Overview
Faculty
Miriam Benton Barish Esq.
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.
Michael McCabe Jr., PhD
Dr. McCabe is an internationally trained and nationally recognized scientist with a proven track record of accomplishment in toxicology and related disciplines. He has broad-based knowledge and possesses a depth of understanding and experience necessary to analyze exposures to a wide variety of chemicals and drugs and to assess the relevance of such exposures to human health and diseases as well as human performance. Dr. McCabe applies his extensive scientific research and teaching experience to litigation matters involving, but not limited to, toxic torts, workers compensation claims, product liability, medical malpractice and personal injury cases. His participation on numerous government scientific review panels contributes to his ability to understand both sides of an issue, while his background as a medical and graduate school lecturer allows him to explain complex concepts in an easily understood way. Dr. McCabe provides medico-legal support to both plaintiff and defense counsel and has testified in civil and criminal litigation in numerous state and federal courts.
Ernest DiSandro Esq.
Principal and founder of DiSandro & Malloy, P.C., E. Douglas DiSandro is a 1978 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and a 1981 graduate of the Widener University School of Law. After graduating law school, he served as a Judicial Clerk to the Honorable William Hart Rufe of the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. After completing his clerkship, he became a personal injury litigator and has spent the last 42 years focusing his practice in the area of plaintiff’s personal injury claims. He is Principal and founder of DiSandro & Malloy. He is a past board member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association as well as the Justinian Association. From his time serving as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Philadelphia Court System, he has been requested to serve as a private mediator and arbitrator. He has served as mediator and/or arbitrator on hundreds of cases. He has been agreed to by most insurance carriers as well as SEPTA as both mediator and sole arbitrator. He is also a panel member of the Agreement Company (https://theagreementco.com) a Dispute Resolution service provider.
Carol Murphy Esq.
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.
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