Miriam Barish is a shareholder with Anapol Weiss. She has dedicated her practice to helping individuals and families who suffered catastrophic injuries due to the reckless, negligent conduct of others. She has successfully resolved numerous multimillion dollar cases on behalf of her clients providing them crucial compensation in the face of tragedy. Her practice focuses on complex personal injury litigation, products liability, toxic torts, premise liability, dram shop cases, construction accidents, motor vehicle and motorcycle accidents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She also represents clients who have suffered harm by vaccines and manages the firm’s vaccine department. Additionally, for many years her practice has emphasized protecting the rights of women who have been victims, providing them devoted and compassionate representation for the harm they suffered. She has actively litigated premises liability cases regarding the safety and security of women and participated in obtaining a landmark verdict, in the first case of its kind, regarding a wrongful death case arising from the negligent premises security of two women. Ms. Barish has actively litigated many other premises liability cases involving negligent security, including the sexual and violent assault of a female inpatient of a psychiatric hospital as well as the robbery and assault of a female patron in a large retail store parking lot. Ms. Barish is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Board of Governors. She presently serves as a member of the Executive Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. She is a member of the American, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, as well as the American, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations. Ms. Barish is the Philadelphia Chairman of the Widener Women’s Network, a network exclusively dedicated to developing networking opportunities for Widener Women Alumnae. She also serves as a board member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and serves as Judge Pro Tem for the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County. Ms. Barish has been named among the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania. She has also been selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® from 2013-2020. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Temple University School of Business, and she received her law degree, cum laude, from Widener University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan. 

Ms. Murphy is a partner at Margolis Edelstein in Philadelphia. She has been with the firm since 1988. She has extensive trial and appellate experience in the Pennsylvania federal and state courts. Ms. Murphy received her Bachelor of Arts from Temple University in 1983, and her Juris Doctorate from Delaware Law School of Widener University in 1986, where she was a member of Phi Delta Phi law honor society. While at Delaware Law School, Ms. Murphy was a staff member of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, as well as a Casenote Coordinator of the Delaware Law Forum. She was the recipient of the Judge J. Cullen Ganey Award and the American jurisprudence Award for Criminal Law in 1986. She authored IRS Need Not Comply With Section 7609(f) In Issuing a Dual Purpose Summons: Tiffany Fine Arts v. United States for the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law in 1985. She was formerly a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph T. Murphy of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

Dr. Michael Whitekus serves as an expert witness at Robson Forensic, Inc. A large part of Dr. Whitekus’ case work at Robson Forensic involves liquor liability issues (service of alcohol while visibly intoxicated and driving impairment). Dr. Whitekus is a board-certified toxicologist with over 25 years of experience. He earned advanced degrees in chemistry and toxicology and then completed his postdoctoral training at the UCLA school of Medicine. Prior to working at Robson Forensic, Dr. Whitekus worked in the pharmaceutical industry where he evaluated the safety profile of potential prescription drugs. Dr. Whitekus is currently a member of the National Safety Council, the Society of Forensic Toxicologists, the Society of Toxicology, and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.