Anapol Schwartz

Lawrence R. Cohan, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, chairs the firm's Toxic Tort Litigation Department and serves as Managing Partner and Senior Trial Counsel for our Cherry Hill, New Jersey office. He is a New Jersey Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Certified Trial Advocate with the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Cohan concentrates his practice in toxic torts including asbestos, chemicals and other dangerous productsd; pharmaceutical liability; vaccine related injuries; medical malpractice; products liability; FELA; and complex personal injury matters. Serving in leading roles in many complex cases, Mr. Cohan has forged new law in both the trial and appellate court levels in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. He has served as Plaintiff's Liaison Counsel in lead paint, asbestos and lymerix vaccine litigation. He served as lead counsel in the first and only lead poisoning case filed in Pennsylvania against the lead pigment industry, pursuing the novel "market share" theory of liability all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He also obtained the first plaintiff's verdict in an asbestos case in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with the first verdict of its kind against asbestos "friction" product defendants, GE, GTE and Eaton Cutler-Hammer Corporation. Mr. Cohan has obtained million dollar jury verdicts in toxic tort and medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He also represents victims suffering from adverse reactions to vaccines before the United States Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. On a regular basis, Mr. Cohan writes and lectures about toxic torts, pharmaceutical, asbestos, vaccine, lead and medical malpractice litigation, doing so on both local and national levels. He has lectured for many bar associations and trial lawyer associations, frequently serving as Chair of these conferences. A member of the Environmental Law Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Mr. Cohan has served in various bar association positions. He is a member of the American, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, as well as the American, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations. He is presently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He has also lobbied on behalf of children injured by lead poisoning with the Pennsylvania legislature. In 1976, Mr. Cohan earned his Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Boston University. He received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1979, where he served for two years as President of the Law School Environmental Law Group. He also completed an internship with the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Upon graduation, he served in a two-year judicial clerkship with the Philadelphia County Trial Court's Honorable Harry A. Takiff, who founded the asbestos litigation mass tort program. Mr. Cohan is the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Jewish Community Centers (JCC) of Greater Philadelphia and past President of the Kaiserman Jewish Community Center. He is a member of the Board and Executive Board of the Jewish Foundation of Greater Philadelphia. The JCCs serve more than 40,000 individuals throughout the Philadelphia area. He is actively involved in many areas of community and public service, as well as a member of the Board of the Riverbend Environmental Association.

Bernard W. Smalley, Sr., a Shareholder at Anapol Schwartz, is known for his personable style, which allows him to represent his clients effectively, and in a spirit of cooperation. Trial judges and jurors also acknowledge the high quality of Mr. Smalley's cross-examination and his ability to persuade jurors during closing arguments. Mr. Smalley concentrates his practice in the areas of medical negligence, pharmaceutical liability, defamation, class actions, products liability and other major personal injury matters. He received his Bachelor's degree from Temple University in 1971, and his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1980. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Smalley was the Deputy Court Administrator for Civil Administration for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania. Mr. Smalley has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and currently sits on its Board of Governors. He has also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Smalley is the first African-American ever elected to serve as President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He frequently lectures on trial techniques before national, state and local trial lawyer and bar associations. In 2002, Mr. Smalley was awarded the Trailblazer Award by the Minority Caucus of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Also in 2002, the American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section awarded Mr. Smalley their annual Pursuit of Justice Award, and he was later cited in 2002 by the Legal Intelligencer as one of the 50 most influential minority attorneys in Philadelphia. Mr. Smalley was recently elected by the Judges of the Philadelphia Court of Common Please to a lifetime appointment to the Philadelphia Board of City Trust, which oversees approximately three-quarters of a billion dollars in assets. In 2003, Mr. Smalley was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers as a Fellow. United States membership to the International Academy is limited to 500 members. In 2004, Mr. Smalley became a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers after a strenuous examination process. Membership in this organization is limited to the top 5% of active trial lawyers in the United States.

Nathaniel E.P. Ehrlich, a member of Anapol Schwartz, is proof that an attorney can be nice and still be a strong and skillful advocate for his clients. In Mr. Ehrlich's cases, he deals many injured individuals and with injured athletes and workers, and is able to do so during very difficult financial and emotional periods. He concentrates his practice in labor law, in particular, the representation of professional athletes, sports litigation and sports workers' compensation. His personal injury practice includes workers' compensation, disability, cases arising from dangerous products and construction site accidents, nursing home neglect, dangerous conditions on properties, automobile and truck accidents, medical and dental malpractice, and alcohol-related accidents. Mr. Ehrlich has handled workers' compensation claims for many professional athletes including football, hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer and lacrosse players. Mr. Ehrlich is a member of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Workers' Compensation Panel, Co-Chair of the Professional Hockey Players Association (PHPA) Workers' Compensation Panel, a member of the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) Workers' Compensation Panel and a member of the Professional Lacrosse Players Association (PLPA) Workers' Compensation Panel. Additionally he works with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and National Basketball Players Association (MBPA) providing counsel to their members on worker compensation issues. Mr. Ehrlich lectures frequently about sports medicine and the representation of athletes. He is an NATA Certified Athletic Trainer, and a member of the Ethics Committee of the National Athletic Trainers Association. He has served as an adjunct professor at Temple University. He is an author of a chapter on Trainer and Team Physician Liability in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, published by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He has also served as Assistant to Staff Counsel for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), and, prior to becoming an attorney, was a student athletic trainer with the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles. In 1980, Mr. Ehrlich earned his Bachelor's degree from Juniata College. He received his law degree from Duquesne University in 1983. Following law school, Mr. Ehrlich was a law clerk with the Honorable Alfred J. DiBona, Jr. of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado and the District of Columbia.

Adam Green joined the firm as an Associate in October 2004 and focuses his practice on securities litigation claims, automobile and truck accidents, slips and falls and other personal injury matters. Prior to becoming an Associate, Mr. Green served Anapol Schwartz as a law clerk from May 2003 to October 2004. In 2001, Mr. Green received his Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in Business Administration from Drexel University, where he was captain of the Men's Varsity Soccer Team. He earned his law degree from Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law in 2004. Mr. Green is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania. Mr. Green is a member of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations. He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), which exclusively represents investors against brokerage firms in stock fraud and stock loss cases. He recently was named to the Board of Trustees of the Northern Home for Children, a non-profit organization in Philadelphia, continuing his commitment to providing opportunities for disadvantaged and at-risk children.

Amber Racine joined the firm as an associate in September 2008 and concentrates her practice on consumer class actions, consumer fraud litigation, pharmaceutical litigation and other civil and commercial litigation. Prior to becoming an Associate, Ms. Racine worked at Anapol as a paralegal from 2002 to 2008. Ms. Racine received her Bachelor's degree in History & Politics from Drexel University where she was an A.J. Drexel Scholar. Ms. Racine entered Temple University's James E. Beasley School of Law in 2004 and attended classes in the evening while continuing her paralegal work at the firm. In 2008 she received her law degree and was awarded Distinguished Classroom Performance and Outstanding Oral Advocacy Awards. Amber is also active in her community, volunteering with Philadelphia Futures as a mentor to local high school students. Ms. Racine is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, the National Bar Association, the Barristers' Association and the Urban League of Philadelphia.

Listed in West Virginia?s Super Lawyers , Hill is certified as a civil litigation specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and a medical malpractice trial specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. Active in the legal community, he is a former president of the West Virginia Association for Justice and currently sits on its board of governors. Hill also serves as member of the the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America.

PHILADELPHIA, PA - March 2, 2005 - Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman and Smalley, P.C. (Anapol Schwartz) attorney Dara Lovitz has been appointed to serve as the Legal Chair for the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club. Her duties as Legal Chair include coordination of chapter litigation, providing legal experience and advice for the chapter on conservation issues, and legal representation of the chapter. Ms. Lovitz is an associate with Anapol Schwartz and concentrates her practice in toxic tort litigation, medical malpractice, products and pharmaceutical liability, premises liability and other personal injury matters. In 2000, she earned her bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her law degree from Temple University's Beasley School of Law in 2003, where she was a member of the Political and Civil Rights Law Review, the Environmental Inn of Court and President of the Temple Environmental Law Society. Ms. Lovitz was the recipient of the Barrister Award and the Temple Law Faculty Scholarship. She is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, and the Temple Law Alumni Association. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as before the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey.

Gregory Spizer uses common sense, in addition to his legal knowledge, in the preparation of his cases. It is this logical thought process that enables him to obtain the best results for his clients. Mr. Spizer concentrates his practice on pharmaceutical liability, professional malpractice, products liability and other civil and commercial litigation. He is a member of the Philadelphia , as well as serving as an Arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Arbitration Program. In addition, Mr. Spizer is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations. He has appeared on Law Journal TV to discuss pharmaceutical liability and dangerous drugs. Greg was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal in 2004 as a "Forty Under Forty" member. This award is given to forty attorneys under the age of forty who have demonstrated excellence in their field. In 1995, Mr. Spizer earned his bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He received his law degree from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University in 1998. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Howard J. Levin, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, is known for the diverse cases he handles. Recognized for achieving one of the five largest verdicts ever in Pennsylvania , Mr. Levin has handled many medical malpractice and other cases. He is not afraid to take on cases with more novel issues and has been counsel in appeals that have made new personal injury law. Mr. Levin concentrates his practice in medical, attorney and other professional malpractice, products liability and personal injury matters. He has extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts, and has also handled many cases on appeal. He has served as a Liaison Counsel for the Orthopedic Bone Screw Litigation. He is also a member of the State Civil Judicial Procedure Committee and the Medico-Legal Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He is a frequent lecturer on personal injury matters. Mr. Levin has been appointed as a judge pro temp for the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. In 1978, Mr. Levin earned his Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois . He received his law degree in 1981 from Villanova University School of Law. Mr. Levin is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania , and is a member of the American and Philadelphia Bar Associations, as well as the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations.

A resident of Dillsburg, Jim Ronca graduated from Lehigh University (with honors) and Dickinson School of Law. The former President of the Trial Lawyers Association and former Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association s Civil Litigation Section, he holds memberships with many professional associations including: The Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Dauphin County Bar Association among others. He presently is on the Board of Governors of the American Trial Lawyers Association and Chairs that association s National Auto Insurance Committee. Mr. Ronca has been appointed to numerous committees including the Pennsylvania Bar Association s Special Committee to study Tort Law and Pennsylvania Judicial Evaluation Commission. He also co-authored the most widely used reference book on automobile personal injury insurance law and has given over 125 lectures and seminars to lawyers on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. In 1984 and again in 1995, Jim Ronca was honored by the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association for his outstanding and extraordinary achievements.

Michael L. Barbiero joined Anapol Schwartz in 2003 and practices in the civil litigation department. He concentrates his practice in wrongful death and catastrophic injuries. He also serves as a Certified Arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Compulsory Arbitration Program. Prior to joining Anapol Schwartz, Mr. Barbiero was an attorney with Deasey, Mahoney & Bender, Ltd. in Philadelphia. He also served as Law Clerk for the Honorable Alex Bonavitacola, President Judge in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from 1998-2000. In the community, he volunteers as a Youth Aid Panel Member and for town watch in North Hills (6-2). In August, 2006 he was appointed by the Abington Township Board of Commissioners to the Abington Industrial Development Authority and also holds the position of Vice Chair of the Abington-Rockledge Democratic Committee. Mr. Barbiero is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Philadelphia Bar Associations, as well as the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations. He is also a member of the Justinian Society of Lawyers. In 1992, Mr. Barbiero earned his bachelor of arts degree from Pennsylvania State University. He received his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1998. During law school, Mr. Barbiero served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Richard S. Gebelein in the Superior Court of Delaware during the Spring of 1997. In addition, he also served as a certified intern with the Pennsylvania Criminal Defense Clinic in the Spring of 1998. He was inducted into the Moot Court Honor Society and Phi Delta Phi, Harrington Inn, Honor Chapter, as well as named in Who's Who, American Law Students, 18th Edition, 1999.

Sol H. Weiss, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, is an experienced trial attorney known for his exacting preparation and attention to detail. A "lawyer's lawyer", he is able to handle the most complex case and still present the facts and law in a way that the judge and jury will understand. Mr. Weiss concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation including class actions and pharmaceutical cases, medical and other professional malpractice, securities litigation and products liabiliity matters. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1968 and his law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1972. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, as well as being specially admitted to practice in other states. Mr. Weiss has served in various positions for the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and was a member of the Board of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He is currently President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a frequent lecturer on class actions, pharmaceutical liability, civil litigation issues, trial skills and technology in the courtroom. He has lectured for many professional groups including the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Mealey's, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and for private industry. He is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations and Trial Lawyer Associations. He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), which exclusively represents investors in stock fraud and stock loss cases. Mr. Weiss is an active member of the Board of Consultors of the Villanova University School of Law. He also served as Director of the Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation.

Stephen J. Pokiniewski, Jr., a member of Anapol Schwartz, is known for his exceptional attention to detail as well as his preparation for all aspects of his cases. He has developed an expertise in managed care cases, including representing clients in landmark cases involving ERISA pre-emption and the ability to sue Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's). He focuses his practice on medical malpractice and personal injury matters. In 1982, Mr. Pokiniewski earned his Bachelor's degree from the Pennsylvania State University . He received his law degree from Temple University School of Law in 1985. Upon graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Leonard Sugarman, President Judge of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Pokiniewski is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, as well as the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania , New Jersey and before the United States Supreme Court. He also frequently lectures for the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations in his field of expertise.

Thomas R. Anapol, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, is a hands-on attorney, active in every aspect of his clients' cases. He views the practice of law as a very personal one, involving constant input from the client in a close one-on-one relationship. He concentrates his practice pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, medical malpractice, toxic tort and other catastrophic injury-related civil litigation. He chairs the firms Ephedra litigation and co-chairs the firm's heart device litigation and Asbestos litigation departments. Mr. Anapol is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations and was recently elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He recently lectured at AAJ's Heart Device conference and has lectured at Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association seminars. He has also appeared as a guest on Law Journal TV. In 1988, Mr. Anapol received his Bachelor's degree from Boston University, and earned his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1991 and now serves on the Board of Directors of the Widener University School of Law Alumni Association. He is admitted to practice and actively practices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.