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Sharlenn E. Pratt is an associate practicing in Zarwin Baum's insurance defense litigation department. Her practice focuses on a diverse range of civil litigation matters, including restaurant and hospitality liability, professional, products, premises, and liquor liability as well as construction defects. Before joining the firm, Sharlenn was an associate at Barker, Scott & Gelfand, where for more than five years she defended municipalities and municipal employees in numerous complex civil matters involving federal and state civil rights and statutory employment discrimination.. Sharlenn is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts, District of New Jersey and United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.. In 2002, Sharlenn earned her law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden Campus. While attending law school, she participated in the Hunter-Advanced Moot Court Competition and received the Excellence in Litigation Award from the Center of Forensic Economic Studies. She also served as a judicial intern for the United States District Court Judge, Joel A. Pisano. Upon graduation, Sharlenn served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Michael J. Nelson of the New Jersey Superior Court.. Sharlenn earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from Drexel University in 1999, where she was awarded the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for three consecutive years and the Dean Popadakis Award for Senior Excellence in Academics.

Mr. Englert is an experienced trial lawyer who has obtained impressive results in the toughest of cases.  He primarily represents clients who have been catastrophically injured as a result of medical malpractice, work accidents, automobile/trucking accidents, or defective products.  Mr. Englert has served as plaintiff’s counsel in hundreds of cases, many of which have resulted in huge, sometimes record-breaking, outcomes.. Mr. Englert’s skills extend beyond the courtroom and into the classrooms at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he is a Lecturer in Law and supervises the Penn Law Mock Trial Team.  In 2012-2013, Mr. Englert’s team won the National Championship in the ABA Section of Labor & Employment’s Trial Advocacy Competition.. Mr. Englert does not shy away from difficult cases that other attorneys may reject because a case is difficult or settlement is unlikely.  "When I take on a plaintiff's case, I have every intention of ensuring they receive their day in Court in front of a jury and prepare every case in anticipation of going to trial and unless the otherside is willing to resolve the case fairly in favor of my client, we'll see them in Court.". Mr. Englert has served as lead counsel or co-counsel in a number of cases that have resulted in huge, sometimes record-breaking, outcomes.  Most recently, Englert was plaintiff's counsel in a birth injury case in Erie, Pennsylvania that resulted in a record-setting $21.6 million verdict.. Mr. Englert was also plaintiff's counsel in a $5.12 million settlement announced in October 2009 for the family of a 16-year-old boy who drowned after he was taken by a school supervisor on an unauthorized off-campus school swimming outing.. In July 2009, Englert, as lead trial counsel, won a $582,000 jury verdict for the family of a bicyclist who was struck and killed by a vehicle passing a double-parked car in Philadelphia.  A settlement had been reached earlier with the owner of the parked car.. Mr. Englert began his career as a trial lawyer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was one of the founding members of the Penn Law Mock Trial Team, a student-run organization committed to providing interested students with a greater exposure to trial advocacy skills and the benefits of courtroom experience.  In 2009, he was appointed to the University of Pennsylvania Law School adjunct faculty as a Lecturer in Law to supervise and develop the mock trial program. Since then, the team has grown to more than 30 student members who compete annually in competitions across the country.. As a third-year law student, Mr. Englert was the director of The Unemployment Compensation Project, a student-run pro bono clinic with more than 20 members and as well as a legal research and writing instructor.. Mr. Englert has previously worked for the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Bureau of Organized Crime & Narcotics as well as for the United States Attorney's Office in Camden, New Jersey.. Mr. Englert is an avid motorcycle rider and competitive marksman.  He is an Endowment Member of the NRA as well as a member of the International Defensive Pistol Association, the Liberty Township Sportsman's Association, the Delaware County Field & Stream Association, and Targetmaster.

Attorney Richard Golomb, one of the founding partners at Golomb • Spirt P.C., has been representing clients in catastrophic personal injury cases and consumer class action lawsuits for more than 30 years. In this time, he has successfully recovered million-dollar and multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements in more than 50 separate cases for individual and class action clients. Mr. Golomb has also served in leadership positions for more than a dozen consumer class action and anti-trust matters.. As an active member of the bar, Mr. Golomb previously served as President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and currently sits on the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. For over three years, he also served as an officer of the American Association for Justice. While serving in this capacity, he received the Distinguished Service Award on two different occasions. He also received the Citation of Excellence for his pro bono service after the events of September 11, 2001.. Mr. Golomb is frequently asked to lecture on various trial advocacy subjects—including expert witness preparation, cross-examination, evidence, ethics and multi-district litigation. If you are interested in learning more about Richard Golomb or any of the other Philadelphia class action lawyers at Golomb • Spirt P.C., we encourage you to contact the firm for a free initial consultation. We offer our legal services on a contingency fee basis, so you won’t be expected to pay unless we win your case.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.

Experienced Civil Rights attorney serving clients in Philadelphia and surrounding areas.