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Feldman Shepherd Attorney Evan Liu Assists in Securing Asylum and Permanent Resident Status for Boko Haram Kidnapping Victim

What began in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014 with the shocking kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Islamic militant group Boko Haram has ended happily in the U.S. for a Feldman Shepherd client who managed to escape her captors. Attorney Evan Y. Liu, M.D., recently assisted in securing asylum and permanent resident status for Patience Bulus, who at age 16 was one …

Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit Against Lloyd’s for Failure to Cover Business Income Losses in Pennsylvania Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic

PHILADELPHIA – May 27, 2020 — The law firms of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP and Francis Mailman Soumilas filed a class action lawsuit against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London (“Lloyd’s”) for the insurer’s refusal to pay for loss of business income arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and Pennsylvania’s civil shutdown orders. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. …

Feldman Shepherd and Francis Mailman Soumilas File Class Action Lawsuit for Consumer Damages in Connection with IKEA’s Recall of Nearly 30 Million Dressers

The law firms of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP and Francis Mailman Soumilas, filed a class action lawsuit against IKEA US Retail LLC and IKEA North America Services LLC (collectively “IKEA”) on behalf of IKEA customers. This class action follows a recall of 8 million MALM chests and dressers and 21 million additional children’s and adult chests and …

IKEA Dresser Tip-Over Case Settles for $46 Million; IKEA Agrees to Expand Efforts to Recall Unstable Dressers.

The settlement is believed to be the largest child wrongful death recovery in American history PHILADELPHIA – January 6, 2020 — Plaintiffs’ personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP has secured a $46 million settlement of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a 2-year-old California boy who was fatally injured by a tip-over of an IKEA MALM three-drawer …

Feldman Shepherd Attorney Evan Liu Helping Victim of Boko Haram Kidnapping Apply for Asylum in the U.S.

When Feldman Shepherd attorney Evan Y. Liu, M.D., signed on for a training program to provide pro bono legal representation to migrants seeking asylum in the U.S., never did he expect to encounter a client with the indomitable spirit of Patience Bulus. Bulus, at age 16, was among the 276 schoolgirls who were kidnapped on April 14, 2014, in Chibok, Nigeria, by Islamic militant group …

Feldman Shepherd Files Lawsuit Against Greentree Logistics, Inc., J.D. Eckman, Inc., and Jack Edward Satterfield III for I-83 Truck Accident That Killed Young Father and Infant Daughter

PHILADELPHIA, October 31, 2018 — Feldman Shepherd attorneys Mark W. Tanner and filed a lawsuit today against Greentree Logistics, Inc., J.D. Eckman, Inc., and Jack Edward Satterfield III on behalf of a Jessica Lybrand, of Middletown, Pennsylvania, whose husband Zachary Lybrand and 16-month-old daughter Elliana Lybrand died in a 12-vehicle accident on I-83 in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, on Oct. …

As Students Return to UPenn Campus, Suit Against UPenn for Failure to Adequately Respond to Suicidal Student’s Pleas for Help Moves Forward

A lawsuit filed by Feldman Shepherd on behalf of a University of Pennsylvania student who committed suicide after crying out for help nine times to university officials and not receiving any meaningful response is moving forward with a projected trial date of May 4, 2020. Feldman Shepherd attorneys Carol Nelson Shepherd, Patricia M. Giordano and Andrew K. Mitnick filed a lawsuit …

September 10th, 2014

A Radnor Township contractor who already collected $1.65 million and an apology from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office after being wrongfully accused of theft settled his lawsuit Tuesday against the Jenkintown church whose claims led to the criminal case against him. Lawyers for both sides …

September 5th, 2014

Alan M. Feldman and wife Maureen Pelta, Ph.D., will receive the Jewish Social Policy Action Network’s 2014 Social Justice Award. Chair of Liberal Arts and professor of art history and curatorial studies at Moore College of Art and Design, Dr. Pelta has contributed her expertise for many decades as …

September 2nd, 2014

Ezra Wohlgelernter, Esq. of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig, LLP recently lectured at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s CLE entitled “Rules of the Road – Fundamentals of Auto Litigation.” Speaking to a seminar of mostly younger attorneys who specialize in personal injury claims, Wohlgelernter discussed preparing …

August 5th, 2014

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is proud to announce that Roberta “Bobbie” Pichini will be honored with the 2014 Justice Musmanno Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Pichini will be presented with the award at the annual Justice …

August 1st, 2014

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that SJ Magazine has named personal injury lawyers John M. Dodig and Jason A. Daria to its 2014 Top Attorneys list. SJ Magazine’s list of Southern New Jersey’s best lawyers is the result of comprehensive polling …

July 23rd, 2014

A recent Philadelphia Bar Association ethics opinion detailing how lawyers may instruct their clients on the use of social media provides greater clarity to lawyers caught in the middle of a constantly “evolving” digital landscape, some attorneys said. The opinion, put out by the bar association’s …

June 17th, 2014

Ezra Wohlgelernter, Esq. of Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig, LLP has been elected Vice President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (PTLA), the oldest trial lawyer organization in Pennsylvania. Wohlgelernter was elected to the post during the organization’s annual election meeting on June 16. Wohlgelernter …

June 11th, 2014

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is proud to announce that partnerJohn M. Dodig has been designated as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. To put this rare distinction in perspective, 91,880 attorneys are licensed to practice law …

June 2nd, 2014

Philadelphia personal injury law firm Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is proud to announce that co-managing partner Alan M. Feldman has received the Champion of Justice award from Community Legal Services (CLS). The award is in recognition of the dedication of Feldman and the …

May 21st, 2014

Mark W. Tanner, Esq. and Thomas Martin, Esq., attorneys for Walter Logan, announced today that the Montgomery County District Attorney’s office has issued a formal apology to the Radnor businessman who was falsely accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from Salem Baptist Church …

April 16th, 2014

Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP is pleased to announce that Gilbert J. Marquez, Law Firm Administrator, has been named President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA-Philadelphia) for a one-year term ending in April 2015. Marquez started out in legal …

March 20th, 2014

Philadelphia personal injury attorney Ezra Wohlgelernter led a three hour symposium entitled “Business and the Tort System: Friends or Foes?” at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on March 6, 2014. The event was organized by Professor William S. Laufer, Ph.D. for students in …