Thomas R. Anapol (tanapol@anapolschwartz.com)

Thomas Anapol, a Shareholder of Anapol Schwartz, concentrates his practice in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, Asbestos - Mesothelioma and other catastrophic injury related civil litigation.

He co-chairs the firms Mass Tort Department.

Mr. Anapol currently serves and has served in various positions for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ) as a Board of Governor for the Association since 2005 and is its current chair of its Business Partners Committee. He is also a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and American Association for Justice (AAJ). In 2010-2011, he was appointed to serve as co-chair of AAJ’s DePuy Metal on Metal Litigation Group.  Mr. Anapol was also appointed to serve on the plaintiff’s discovery committee in the DePuy ASR MDL litigation. Most recently, he was appointed to serve on AAJ’s (SLGCC) Sections and Litigation Group Coordination Committee, the committee which oversees all of AAJ’s section and litigation groups.

Mr. Anapol has been named a Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania every year since 2006. Mr. Anapol routinely lectures on Mass Torts at AAJ and PAJ and other legal seminars across the country.

In 1988, Mr. Anapol received his Bachelor’s degree from Boston University, and earned his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1991. He is admitted to practice and actively practices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and various Federal Courts. More about NJ Lawyer Thomas R. Anapol »

Attorney News & Publications

Thomas Anapol was selected for inclusion in 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®.

Selected Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania and Top 100 Lawyers in Philadelphia. View the profile as it appeared in Super Lawyers

Thomas Anapol, Esq. presents, "FOSAMAX: Femur Fractures, Damages & the MDL" at the HB Litigation Conference March 2011.

Perspective on Transvaginal Mesh Implants. Thomas Anapol - October 25, 2011

Navigating the Ins and Outs of the Asbestos Trust World. Thomas Anapol - September 12, 2008

Anapol Schwartz Attorneys Participate in Mass Torsts Judical Forum. June 30, 2010

Act Now to Avoid Medicare/Medicaid Lien Headache. Thomas Anapol - May 8, 2009 Article Written in the Legal Intelligencer.

Thomas Anapol lecturing at AAJ Mass Tort Update| Hydroxycut Litigation | Las Vegas, Nevada - September 2009

The Best Lawyers in America

Thomas Anapol named to Super Lawyers® 2010. View the profile as it appeared in Super Lawyers

Awarded an AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

 

Lectures and Interviews

January 19, 2011- Tom Anapol spoke about Depuy Hip Implants at the Orthopedic Litigation Conference in West Palm Beach, FL.

July  27, 2011- Spoke at HarrisMartin's MDL Conference: Zimmer NexGen Knee and DePuy Hip Implant Litigation

November 30, 2011- Tom Anapol Spoke about Depuy Hips at HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference: Transvaginal Mesh and Actos Litigation.  Tom also served as an Actos moderator.

December 9, - 2011- Tom lectured on Multi-District Litigations and State Courts  at the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Class Action/Mass Tort Symposium in New Orleans.

June 14th, 2011- Tom Anapol served as a moderator at the Zimmer NexGen Knee Teleseminar.

June 22nd, 2011 - Spoke at the AAJ Fosamax Teleseminar.

June 23rd, 2011 - Spoke on Mass Torts at the Pennsylvania Association for Justice Tort Roundtable.

April 6th, 2011 - Presentor at an AAJ Webinar on "Topamax Case Selection"

May 13th 2011 - Spoke at the 360 Advocacy Seminar on "Topamax and Birth Defects" (Chicago, IL)

April 2011 - Tom Anapol was interviewed for AAJ Trial News article entitled "Consolidated lawsuits, Senate committee look at DePuy hip implant recall."

Feb. 2011 - AAJ Winter Conference DePuy Hip Implant Seminar on "Injuries and Damages" (Miami FL)

June 28th 2010 - Lecturer at The Conference Judicial Panel on Mass Torts, "Mass Tort Motion Practice".

Dec. 2010 - Spoke at AAJ DePuy Hip Implant Recall Seminar on "Case Selection."

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