As attorneys begin reckoning with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the legal profession, one question is on everyone’s mind: When will courts be able to hold jury trials again? In Pennsylvania it’s a question court leaders have begun to grapple with in recent weeks, but it seems to grow more complicated the more closely it is examined....
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Restarting Jury Trials: For Lawyers and Judges, the Closer You Look, the Harder It Gets
The Philadelphia Inquirer Publishes Front-Page Article About Jail Suicides, Including Tragic Death of Christopher Gilchrist, Son of EWJ Legal Client
Earlier this week, The Philadelphia Inquirer published a front-page story about the all-time high number of suicides in Pennsylvania prisons. The story discussed the tragic death of Christopher Gilchrist, whose mother is represented by Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. in a lawsuit she recently filed against a number ...
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Attorneys Interviewed by National Media Regarding the Boy Scouts of America’s Bankruptcy Filing
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 ch...
5 New Lawsuits Against Glen Mills Schools Detail ‘House of Horrors’
Vicious beatings. Mass sexual assault and rape. Terrifying threats. A pattern of devastating abuse that lasted for decades, leaving hundreds of young men shattered by a school that was meant to be rehabilitating them. Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C., is fighting to hold Glen Mills Schools accountable, with five new law...
EWJ Legal Secures a $2,500,000 Jury Verdict for the Family of a Wheelchair-Bound Man Who Died After Falling On His Way Home From an Eye Exam
On July 11, 2015, William Pratt, a 75-year-old wheelchair-bound double amputee, visited the Wills Eye Emergency Department at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia. He sought medical attention for the significant pain he was feeling in his right eye. Within 10 minutes of being discharged from his examination during whi...
EWJ Legal Proudly Supports Four Charitable Organizations
Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. Proudly Supports Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation, and the Legal Clinic for the Disabled At Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. we are not shy about giving back to the people, commu...
New York Post Article Ties Increase in Boy Scouts Membership Fees to Sex Abuse Cases
On January 1, 2020, the Boy Scouts’ registration fee will almost double from $33 to $60 per scout. In a recent article, the New York Post attributed the increase to the sex abuse cases against the Boy Scouts, including former scouts represented by Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. and the Abused in Scouting team. Ab...
An Article Profiles EWJ Legal Client in Story About a State’s New Sex Abuse Law
In an October 20 article extending its statute of limitations for sex abuse cases, the article profiled one of Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C.’s clients who is preparing to sue the Boy Scouts of America. Our client alleges that he was sexually abused by his former assistant scoutmaster when he was a teenager. The ...
The Washington Post Shines Spotlight on EWJ Legal’s Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against the Boy Scouts of America
In an article about the future of the Boy Scouts of America, The Washington Post discussed the recent sexual abuse lawsuit we filed against the Boy Scouts. You can read The Washington Post’s article. That lawsuit was filed this past August by our Stewart Eisenberg and Josh Schwartz in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of thei...
EWJ Legal Proudly Supports Ms. Wheelchair USA and the MossRehab Aphasia Center
At Eisenberg Winkler Jeck Schwartz Schoenhaus & Sherry, P.C. we are not shy about giving back to the communities and people we serve. Two of the charitable organizations we proudly support are Ms. Wheelchair USA and the MossRehab Aphasia Center. Our firm’s support of the Ms. Wheelchair USA organization began thanks to Katie Matelan. Kat...
