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Stephan Matanovic received
his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1995
and his J.D. from Temple University's Beasley
School of Law in 1998. He is a member of the Pennsylvania
and American Bar Associations, the Philadelphia
Trial Lawyers Association, and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, for whom he chairs the Cyber-services Commttee and writes a regular technology-related column.
Stephan joined Golomb & Honik in
2004 after many years representing corporate
clients. His practice focuses on complex civil
litigation, including class actions and multi-jurisdictional
matters, involving trial and appellate work
in state and federal courts. He has extensive
experience litigating a wide range of complex
matters surrounding toxic torts, with a particular
emphasis on claims involving exposure to beryllium,
as well as with securities, antitrust, and insurance
litigation.
Stephan has obtained significant recoveries
for individuals suffering from the effects of
beryllium exposure, and for institutional and
individual investors pursuing claims against
corporations for securities fraud. In addition, Stephan successfully achieved the reformation of 100’s of insurance policies by securing monetary and injunctive relief for insurance policyholders who purchased illusory disability coverage. Stephan has also litigated cases under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
and other employee benefits laws, and has
represented litigants in American Arbitration
Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) proceedings.
Stephan lives with his wife and their two young sons in the Bella Vista section of Philadelphia. An avid rower, Stephan is the Board President of the University of Virginia Men's Rowing program, and is an active member of Fairmount Rowing Association on Philadelphia's historic Boathouse Row.
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Andrew R. Spirt graduated
from American University in 1990 and Texas Wesleyan
School of Law in 1994. Mr. Spirt devotes his practice
to representing individuals who have sustained
injuries in accidents caused by motor vehicles,
medical negligence, defective products and other
types of negligent conduct. Through over 10 years
of practice, he has successfully secured substantial
recoveries for his clients by way of settlement
and verdicts in jury trials in cases involving
medical negligence, motor vehicle accidents and
premises liability. Mr. Spirt is presently a member
of PaTLA and PTLA. Prior to joining
Golomb & Honik in 2005, Mr. Spirt practiced
for many years in the Philadelphia area where
he handled catastrophic personal injury litigation
cases, as well as a wide variety of commercial
litigation cases. In law school, Mr. Spirt served
as a judicial intern for the Honorable Terry
R. Means in the District Court of Texas. He
is presently licensed to practice in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and States of New Jersey and
Texas.
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Damien Zillas graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University at Albany in 2000. After graduation, he worked as a business systems analyst before attending Temple University's Beasley School of Law, from which he earned a Juris Doctor degree in 2005. While studying at Temple, Damien tutored underprivileged kids in North Philadelphia, served as a law clerk, and participated on Temple's Moot Court Team.
Damien began his legal practice at a defense firm, where his focus was on products liability cases, but also included work on premises liability and automobile cases as well. Eager to continue to develop his practice, Damien took a job with a plaintiffs firm that represented clients in medical negligence, catastrophic injury, toxic torts and class action suits. In this role, he assisted in the representation of a number of individuals who contracted brain cancer or tumors as a result of living near a chemical plant that had dumped dangerous toxins into an unlined waste lagoon for many years. He also represented a class of healthy individuals who lived in the same area in a medical monitoring class action.
At Golomb and Honik, Damien represents clients with a range of injuries, including those with catastrophic injury, caused by medical negligence, defective products, automobile accidents and other personal injury claims. He also represents victims in medical monitoring and consumer class action cases.
Damien is currently a member of the American Association for Justice, Philadelphia Bar Association and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He lives in Ardmore, Pennsylvania with his wife, Lynn, and their two young sons, Lucian and Calder. A dedicated and competitive runner, Damien has raced a number of marathons and plans on running at least one in every state.
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Kenneth J. Grunfeld joined Golomb & Honik in 2010 after many years defending pharmaceutical manufacturers, national railroads, asbestos companies and corporate clients in consumer protection, products liability, insurance coverage and other complex commercial disputes while working at one of Philadelphia's largest and most prestigious defense firms. He brings with him a wealth of trial and appellate work experience in both state and federal courts.
Now that Ken has "switched sides," today his practice focuses on representing consumers in class actions against pharmaceutical manufacturers, banks, credits cards, consumer electronics companies and other national corporate defendants. He also represents injured people in products liability mass tort matters. In addition, Ken represents clients who have suffered catastrophic injury as a result of medical negligence, dangerous products, automobile accidents and premises liability claims.
Ken received his undergraduate in 1996 from the University of Michigan and is an active member of the Michigan Alumni Association, Philadelphia chapter. He received his J.D. in 1999 from the Villanova University School of Law. He was a member of the Villanova Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. He is a member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations and a new member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.
Ken now makes his home in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, where he resides with his wife Jennifer and his four-year old twins.
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Brent Wieand graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 2004 obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Management. In 2009, Mr. Wieand graduated from Emory Law School. While in law school, he worked as a legal intern for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office and the Internal Revenue Service, and served as a law clerk for a plaintiff's civil litigation firm in Atlanta, Georgia while attending law school.
At Golomb & Honik, Mr. Wieand's practice areas include professional negligence, personal injury, toxic torts, and product liability cases. He is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, The American Association for Justice, Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.
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Joshua K. Kutinsky is an
associate with Mark F. Seltzer and Associates.
He concentrates his practice on Insurance Law,
Disability Insurance, Long Term Disability, ERISA,
and Bad Faith. Mr. Kutinsky graduated
magna cum laude from Widener University
School of Law in 2004. Mr. Kutinsky is also
a graduate of Widener University's JD/PsyD program,
where he earned his doctorate in clinical psychology
in tandem with his law degree. Mr. Kutinsky
was an Articles Editor for The Widener Law
Review, a Widener Scholar and member of
the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.
Mr. Kutinsky previously served as the Wolcott
Law Clerk to Justice Carolyn Berger of the Delaware
Supreme Court, and as a Law Clerk to the Honorable
Alison Whitmer Tumas of the Delaware Family
Court. He has also worked for the Disabilities
Law Program of Delaware's Community Legal Aid
Society.
In 2005 Mr. Kutinsky was appointed as a Clinical
Assistant Professor at Widener University's
Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology,
where he continues to teach courses in addictions
treatment. He has written on alternative dispute
resolution and on standards of practice for
forensic psychologists, and has co-authored
numerous publications on mental illness and
the death penalty.
He is a graduate of the University of Colorado
at Boulder, where he earned Bachelor of Arts
degrees in Psychology and in Philosophy. He
is a member in good standing of the Pennsylvania
Bar.
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