Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Attorneys Interviewed by National Media Regarding the Boy Scouts of America’s Bankruptcy Filing

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Recently, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy, in part because of the lawsuits filed by attorneys from Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., and the Abused in Scouting team on behalf of their clients who allege they were sexually abused by Boy Scouts of America scoutmasters.

Abused in Scouting is a group of child sex abuse attorneys from four law firms including Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., who have banded together to take on the Boy Scouts. Abused in Scouting has over 2100 clients from all 50 states.

News of the bankruptcy was covered by dozens of media outlets. Many of them quoted attorney Stewart Eisenberg including ABC News, NBC News, Newsweek, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., has earned a reputation for its strong advocacy on behalf of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The child sexual abuse attorneys at the firm have successfully taken on powerful institutions such as the Boy Scouts, The Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The firm has the legal experience and the extensive resources needed to aggressively advocate on behalf of survivors.

If you are a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of a leader in the Boy Scouts of America, please visit www.abusedinscouting.com to learn more about your legal rights. Contact Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., to schedule a free consultation with a Boy Scouts sexual abuse lawyer. Your conversation with a Boy Scouts sexual abuse attorney is confidential, and you can trust that our team will handle your case with the utmost sensitivity and compassion.

Joshua B. Schwartz is a shareholder and Philadelphia personal injury attorney at Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry. Joshua has nearly 20 years of legal experience focusing exclusively on the representation of the catastrophically injured in medical malpractice, product liability, childhood sexual abuse and other complex personal injury matters. He helped obtain numerous seven figure and eight figure resolutions in medical malpractice and other catastrophic injury cases including what is believed to be one of the largest medical malpractice settlements in Pennsylvania history at $54,000,000.00. He also helped obtain the $2.46 billion Boy Scouts of America sexual abuse settlement, one of the largest sexual abuse settlements in U.S. history. Mr. Schwartz received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts and Sciences with a concentration in Rhetorical Theory from The Pennsylvania State University and his law degree from Widener University School of Law. He is committed to the advancement of the next generation of lawyers, having served as the past Chair of the Future Leaders Section of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. He currently serves as an Officer (Secretary) and Board Member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and Board Member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice.