Miriam Benton Barish named Partner

PHILADELPHIA, PA - February 1, 2005 -- Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley, P.C. (Anapol Schwartz) is pleased to announce that Miriam Benton Barish has become a partner with the firm.  A resident of Bryn Mawr, PA, Ms. Barish joined the firm in 1996.  She concentrates her practice in products liability, toxic torts including asbestos, lead paint, and mold contamination, Accutane, Benzene and other chemical exposures, motor vehicle matters, premises liability including premise security liability, and other personal injury matters.

Ms. Barish has been involved in and actively participated in the Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP), which provides pro bono legal services for the poor.  She has been a vigorous advocate in the development of the law regarding protecting the rights of women.  She has actively litigated premises liability cases regarding the safety and security of women.  She participated in obtaining a landmark verdict, in the first case of its kind, regarding a wrongful death case arising from the negligent premises security of two women.  She has actively litigated many other premises liability security cases for negligent security, including the sexual and violent assault of a female inpatient of a psychiatric hospital; and the robbery and assault of a female patron in a large retail store parking lot.  She also sits on the Executive Committee of the Widener Women's Network, a network exclusively dedicated to developing network opportunities for Widener Women Alumnae.

In 1988, Ms. Barish earned her bachelor's degree from Temple University School of Business.  She received her law degree, cum laude. from Widener University School of Law in 1992.  She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Michigan.