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Joseph J. Urban graduated
from Duquesne University in 1986 and from Temple
University School of Law in 1989.
Mr. Urban devotes his practice to representing
individuals who have sustained injuries caused
by toxic exposure, medical negligence, defective
products, or motor vehicles, as well as other
personal injury claims. Mr. Urban has extensive
experience in representing individuals and communities
injured as a result of exposure to beryllium
and other toxic substances. He has secured substantial
recoveries for his clients.
Prior to joining Golomb & Honik in 2001,
Mr. Urban was a senior trial attorney at several
well-respected firms in Philadelphia. After
graduating from law school, he served a two-year
clerkship with the Honorable Murray C. Goldman
in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He
is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey and is a member of the Philadelphia
and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Associations,
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
and the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.
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Sherrie J. Cohen graduated
cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1975, and cum laude from the St. Thomas University
School of Law in Miami, Florida in 1993. A member
of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer
Associations and the Pennsylvania and American
Bar Associations, she is co-chair of the Civil
Rights Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
After spending a number of years conducting
complex commercial litigation in the state and
federal courts, Ms. Cohen participated in the
litigation of the first statewide smokers’
class action lawsuit to go to trial. It obtained
the largest verdict in U.S. history. She focuses
her practice at Golomb & Honik on environmental
and toxic tort litigation.
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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 and the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
Trial Lawyers Associations. Mr. Matanovic
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.
Mr. Matanovic 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,
Mr. Matanovic has litigated cases under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
and other employee benefits laws, and has also
represented litigants before the American Arbitration
Association.
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Ryan J. Durkin graduated from
Bucknell University in 1994 and Duquesne University
School of Law in 1997; in 2001 he received an
LLM in Trial Advocacy from Temple University School
of Law. A member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and American Bar Associations, he belongs to the
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Mr. Durkin joined Golomb & Honik in 2005
after many years of success at the trial and
appellate levels. His practice focuses on complex
individual personal injury litigation, as well
as mass tort and class action litigation. Mr.
Durkin has extensive experience pursuing a wide
range of complex claims before state and federal
courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, often
obtaining significant recoveries for individuals
in actions against insurers and large corporations.
Mr. Durkin also has experience in employment,
insurance, and general commercial litigation,
as well as criminal defense.
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Brian K. Sims earned a B.S.
degree in Business Administration from Bloomsburg
University in 2001, and a J.D. from the College
of Law at Michigan State University in 2004. There,
he was the Director of Competitions for the Moot
Court Board. He has competed extensively in Moot
Court competitions around the country as well
as coached and drafted several competitions. He
remains very active in the Phillip C. Jessup International
Moot Court Competition, which is the largest competition
of its kind in the world and has an annual participation
of more than 300 law schools in more than 90 countries.
Mr. Sims is an associate with Mark. F. Seltzer,
P.C. and concentrates his practice in insurance
law, disability insurance, long term disability,
ERISA, and bad faith. He served as the senior
law clerk for the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance
at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2003.
He has also worked for Legal Aid of Central
Michigan and interned at the Homicide Department
of the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s
Office in San Jose, California in 2000.
Mr. Sims is admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania
and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of
the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Philadelphia
Bar Association – Young Lawyer’s
Division, and the American Society of International
Law.
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