Alex is an associate in the Casualty Department. His practice is primarily dedicated to the defense of complex product liability cases. He defends foreign and domestic manufacturers and distributors of products. He also defends premises liability cases and negligent operation of motor vehicle cases for insureds and self insureds. He creates case theories, develops and implement litigation, discovery, settlement and trial strategies.
He has defended clients in courts throughout eastern Pennsylvania including Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, Berks, Dauphin and Lackawanna counties. He has also defended clients in courts throughout New Jersey including Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Essex, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties. He also helps to train and supervise associates, providing mentorship and guidance.
Previously, he worked in the Workers' Compensation Department. He defended employers in the Greater Philadelphia area. In that practice he drafted petitions, answers, trial briefs and appellate briefs. He also conducted trial depositions in more than fifty cases including examinations of medical experts, vocational experts, claimants and fact witnesses. He appeared at status hearings and presented oral argument for discovery motions multiple times per week.
Alex received a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University in 2003 majoring in Political Science and History. He was actively involved in student life throughout college. During the first month of his freshman year, he was elected the President of the Johnson-Hardwick-Peabody senate. He was a resident assistant during his sophomore and junior years serving as the Resident Life liaison to the Temple University Athletic Department. He organized and participated in events to raise awareness of important issues such as HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and homelessness. Alex was elected to Vice President of the Temple University Student Body for 2002 to 2003.
Alex graduated from the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law in 2006. During law school, he was a member of the Black Law Student Association Trial Team and the 3L Class President.
Following graduation from law school, Alex practiced at a boutique litigation law firm in the Old City district of Philadelphia. The majority of his practice was dedicated to the defense of asbestos manufacturers. His cases were split between two geographical areas, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and Middlesex County, New Jersey. He also performed transactional work for a national non-profit organization that sought to unite the world's top colleges and universities with the world's most dynamic corporations and business in the challenge to provide opportunities to bright high school students.
Alex is a lifelong resident of the Greater Philadelphia area. He grew up in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. He spent ten years living throughout Philadelphia including Center City, West Philadelphia and North Philadelphia. He now lives in Moorestown, New Jersey with his wife, their son and their Havanese puppy
Associations & Memberships
· American Bar Association
· Pennsylvania Bar Association
· Philadelphia Bar Association
· Defense Research Institute Member
Year Joined Organization: 2007
Publications
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb.
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
The plaintiff spoke through a hole in his throat as a result of laryngeal cancer surgery and suffered from COPD and other types of cancer as well. The case was originally tried in May 2010, but a mistrial was declared. On retrial, the jury found..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Tree stand - manufacturing defect
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
When asserting an affirmative defense, the defendant bears the burden of showing highly reckless conduct by the plaintiff. They must show the plaintiff knew or had reason to know of facts that created a high degree of risk of physical harm to..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb.
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
Lenny Budnick was a musician who contracted lung cancer and emphysema and died at age 52. The jury concluded that Mr. Budnick smoked because he wanted to, not because he was addicted., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Aerosol solution - strict liability
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
In a strict liability action under New Jersey law, the court erred by instructing the jury on principles of comparative and contributory negligence and assumption of risk and failing to limit consideration of the conduct of the plaintiff., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb.
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
Webb was brought by the daughter of deceased smoker James Kayce Horner. The decedent started smoking at age 17 in 1934 and smoked for more than 60 years until he died of lung cancer March 11, 1996, at age 78. The decedent smoked the Reynolds brands..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb.
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
Phyllis Frazier contracted COPD almost 20 years ago and required oxygen to breathe, despite undergoing a lung transplant. The jury agreed that a smoking addiction was the legal cause of her injury but concluded that she should have known prior to..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
ATV - rollover accident
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
Summary judgment for manufacturer reversed since a portion of the expert report addressing foot-related safety hazards regarding ATV does not raise a new cause of action after expiration of the statute of limitations when claims alleging absence of..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb.
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
This case was originally tried in August to a jury that deadlocked. On retrial, the jury found that even though a cigarette addiction was the legal cause of the plaintiff's COPD, she should have known before May 5, 1990, (four years prior to the..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Strict liability - pharmaceuticals
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court vacated a $10.5 million compensatory damages judgment and remanded the case for a new trial so that Roche could provide quantitative information to the jury relating to the number of Accutane users..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
During Phase 1 of the trial, plaintiff's attorney convinced the jury that an addiction to smoking was the legal cause of Mr. Rohr's lung cancer. During Phase 2, plaintiff's attorney convinced the jury that defective cigarettes were the legal cause..., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Big tobacco Engle progeny streak of recent wins ended with Webb.
Law Alerts · January 1, 2011
Claudette Campbell was a smoker who survived bladder cancer, but a Tampa jury was unwilling to conclude that the bladder cancer resulted from an addiction to smoking., Case Law Alert - 1st Qtr 2011
Plaintiff must demonstrate suffering from a precise injury the manufacturer failed to disclose in order to prove that non-disclosed risk would have altered treating physician's decision to prescribe drug.
Law Alerts · October 1, 2010
In order for a plaintiff to prove that a non-disclosed risk would have altered a treating physician's decision to prescribe a drug, he must demonstrate that she suffered from the precise injury the manufacturer allegedly failed to disclose. Only if..., Case Law Alert - 4th Qtr 2010