Michelle C. Murtha brings a special intensity to her role as a Weitz & Luxenberg advocate for the legal rights of the victims of corporate greed. What drives her is a belief that corporations should not escape liability for exposing innocent people to asbestos and causing them to develop mesothelioma, asbestosis or lung cancer. Ms….

It can cause even the most ruthless corporate CEO to tug nervously at his shirt collar and gulp hard when told that squaring off against him in court will be the brawny, knock-out-king of a law firm co-founded in 1986 by super attorney Perry Weitz, Esq. Mr. Weitz — bold and resolute, relentlessly so —…

Pierre Ratzki is an attorney in our Asbestos Litigation group and focuses on appeals — that means he helps Weitz & Luxenberg defeat attempts by losing defendants to convince a higher court to overturn the verdict or slash the award and, when justice demands it, seek to reverse a loss by our clients. Mr. Ratzki…

Peter Tambini, an associate attorney in our Asbestos Litigation group, is a tireless, compassionate advocate for the innocent victims of mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis, and other conditions caused by exposure to the toxic mineral asbestos. Mr. Tambini joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 2008 after a lengthy relationship with the law firm Levy Phillips & Konigsberg,…

Patti L. Burshtyn serves as an attorney in our Asbestos Litigation group. She was welcomed to the firm in 2001, after spending two terms as a clerk in the chambers of New Jersey Superior Court Judge Donald S. Goldman, where, in addition to mediating civil disputes, she also researched and wrote memoranda touching upon civil…

Michael Fanelli handles cases as a member of our Asbestos Litigation group and carries the designation of associate attorney. In 2011, as co-chair of a lawsuit against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Goodyear Canada, he helped hold those two defendants responsible for causing a steamfitter and a heavy-equipment engine mechanic to suffer harm from…

Leonard F. Feldman, Esq., runs our asbestos litigations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey from our offices in Cherry Hill, N.J. He joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 2009. An experienced trial attorney admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Mr. Feldman over the years has secured numerous seven-figure verdicts and settlements on behalf of…

Jerry Kristal had already spent 10 years fighting for families injured by asbestos when he joined Weitz & Luxenberg in 1997. After more than 25 years as Managing Attorney of our New Jersey office and as a Partner at the firm, he has transitioned to a new role, Of Counsel. Mr. Kristal is credited with…

James S. Thompson draws upon his exhaustive knowledge and formidable lawyering skills as an associate attorney in our Asbestos Litigation group to help victims of mesothelioma, asbestosis and asbestos-related lung-cancer utilize the courts to obtain compensation for the costs of medical care and for lost present and future income. Mr. Thompson — hailing from the…

Alex Eiden has been an associate attorney in the Mesothelioma and Asbestos Practice Group litigation unit in the firm’s Cherry Hill office in New Jersey, since 2012. He came to us from a law office in Wilmington, Delaware, where he began working shortly after graduating from law school. A knowledgeable and experienced attorney, Mr. Eiden handles…