Well-known Litigation Lawyer Joins Pennsylvania Firm

News Release
06-28-05

Christopher M. Placitella has become a shareholder in the 30-year old Pennsylvania boutique litigation law firm of Kessler, Cohen & Roth, P.C., which has expanded its practice and changed its name to Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C. Formerly a partner at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. and Chair of its Toxic and Mass Tort Litigation Team, Mr. Placitella will continue as a lead plaintiffs' attorney on the liability issues in the ongoing Vioxx litigation in New Jersey.

Mr. Placitella was one of the national plaintiffs' attorneys that negotiated the $3.75 billion diet-drug settlement; he was a member of the team that represented New Jersey in its $7.6 billion tobacco settlement; he was a class counsel for the plaintiffs in the Manville asbestos action; and he was New Jersey liaison counsel in the breast implant litigation. He has also served key roles as a trial counsel in numerous multimillion dollar jury verdicts and multimillion dollar environmental contamination settlements.

A former president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America- New Jersey, Mr. Placitella helped form Trial Lawyers Care, a national pro bono effort to help the September 11 victims obtain compensation from the Federal Victims Compensation Fund. The National Law Journal stated that Mr. Placitella "is considered the top plaintiffs' lawyer [in New Jersey] in class action and mass tort litigation."

Arnold M. Kessler, who founded the firm over 30 years ago and was one of the first lawyers in Pennsylvania to recover in excess of $1 million on behalf of an individual tort victim, has become "Of Counsel."

Stewart L. Cohen and Harry M. Roth have a long record of multimillion dollar recoveries in professional negligence, products liability, subrogation, motor vehicle, construction and personal injury litigation. In December 2004, The National Law Journal recognized Mr. Cohen for a $25 million verdict, one of the highest jury awards in the United States in 2004. Our other attorneys include a physician and three former prosecutors. In 2005, the firm was a lead counsel in the first nationally certified class of Third Party Payors in the Baycol class action litigation on behalf of more than 10,000 Health and Welfare funds.

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