"Minimum Standards in the Construction Industry"

PHILADELPHIA - September 28, 2004 -- Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, P.C. ("Anapol Schwartz") attorney James A. Keating addressed Local 465 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of American in Chester County on September 22, 2004.

Mr. Keating, a member of Local 8 in Philadelphia, spoke about the minimum standards of fall protection in the construction industry.  He also addressed the lack of federal and state governments' ability to adopt minimum standards in using flame retardant urethane foam in upholstered furniture design.  More than 100 union members attended the presentation.

An associate with Anapol Schwartz, Mr. Keating focuses his practice in construction accident litigation, as well as products liability.  He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Joseph's University in 1999, and received his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 2002, where he was a graduate of the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program and appeared in Who's Who Among American Law Students from 2000-2002.  During 2001, Mr. Keating served as a Judicial Law Clerk Extern to the Honorable M. Joseph Moody in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.

In 2002, he served as a Judicial Law Clerk Extern to the Honorable Phyllis R. Streitel in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.  Mr. Keating is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, as well as before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  He is a member of the Philadelphia, Chester County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations, and the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Anapol Schwartz Weiss Cohan Feldman and Smalley, P.C. is headquartered in Center City Philadelphia and has a national reputation for skilled legal representation of victims that suffer from serious and catastrophic injuries.  The firm focuses its practice on civil and complex personal injury litigation and commercial litigation.  They also handle class actions, pharmaceutical drug cases and securities law litigation throughout the country, along with all other types of personal injury matters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.