Anapol Schwartz Announces Merger with Coben & Associates

Principal Larry Coben to Join the Firm

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., announced that Coben & Associates will merge with the firm effective Sept. 30, 2010. Principal Larry Coben will join Anapol Schwartz as a shareholder and practice in the Philadelphia office.

“Anapol Schwartz is thrilled to welcome Larry to the firm”

Coben is nationally known for litigating high profile brain and spinal cord injury cases, concentrating on helmet failure and crashworthiness, including seat belt and seat back failure, failure of air bags to deploy, ejection and sudden acceleration. He adds his more than 35 years experience to Anapol Schwartz.

The recipient of the Association for Justice’s 2010 Consumer Advocacy award, Coben has obtained numerous seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements nationwide, including a $26 million verdict for a woman rendered a quadriplegic in a motor vehicle accident involving a seat failure, and a $12 million verdict for a high school football player who became a quadriplegic due to the defective design of his helmet.

He also achieved a $10.2 million verdict against Volkswagen on behalf of a Bucks County, Pa., high school student who was injured as a result of her car’s defectively designed rear seat system, and a $30 million verdict in Gloucester County, N.J., for a man rendered a quadriplegic due to a faulty airbag design. He is the author of “Crashworthiness Litigation,” a guide providing tactics for prosecuting such cases.

“Anapol Schwartz is thrilled to welcome Larry to the firm,” said shareholder Sol Weiss. “In working with him for a number of years, we admire his trial skills and case results. He will be a huge asset to our extensive personal injury practice and our nationally-recognized mass tort practice.”

“I’m honored to join such a highly regarded firm that has a reputation for taking on high profile matters and successfully advocating on behalf of consumers,” said Coben. “Combining forces with Anapol Schwartz will benefit my existing clients and enable me to help even more people.”

Coben is a member of the Arizona State Bar Association, the Maricopa County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a founding member of the American Association for Justice Information Exchange Group (AIEG) on crashworthiness, and has published numerous articles and books on this topic.

A resident of Philadelphia, Coben earned his undergraduate degree (B.S., 1968) from Athens College and his law degree (J.D., cum laude, 1973) from Cumberland School of Law of Samford University. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Arizona.

Two associates joining from Coben’s previous firm will practice out of Anapol Schwartz’s new office in Scottsdale, Ariz. (8700 East Bonita Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255)

Founded in 1977, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., is a personal injury firm with more than 25 attorneys and law offices in Philadelphia, Media, Reading and Harrisburg, Pa., as well as Cherry Hill, N.J., Wheeling, W.Va., Scottsdale, Ariz., and Columbus, Ohio. The firm has a multi-faceted practice with a tradition of excellence in pharmaceutical mass tort, medical device matters, toxic tort, class actions, products liability, workplace injury, professional negligence cases, automobile, investor claims and wrongful termination litigation.