Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Brian J. McCormick, Jr., Esq.
Sheller, P.C.
Brian J. McCormick, Jr. is co-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. 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: 800-883-2299 or 215-790-7300 | Location: Philadelphia, PA & Medford, NJ
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Alan M. Feldman, Esq.
Feldman Shepherd
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). A respected leader in the Philadelphia legal community, Mr. Feldman was elected to serve as Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Website: www.feldmanshepherd.com | Email: afeldman@feldmanshepherd.com
Phone: 888-275-0296 or 215-567-8300 | Location: Philadelphia
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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
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Judge Paul P. Panepinto
PHILADELPHIA COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Judge Paul P. Panepinto currently serves as Judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division. He worked his way through law school and was elected to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in 1991. Judge Panepinto served as a Judge on the Court of Judicial Discipline, hearing cases where formal charges have been filed against judicial officers.
Website: www.judgepanepinto.com | Email: contact@judgepanepinto.com
Phone: | Location:
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Hope Freiwald, Esq.
DECHERT LLP
Hope S. Freiwald focuses her practice on advising and defending companies that develop and market medicines and other health-related products. She has represented these companies in traditional product liability and "mass tort" litigations, as well as in complex class actions alleging consumer fraud, false marketing and other non-injury claims.
Website: www.dechert.com | Email: hope.freiwald@dechert.com
Phone: 215-994-2514 | Location: with 11 offices nationwide
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Anthony Vale, Esq.
PEPPER HAMILTON
Anthony Vale has been a partner in the Litigation Department of Pepper Hamilton LLP since 1986. In recent years, Mr. Vale has represented many companies in the medical device, pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
Website: www.pepperlaw.com | Email: valea@pepperlaw.com
Phone: 215-981-4502 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
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William J. Ricci, Esq.
LAVIN, O'NEIL, RICCI, CEDRONE & DISIPIO
Mr. Ricci's practice primarily involves the representation as national, regional, lead trial and appellate counsel of major automotive, motorcycle, industrial, construction, aircraft, printing press, recreational and consumer product manufacturers. Mr. Ricci has been actively involved in the trial of major products liability and other complex lawsuits since the late 1970's.
Website: www.lavin-law.com | Email: bricci@lavin-law.com
Phone: 215-627-0303 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Fred Magaziner, Esq.
DECHERT LLP
Fred T. Magaziner is a partner who litigates complex product liability cases, including MDL and class action mass tort cases. Mr. Magaziner was one of the principal defense lawyers in the federal and state class actions in the Factor Concentrate (HIV-tainted blood products) litigation, as well as in the federal MDL and the several state mini-MDLs in that litigation.
Website: www.dechert.com | Email: robert.heim@dechert.com or fred.magaziner@dechert.
Phone: 215-994-2587 | Location: with 11 offices nationwide
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James J. Ferrelli, Esq.
DUANE MORRIS
Attorney Ferrelli concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of business litigation, products liability, and class actions. Additionally, Mr. Ferrelli serves as Special Counsel for the Burlington County Bridge Commission.
Website: www.duanemorris.com | Email: JJFerrelli@duanemorris.com
Phone: 609-631-2408 | Location:
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Albert G. Bixler, Esq.
ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
Albert G. Bixler is a Member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He has extensive experience in personal injury, insurance coverage, product liability, toxic tort, class action and mass tort matters. Mr. Bixler represents pharmaceutical manufacturers in product liability and class action litigation in state and federal courts and serves as defense liaison counsel in mass tort litigation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Website: www.eckertseamans.com | Email: abixler@eckertseamans.com
Phone: 215-851-8412 | Location: with 11 offices nationwide
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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
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Stephen McConnell, Esq.
DECHERT LLP
Stephen J. McConnell is a partner in the mass torts and product liability group. He has also handled securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and white-collar criminal litigation. Mr. McConnell has first-chair experience in both government and private practice cases, and has successfully argued significant matters before federal and state trial and appellate courts.
Website: www.dechert.com | Email: robert.heim@dechert.com or stephen.mcconnell@deche
Phone: 215-994-2281 | Location: with 11 offices nationwide
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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
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Sol Weiss, Esq.
ANAPOL SCHWARTZ
Sol H. Weiss, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, 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
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Susan Ellenberg, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY OF PENN MEDICINE
Dr. Ellenberg's research interests have focused on issues in the design and analysis of clinical trials, and assessment of medical product safety. Particular areas of interest include efficient trial designs, interim monitoring and the operation of data monitoring committees, evaluation of surrogate endpoints, ethical issues in clinical research, and special issues in trials of cancer and AIDS therapies, and of vaccines.
Website: www.cceb.upenn.edu | Email: sellenbe@mail.med.upenn.edu
Phone: 215-573-3904 | Location:
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Anne Pedersen, Esq.
BADEY, SLOAN & DIGENOVA P.C.
Anne Pedersen concentrates on personal injury litigation in state and federal courts, with emphasis on product liability and medical malpractice matters. She has successfully handled product liability matters concerning automobile design, medical devices and equipment, industrial equipment, pharmaceutical products and consumer products, as well as medical malpractice actions concerning cancer diagnosis and treatment, obstetric care, orthopedics and cardiac care.
Website: www.lawbsd.com | Email: info@lawbsd.com
Phone: 215-790-1000 | Location: Philadelphia, PA
