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Mr. Stewart Eisenberg is one of the premier trial lawyers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a Past President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and is currently the President of The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Eisenberg also serves on the Board of the American Association for Justice as one of the six trial lawyer representatives from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a founder and senior partner of the
law firm of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., and has represented victims of catastrophic injuries and death for almost 30 years. After graduating cum laude in 1976 from the University of Pennsylvania, he attended and graduated from law school at Temple University School of Law in 1980, where he served on the Law Review and received the Barristers Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. He recently represented construction workers in achieving the biggest settlement on record, $101 million, for a garage collapse at the Tropicana Casino complex in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He has also recently achieved a $3.5 million settlement for family members who died when their tire separated on the highway. His first multi-million dollar verdict of $2.4 million dollars was in the landmark case of
Feld v. Merrian, where he represented the victims of a brutal criminal assault against the landlord of an apartment complex for failing to provide adequate security. His string of multi-million dollar
verdicts and settlements has continued throughout his distinguished career. A New Jersey woman suffering from dystonia received over $4 million dollars from the doctors and hospital who
misdiagnosed her medical condition. An electrical lineman received $5.5 million dollars when he was electrocuted while working above SEPTA railroad tracks. Among his other significant jury verdicts was a $3.4 million for a Philadelphia man who was not given antibiotics soon enough after knee surgery and a $2 million dollar verdict for the family of a woman who died after being improperly discharged from an emergency room. A Philadelphia jury also awarded a young boy almost $3 million dollars when Mr. Eisenberg represented him for the loss of his mother who died of adrenal carcinoma. Always on the side of the innocent victim, Eisenberg represented a 6 year old child who received improper nursing care after surgery was never able to walk again and was awarded $6.5 million dollars. Eisenberg represents victims of
automobile accidents who suffer injuries from defects in their cars ($3 million dollars awarded to a child who suffered catastrophic injuries when using a dangerous seatbelt; $8 million dollars awarded to the family of an 8 year old child who was killed, when he was ejected from a defective mini-van; over $6 million dollars awarded to a woman permanently injured when her SUV rolled over in a low speed collision). Stewart Eisenberg has always fought for those who have lost everything in life. He represented a family that was awarded $4 million dollars for the loss of their mother, and unborn baby, during childbirth. His client, a young man was awarded $3.5 million dollars when he underwent radiation treatments and became paralyzed, only to learn a year later that he never had the disease. A young woman ready to get married became paralyzed by a careless UPS driver, and Eisenberg achieved a settlement of over $4 million dollars for her. Mr. Eisenberg has earned a reputation of unparalleled success and achievement, as one of the region's premier trial lawyers. He has been listed in
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, since the inception of the award, been named by
LawDragon Magazine as one the nation’s best plaintiff’s lawyers and he has been honored by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the state’s top 100 plaintiff’s trial lawyers. He received the Milton D. Rosenberg Award from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association in 2005 for his years of tireless service to the organization. He has lectured to lawyers at over 50 seminars and continuing education programs and is the author of numerous articles published in legal periodicals. Mr. Eisenberg is the Past President of Lawyers for Consumer Rights and Past President of the Law Academy for the School District of Philadelphia. To learn more about the experience of Stewart Eisenberg, contact our
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About Stewart Eisenberg
Admitted: 1980, Pennsylvania
Professional Webpage: www.erlegal.com/attorneys/stewarteisenberg.html
Honors and Awards: Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2004 – Present; Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2001; Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Milton D. Rosenberg Award, 2005; LawDragon The 500 Better Than The Best, 2008; The American Trial Lawyers Association, Top 100 Plaintiffs Lawyers in Pennsylvania.
Bar/Professional Activity: ADMISSIONS: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1980; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1981; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2001; Court of Common Please of Philadelphia; Judge Pro Tem 2000 to Present. MEMBERSHIPS: Pennsylvania Association for Justice: (Formerly PaTLA): President, 1998 - 1999; President Elect, 1997 - 1998; Vice President, 1996 - 1997; Member Board of Governors, 1987 - Present; Member, President's Club 1987 - 2005; Member, Executive Committee, 1988 - 2000; Member, Seminar and Education Committee, 1988 - 1991; Member, Task Force on Products Liability, 1989 - 1998; Member, Budget & Finance Committee, 1989 - Present; Chairman, LAWPAC Fund Development Committee, 1990 - 1991; Member, Barrister Editorial Board, 1990 - 1991; Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 1990 - Present; Member, Administrative Oversight Committee, 1991 - 1992; Member, Task Force on Medical Malpractice, 1995 - Present; Member, Victory Club, 1996 - Present; Member, Champion of Justice 2006 - Present. American Association for Justice: (Formerly ATLA): Board of Governors, 2006 - Present; Sustaining Member, 1981 - Present; Leaders Forum, 2004-present; Professional Negligence Section, 1990-present; State Presidents Council, 1998 - 1999; 2009- 2010. Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association: President, 2009 - President Elect, 2008 - 2009; Vice President, 2007 - 2008; Board of Directors, 1987 - 1998, 2003 - Present; Products Liability Committee, 1983 - 1986; Legislative Committee, 1985 - 1987; Young Lawyers Committee, 1987 - 1990; Chairman, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1989 - 1990; Secretary, 1990 - 1994; Annual Joint Seminar with PADC on Trial Tactics, Course Planner, 1992 - 1994; Musmanno Committee, 1996 - 2000, 2008 - Present; Fundraising Committee, 2003 - Present. Pennsylvania Bar Association: Member, Civil Litigation Section, 1985 - Present. Philadelphia Bar Association: Member Professional Responsibility Committee, 1985 - 1988. American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitrators: 1989 - Present. Lawyers for Consumer Rights: President, 1995 - 1997. Brandies Society, 1998 - Present. Roscoe Pound Institute: Sustaining Fellow, 2000 - Present. Public Justice (formerly Trial Lawyers for Public Justice): 2000 - Present. American College of Barristers: 2001 - Present. Senior Counsel of the College of Master Advocates and Banisters: 2002 - Present. American Bar Association: Member, Medicine and Law Committee, 1983 - 1985; Member Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Products; General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, 1986 - 1990. Lawyers Club of Philadelphia: 1981 - Present. The National Crime Victim Bar Association: 1989 - Present.
Pro bono/Community Service: Congregation Kol Ami: Founding Member, 1994; Board Member, 1994 - 2000, 2002 - 2006; Vice President, 1994 - 1996; 2004 - 2006; Secretary, 1996 - 1998; Chairman, Religious School Committee, 1995 - 1997; Chairman Capital Campaign, 2000 - 2006; Chairman, Fund Development Committee, 2000 - Present. Board of School Directors, Cheltenham Township, 1983 - 1985; Chairman, Policy Committee; Member, Finance Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, Curriculum Committee. Wyncote Men's Club, 1983 - 1990. Century Club of Cheltenham Township DemocraticCommittee, 1983 - 1998. Cheltenham Jay Vees Soccer Program, Coach, 1988 - 1998. Old York Road Little League, Coach 1992 - 1994. Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Men's Club, Vice President, 1989 - 1990. Federation of Allied Jewish Appeal, Young Leadership Council, Board Member, 1989 - 1990; Co Chairman, Young Lawyers Division, 1989 - 1990; Chai Division Committee, 1988 - 1989; Lawyers Division, 1990 - 1998; Golden Slipper Club, 1990 - Present; Young Mens Cabinet, 1991 - 1995. Chairman, Law Academy of the School District of Philadelphia, 1998 - 1999. Hillel of Greater Philadelphia, Board Member, 2002 - 2004.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: PUBLICATIONS: Note, "Psychiatrist Patient Evidentiary Privilege Based on Pennsylvania's Constitutional Right to Privacy," 52 Temple Law Quarterly 733 (1979); "Liability of Landlords for Criminal Acts of Third Parties: State of the Law after Feld v. Merriam," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII No. 3, Fall 1987; "Multi Media Settlement Presentations, The Lawyer's Video" The Barrister, Volume XIV, No. 1, Spring 1988; "Handling Bad Faith Claims Against Insurance Carriers," The Barrister, Volume XXI, No. 2, Summer, 1990; "Assembling the Requisite Crashworthiness Liability Experts," The Verdict, Volume 2008 - 2009, Issue 5. SEMINARS: Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association: Nuts and Bolts for the Young Lawyer, 1988; Strategic Uses of Videotape, 1989; Update on Law of Torts, 1989 - 1990; Update on Law of Evidence, 1990; My First Trial: What Do I Do? 1990 - 1991; Expert Witnesses, 1993; Products Liability, 1994; Medical Malpractice, 1995; Update on Law of Evidence, 1996; Driving over the Finish Line, 2009. Pennsylvania Association of Justice (formerly PaTLA): Dram Shop Liability, 1986; Tort Kaleidoscope of Tips and Techniques; The Settlement Video, 1986; Damages in Wrongful Death Cases, 1987; Handling Bad Faith Claims Against Insurance Carriers, 1987; Maximizing the Soft Tissue Injury Case, Course Planner, 1988; Premises Liability, Governmental Responsibility, 1989; Landowner's Liability for Crimes of Third Parties, 1989; The Settlement of Minor's and Decedent's Cases, Course Planner and Lecturer, 1989 and 1994; Bad Faith Claims, Course Planner and Lecturer, 1990 2001; Legal Ethics, Panel Member, 1993; Settlement Devices, Course Planner and Lecturer, 1994; Presenting the Causation Expert, 1995; Medical Malpractice, 1995; What's It Worth I, Course Planner and Lecturer, 1996; Product Liability, 1997; Typical Tort Claim, 1997; Handling Claims Against HMOs, 1998; Jury Selection: Art or Science, Course Planner and Lecturer, 2000; Medical Malpractice Litigation, Course Planner and Lecturer, 2001, 2003 - 2004; Winning Trial Tactics, 2001; Bad Faith Video Seminar, 2001 - Present; Overcoming Juror Bias, 2002 - 2003; Jury Selection, 2004; Failure to Diagnose Cancer, Course Planner and Lecturer, 2004; Handling the Insurance Bad Faith Claim, Course Planner and Lecturer, 2005; Wrongful Death and Minors' Actions, Course Planner and Lecturer, 2006; Strategies to Overcome Juror Bias, Course Planner and Lecturer, 2007. Pennsylvania Bar Institute: Unique Settlement Techniques, Plaintiffs Perspective, 1988; Bad Faith Claims in Pennsylvania, 1992, 1994; Direct and Cross Examination in Litigation of Product Liability, 2001; How to Handle a Medical Malpractice Case, 2001 - 2003; Auto Insurance Seminar: How to Handle the Bad Faith Claim, 2002; Bad Faith Update, 2003; Jury Selection, 2004; Nuts & Bolts of Handling Medical Malpractice Cases, 2006. International Trial Lawyers Association: Handling the Crashworthiness Case, 2003. The National Coalition of Victims, Attorneys and Consultants:National Crime Victim Bar Association, Training Conference, 2007. New Jersey Association for Justice: BoardWalk Seminar - Crashworthiness, 2009.
Educational Background: Temple University School of Law (J.D. 1980); Member, Temple Law Quarterly and Barrister's Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. University of Paris III (graduate studies in film, 1976,1977). University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1976).