Kline & Specter, A Professional Corporation


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Kline & Specter, A Professional Corporation

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The Nineteenth Floor, 1525 Locust Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102View Map

Practice Areas:

Catastrophic Injury, Complex Liability Litigation and Mass Tort.

Firm Profile:

Please see our web site for more information on our firm and for full biographies on all of our attorneys.

Kline & Specter represents catastrophically injured people and their families in injury and death cases, providing legal representation in cases in litigation including medical and professional malpractice, brain and spinal cord injury, birth injury and neonatal cases, failure to diagnose cancer, product and premises liability, pharmaceuticals, aviation and catastrophic automobile litigation. Through representation in numerous precedent-setting cases, jury awards, and settlements, the firm has earned a national reputation in these areas and practice.

Firm Size: 105

Kila B. Baldwin (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 2001); Temple University (J.D., 2004; M.B.A., 2004). Practice Areas: Products Liability.

Lee B. Balefsky (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Temple University (B.B.A., 1974); Wake Forest University (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Mass Tort; Products Liability; Civil Litigation.

Charles L. Becker (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1999, North Carolina. Education: Williams College (B.A. in History and Music, with honors, 1992); Yale University (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Appellate; Litigation.

Julianna Burdo (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1990); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Catastrophic Injury.

Jonathan M. Cohen (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1999, New Jersey; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, New York. Education: George Washington University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Temple University (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Civil Rights; Catastrophic Injury Litigation.

Lisa S. Dagostino (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1991); UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (M.D., 1995); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., Masters of Bioethics, 2002). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.

Carol R. Dembe (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania; 2007, New Jersey. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1976); Temple University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice.

Suzanne H. dePillis (Associate) admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1988); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 1991).

Robert F. Englert (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2002); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Civil Rights.

Dominic C. Guerrini (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2004, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with highest honors, 2000); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Civil Rights; Medical Malpractice; Catastrophic Injury.

Amy L. Guth (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida. Education: The American University (B.S., 1982); Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice; Products Liability.

Mark A. Hoffman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Amherst College (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Tulane University (M.S., 1993); Columbia University (M.D., 1977); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.

David K. Inscho (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey; 2003, Pennsylvania. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 1999); Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation.

Carl E. Jones, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 2003); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Civil Practice; Catastrophic Injury.

Thomas R. Kline (Member) admitted to bar, 1978, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S Court of Federal Claims; 1995, New York. Education: Albright College (A.B., 1969); Lehigh University (M.A., 1971); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 1978). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Catastrophic Injury Litigation; Mass Tort.

Donald E. Matusow (Associate) admitted to bar, 1967, Pennsylvania; 1968, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Ursinus College (B.A., 1964); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1967). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance Bad Faith.

Jason L. Pearlman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2001); New York Law School (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury; Mass Torts.

Regan S. Safier (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1993); The University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Casualty Litigation.

Royce W. Smith (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: Williams College (B.A., 2001); Temple University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury.

Shanin Specter (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and Ninth Circuit. Education: Haverford College (B.A., honors in Political Science, 1980); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1984); Cambridge University, Cambridge, England (LL.M., First Honors, 1984). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Catastrophic Injury Litigation; Mass Tort.

Andrew J. Stern (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Temple University (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Aviation Law; Construction Accidents.

Michelle L. Tiger (Associate) admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1986, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 1997, Arizona; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ithaca College (B.A., Politics, 1982); Villanova University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Products Liability.

Michael A. Trunk (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1994); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Automobile Negligence; Workplace Injuries.

James J. Waldenberger (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education: Villanova University (B.A., cum laude, 1995; J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury; Insurance.

Geary Yeisley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., 1973); Hahnemann University (M.D., 1978); Villanova University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury.

Andrew S. Youman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., English, 1989); Villanova University (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Product Liability; Insurance Bad Faith; Catastrophic Injury Litigation.

Garabet M. Zakeosian (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 1973); Pennsylvania State University (M.D., 1977); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Catastrophic Injury; Products Liability.

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