Al Bixler is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and has extensive experience in personal injury, insurance coverage, product liability, toxic tort, class action and mass tort matters. Before entering private practice, Al served as law clerk to the Honorable Daniel H. Huyett, 3rd of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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Represents pharmaceutical manufacturers in product liability and class action litigation in state and federal courts in national, regional and local counsel roles;
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Serves as defense liaison counsel in mass tort litigation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas;
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Defense of toxic tort claims and associated property damage and medical monitoring class actions;
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Prosecution of one of the first major cases under the Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act;
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Prosecution and defense of CERCLA cost recovery actions;
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Prosecution of Underground Storage Tank Act cases;
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Defense of environmental contamination cases alleging personal injury and property damages;
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Representation of a multinational chemical company in connection with breach of warranty claims against the seller of two chemical plants;
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Representation of a bankruptcy trustee in lender liability litigation;
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Representation of clients in numerous business fraud and related matters involving common law and statutory claims of fraud and deceptive practices;
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Representation of insurance carriers in coverage litigation involving environmental and construction defect claims.
Litigation
Insurance
E-Discovery and Information Management
Class Action Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation
Product Liability
Life Sciences
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1984
M.A., University of California, 1981
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1977, magna cum laude
Pennsylvania
All Pennsylvania Courts
Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia Volunteer for the Indigent Program and Senior Law Center
Philadelphia Bar Association’s Law Firm Pro Bono Committee
Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel
Arbitrator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Trustee, Chestnut Hill United
Methodist
Church
Chambers USA's America's Leading Lawyers for Business for general commercial litigation
Selected for inclusion in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
- Co-author of the
Pennsylvania chapter of Product Liability Cases and the Duty to Warn: A 50 State Compendium, a publication of the Defense Research Institute (DRI).
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“Views from the Plaintiff and Defense Bar on the New Rules,” a panel discussion presented at HarrisMartin's Philadelphia Complex Litigation Conference: Examining the Court's New Mass Tort and Asbestos Protocols, June 5, 2012.
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