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Anthony is a member of the firm’s Insurance Recovery Group. His practice focuses on complex business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on insurance coverage litigation, consumer class actions, health care litigation, oil and gas litigation, and general business disputes. Anthony has experience handling all aspects of civil trial work in state and federal court, as well as in various alternative dispute resolution forums (both domestic and international).
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Obtained a dismissal on summary judgment of claims against a major financial institution arising out of a criminal scheme to infiltrate an escrow transaction through the use of various forms of email borne cyber-attacks
Won multiple motions for summary adjudication in a large insurance coverage dispute relating to historic asbestos liabilities on key issues involving the assignment of insurance rights and an insurer’s duty to defend
Lead counsel for media company in high-profile, catastrophic injury case involving well-known celebrity and newsgathering activities.
Experience
Obtained a dismissal on summary judgment of claims against a major financial institution arising out of a criminal scheme to infiltrate an escrow transaction through the use of various forms of email borne cyber-attacks
Won multiple motions for summary adjudication in a large insurance coverage dispute relating to historic asbestos liabilities on key issues involving the assignment of insurance rights and an insurer’s duty to defend
Lead counsel for media company in high-profile, catastrophic injury case involving well-known celebrity and newsgathering activities.
Represented international pharmaceutical company in post-acquisition commercial litigation regarding material adverse events impacting sales of acquired pharmaceutical products.
Represented global health products manufacturing and marketing enterprise in confidential JAMS arbitration proceeding involving claims for hundreds of millions in damages.
Obtained a favorable arbitration award following a four-day evidentiary hearing in an oil and gas lease dispute involving 6,500 acres of mineral rights in North Central Pennsylvania.
Represented a major bank in a series of class actions in state and federal court asserting purported “predatory lending” claims.
Represented multiple merchants in nationwide putative class actions asserted under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Successfully defeated insurers’ motions for summary judgment in an insurance coverage dispute involving coverage under standard commercial general liability policies for a construction defect claim. The decision resulted in a settlement of our client’s claims.
Credentials
Education
Education
- Duke University School of Law, 2004, J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif, Note Editor, Duke Law Journal
- Pomona College, 1999, B.A., History
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- California
- Pennsylvania
Court admissions
Court admissions
- U.S. District Court - Central District of California
- U.S. District Court - Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania
Clerkships
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr.