Find Lawyers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Gerhard has more than 30 years of courtroom experience. Today, his practice is focused on the defense of product liability and other complex litigation matters, including mass torts and class actions. He represents manufacturers of appliances, HVAC equipment, roofing materials, truck-trailers, tires, and other products. He also has represented corporate clients in business disputes, commercial and employment litigation, CERCLA actions, and insurance coverage cases. He tried his first case to ...

Over the course of his nearly 40-year career, Ed has conducted more than 100 jury and non-jury trials, arbitrations, mediations, and appeals. He represents businesses in civil litigation matters including contracts, products, construction, employment, trademarks, negligence, and insurance, and has handled matters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and several other states throughout the country. His cases have involved alleged defects in consumer and industrial products, construction errors and del...

James H. Heller, chair of the firm's Products Liability Practice Group and vice chair of the Commercial Litigation Department, joined the firm in August 1985. Jim is a member of the firm's Board of Directors. Jim practices out of the Philadelphia office. Jim handles complex commercial disputes and catastrophic personal injury claims. During his tenure at Cozen O’Connor, Jim has had extensive litigation experience, trying more than 50 cases to verdict or judgment in state and federal cou...

George J. Murphy is the Administrative Director in charge of Gibbons’ Philadelphia Office. Mr. Murphy is a trial lawyer who practices primarily in pharmaceutical and products liability, professional liability, employment and major casualty litigation, class actions and multidistrict litigation. From 1979 to 1984, he was an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia where his success as a trial attorney led to his promotion to the habitual offender unit of that office. He has tried over...

Rob is a trial attorney who concentrates his practice on complex civil litigation, ranging from commercial disputes to defending against catastrophic personal injury claims. He has counseled companies and professionals across a variety of industries, including consumer and commercial product manufacturers, construction, hospitality, insurance, and governmental transportation and maritime agencies. He is regularly called upon by sophisticated clients to handle all phases of complex litigation....

Kara Cheever is a litigation associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She has represented clients in federal and state courts in a variety of complex civil litigation matters, with an emphasis on consumer and product liability actions. Kara is committed to pro bono work. Among other things, Kara has successfully represented plaintiffs at trial for wage-and-hour violations, single mothers in child custody and support proceedings, and undocumented women seeking temporary vi...