Top Rated Medical Malpractice Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

Honors/Awards:

• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, 2010
• Medical Malpractice Super Lawyer
• Top 100 Litigation Lawyers in Pennsylvania, American Society of Legal Advocates, 2014
• Justice Michael Musmanno Award, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, 2000
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers – Civil Plaintiff Category, National Trial Lawyers
• Woman of the Year, Women’s Resource Center, 2009
• Best Lawyers, U.S. News and World Report, 2013 – 2016
• Lifetime Achievement Award, The Legal Intelligencer, 2013
• Milton D. Rosenberg Award, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1990
• Delegate, Third Circuit Conference, 1987
• Woman of the Year, The Legal Intelligencer, 2012
• Super Lawyer, Top 50 Women in Pennsylvania, Thomson Reuters, 2004 – 2016
• Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2015
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2006
• Civil Litigation Section Special Award, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1996

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Lawyers for Consumer Rights, Board of Directors and Officer, 1988 – 1991
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1995
• New Jersey
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member, Board of Governors and Committee Officer positions, 1988 – 1999
• Michigan
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member, House of Delegates, 1987 – Present
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Member, President, 1997 – 1998
• LAWPAC contributor since 1979
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors and Officer positions, 1979 – 1987
• Women’s Task Force Advisory Council, Mentoring Group for Young Women Attorneys
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1978
• American Bar Association
• Delaware
• Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Member, President, 1987 – 1988
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Officer positions, 1986 – 2002
• Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania, Statewide Seminar Committee, 1986 – 1995
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Officer positions, 1986 – 2000
• Women’s Law Project, Board of Trustees, 1999 – Present
• American Bar Association, Member, Prior Vice-Chair – Law & Medicine Committee
• Pennsylvania, 1978
• The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Former Chair, Hearing Committee Member
• New York
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
• Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Former Settlement Master and Present Judge Pro Tem, 1993 – Present
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Member, Board of Governors, 1985 – 1988
• Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Board of Directors and Officer positions, 1982 – 2001

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Homeless Advocacy Project, President, 2015 – 2016
• Homeless Advocacy Project, Annual Benefit Co-Chair, 2012
• Homeless Advocacy Project, Board of Directors, 2005 – Present

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Proving Medical Negligence Cases Through the Defendant Doctor’s Deposition, Philadelphia Association for Justice Annual Med Mal Seminar, 2014
• Social Media – Its New Role in Discovery and Litigation, Philadelphia Bar Institute Medical Malpractice Seminar, 2014
• Proving Medical Negligence Cases Through the Defendant Doctor’s Deposition, Feldman Shepherd CLE Program Seminar, 2013
• Social Media – It’s New Role in Discovery and Litigation, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Seminar: Medical Malpractice Update, 2013
• Electronic Medical Records, and, Disturbing New Trends in Medicine – Effect on Medical Malpractice Cases, Moderator, Pennsylvania Association for Justice Annual Full Day Medical Malpractice Seminar, 2011

Verdicts/Settlements:

• $4.25 million in a New York City obstetrics case.
• $1.2 million wrongful death case in New Jersey.
• $4 million obstetrics case in rural western Pennsylvania.
• $2 Million to Rural Northeast Pennsylvania Woman with Hypoxic Brain Injuries
• $4.5 million after starting trial in a dental malpractice case in a suburban Philadelphia county.