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800 Boy Scouts of America Victims Allege Sexual Abuse Since Start of 2019

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Since the start of the year, an estimated 800 men have come forward to allege they were sexually abused as children while participating in Boy Scouts of America. The news was recently announced at a conference, only one day after attorney Stewart Eisenberg, the founder of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., and a secon...

Spotlight on Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Attorneys at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice’s 2019 Annual Retreat

Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., attorneys were in the spotlight earlier this month at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice’s Annual Retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania. On July 18, Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. lawyer received the prestigious Milton D. Rosenberg Award from the PAJ...

EWJ Legal Attorneys Successfully Fight Back Against Johnson & Johnson’s Efforts to Keep our Client’s Talc Case Out of Philadelphia Court

Last week, U.S. District Judge Mark Kearney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania agreed with arguments made by our Nancy Winkler and Todd Schoenhaus and rejected Johnson & Johnson’s attempts to move our client’s Talc-related lawsuit to a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. With Judge Kearney’s ruling, our client’s case will head...

Stewart Eisenberg Interviewed by TIME Magazine Regarding Boy Scouts of America Sexual Abuse Scandal

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“They will have to answer for all of these victims.” Stewart Eisenberg was interviewed by TIME Magazine regarding allegations of sexual abuse against the Boy Scouts of America made by over 428 men and boys. Our firm represents many of these victims. You can read the Time Magazine article and watch Stewart’s interview here: These Men ...

Philadelphia Assisted Living Center Sued by Family of Visually Impaired Resident Who Died After Leaving Facility Through an Allegedly Alarmed Door and Falling Approximately Two Stories onto Sidewalk

Pennsylvania regulators have identified three other recent incidents of residents leaving the Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley facility unaccompanied by staff members Philadelphia, Pa. – Two daughters of a 78-year-old visually impaired woman suffering from dementia who died in July 2018 after leaving the Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley assi...

Our Law Firm Accepts the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award

We are honored to announce that Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. was selected to receive the Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. Award from Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP). Each year, Philadelphia VIP hosts its Award Ceremony to recognize attorneys and law firms who provide the most exemplary pro bono...

Nancy Winkler Receives 2022 Founder’s Award From the Philadelphia

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Recently, Nancy Winkler and her son Zachary received the 2022 Founder’s Award at the Evening of Hope for the Philadelphia/Valley Chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Nancy and Zac were honored for their support of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation over the years, and their efforts to help raise funds to support research tha...

EWJ Legal Secures a Nearly Eight-Figure Settlement for the Family of a Man Killed in a Crash Allegedly Caused by a Defective Tire

Stewart Eisenberg, Nancy Winkler, and Dan Sherry recently secured a confidential nearly eight-figure settlement in a lawsuit on behalf of the mother of a 25-year-old man who died after succumbing to injuries he suffered in a single commercial vehicle crash. Our client alleged a defective tire on the steer axle of the vehicle her son was driving c...

Historic Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Plan Approval and Sexual Abuse Settlement

A bankruptcy judge recently signed off on the Boy Scouts of America’s (“BSA”) bankruptcy reorganization plan and $2.46 billion plan for compensating tens of thousands of survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of BSA representatives. Judge Laurie Selber Silverstein’s decision—which will lead to the largest sexual abuse settlement in the hi...

Awarded Best Lawyers in America of 2023: EWJ Legal

We are proud to announce that several attorneys at Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., have been named in Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal industry. This recognition further solidifies our firm’s position in the legal community and demonstrates the high regard for our expe...