Top 100 Law Firms in Pennsylvania
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Largest Awards & Settlements in PA Rank Case Name 1. Amount Nicholson-Upsey v. Touey $78.5 million (verdict) 2. 3. SAJ Distributors v. GlaxoSmithKline McDonough v. Toys 'R' Us and Elliott v. Toys 'R' Us $49 million (settlement) $35.5 million (settlement) Type of Action Medical Malpractice Antitrust Antitrust Court Attorneys C.P. Philadelphia Daniel S. Weinstock and Scott Vezina of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig; Howard S. Stevens and Susan Ellis Wild of Gross McGinley; Donald N. Camhi of Post & Schell; Richard Geschke of McCann & Geschke. U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. Joseph F. Roda and Dianne M. Nast of Roda Nast; David P. Gersch of Arnold & Porter. Eugene A. Spector of Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis; Kendall Millard of Barnes & Thornburg; Marguerite M. Sullivan of Latham & Watkins; Neil E. McDonnell of Dorsey & Whitney; Joseph A. Tate of Dechert; Alan M. Pollack of Robinson Brog Leinwand Greene Genovese & Gluck; Michael J. Hahn of Lowenstein Sandler; David R. Martin of D.R. Martin. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Kalenkoski v. Wyeth Sneeringer v. GLC Transportation Mulderig v. Wyeth $27.85 million (verdict) $26.1 million (settlement) $24.75 million (verdict) Esslinger v. HSBC Bank Nevada $23.5 million (settlement) Smoyer v. St. Luke's Miners Memorial Home Care Craig v. Rite Aid $23.1 million (verdict) $20.9 million (settlement) Products Liability C.P. Philadelphia Tobias L. Millrood and T. Matthew Leckman of Pogust Braslow & Millrood; Ted G. Meadows of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles; Diane Sullivan of Dechert; Tarek Ismail of Goldman Ismail Tomaselli. Motor Vehicle, Personal Injury C.P. Philadelphia Alan M. Feldman and Edward S. Goldis of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock & Dodig; Chester A. Dudzinski, Salvatore Vilardi and Judith A. Moses of Cipriani & Werner. Products Liability C.P. Philadelphia Tobias L. Millrood and T. Matthew Leckman of Pogust Braslow & Millrood; Ted G. Meadows of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles; Diane Sullivan of Dechert; Tarek Ismail of Goldman Ismail Tomaselli. Class Action Medical Malpractice Employment U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. C.P. Lehigh U.S. District Court, M.D. Pa. Richard Golomb of Golomb & Honik; Julia B. Strickland of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. Matthew Casey and Shanon S. Levin of Ross Feller Casey; Paul F. Laughlin of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin. Robert E. DeRose of Barkan Meizlish Handelman Goodin DeRose Wentz; Bradley Berger of Berger & Associates; Alexandra C. Warren of Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca; Michael A. Josephson of Fibich Hampton Leebron Briggs & Josephson; Charles Gershbaum, Marc S. Hepworth and David A. Roth of Hepworth Gershbaum & Roth; Jeffrey A. Klafter, Seth R. Lesser, Michael J. Palitz and Fran L. Rudich of Klafter Olsen & Lesser; Richard L. O'Meara of Murray Plumb & Murray; Andrew J. Sciolla of Pogust Braslow & Millrood; Steve D. Larson of Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter; Gary E. Mason and Nicholas A. Migliaccio of Whitfield Bryson & Mason; Mark Gottesfeld, R. Andrew Santillo and Peter D. Winebrake of Winebrake Law Firm; Tracey T. Barbaree, Beth A. Moeller, Danuta Bembenista Panich, Justin M. Scott and Daniel E. Turner of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart; Brian P. Downey of Pepper Hamilton. 10. Elfont v. Wyeth 11. Wallace v. Powell 12. 13. Ellison v. United States Schwendtner v. Ride the Ducks of Philadelphia 14. 15. Zauflik v. Pennsbury School District Cawthern v. Reading Materials $20 million (verdict) $17.75 million (settlement) $17.5 million (verdict) $17 million (settlement) $14 million (verdict) $13.9 million (settlement) Products Liability C.P. Philadelphia Tobias L. Millrood and T. Matthew Leckman of Pogust Braslow & Millrood; Ted G. Meadows of Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles; Diane Sullivan of Dechert; Tarek Ismail of Goldman Ismail Tomaselli. Civil Rights Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death, Negligence U.S. District Court, M.D. Pa. U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. Personal Injury C.P. Bucks Daniel Segal of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller; Marsha Levick of Juvenile Law Center; William Caroselli of Caroselli Beachler McTiernan & Conboy; Eric Kraeutler of Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Shanin Specter, Regan Safier, David C. Williams and Charles L. Becker of Kline & Specter. Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Andrew Duffy and Jeffrey Goodman of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky; Holly Ostrov Ronai and Peter Ronai of Ronai & Ronai; John Snyder of Rawle & Henderson; Thomas Canevari of Freehill Hogan & Mahar. Tom Kline and David J. Caputo of Kline & Specter; William L. Goldman; David S. Cohen and Kristy Fischer of Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers. Personal Injury C.P. Philadelphia Robert J. Mongeluzzi and David L. Kwass of Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky; Joseph F. Van Horn Jr. of Bodell Bove. Source: As reported in The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Aug. 1, 2011, to July 31, 2012. Verdicts and Settlements not reported on by The Legal or its affiliates are not included. PaLaw 2012 | 9 Date 5/4/2012 10/14/2011 12/20/2011 12/6/2011 6/5/2012 12/6/2011 2/23/2012 9/16/2011 7/13/2012 12/6/2011 12/26/2011 9/14/2011 5/9/2012 12/5/2011 12/9/2011