Lawrence R Cohan

Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, PC

Attorney Lawrence Cohan is a Member of Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, PC, a law firm in Philadelphia, PA. As a lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney Cohan serves Philadelphia County, as well as clients throughout Pennsylvania.

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Areas of Practice

Litigation
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury

Products Liability
Toxic Torts

Contact Information

Phone: (215) 790-4567
Fax: (215) 875-7702
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Admitted to Practice Law

1979, Pennsylvania; 1981, US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1983, US Supreme Court; 1985, District of Columbia; 1987, US District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1990, New Jersey; 1999, US Court of Federal Claims

Education

College: Boston University, BS, 1976
Law School: University of Pennsylvania, JD, 1979
Graduated Law School: 1979

Professional Memberships

I am the immediate past Chairman of the Board of Jewish Community Centers (JCC) of Greater Philadelphia and past President of the Kaiserman Jewish Community Center. I am also 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.I have also been a member of the Board of the Riverbend Environmental Association.
I am a member of the Environmental Law Committe of the PA Bar Association as well as a member of the board of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Other Professional organization include the American, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations.

Biographical Information

Upon graduating from law school, I 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.

The experience I gained working for him has helped me gain my position at s the Chair of Anapol Schwartz's Toxic Tort Litigation Department where I concentrate my practice on asbestos, chemicals and other dangerous products; pharmaceutical liability; vaccine related injuries; medical malpractice; products liability; FELA; and complex personal injury matters.

By serving as Plaintiff's Liaison Counsel in lead paint, asbestos and lymerix vaccine litigation, I have forged new law in both the trial and appellate court leves in PA, NJ, and DC. I 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.I 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.

Born: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1954

Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, PC

Contact Information

Phone: (215) 735-1130
Fax: (215) 735-2024
Website: www.anapolschwartz.com
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Location

1710 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Located in Philadelphia County, PA.

Firm Overview

Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, PC was founded in 1977. Since its founding, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, PC has grown to a size of 13 attorneys. Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, PC is located in Philadelphia County Pennsylvania.

Practice Areas:

General Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Complex Civil Litigation, Pharmaceutical Liability/Dangerous Drugs, Medical Malpractice, Environmental and Toxic Torts Law, including Asbestos, Lead and Chemical Poisoning,...