Mr. Eisenberg is a Past President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. He is a founder and senior partner of the law firm of Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck, P.C., and has represented victims of catastrophic injuries and death for more than 25 years. After graduating cum laude in 1976, from the University of Pennsylvania, he attended law school at Temple University Law of School, where he served on the Law Review. His first multi-million dollar verdict of $2.4 million dollars was in 1986 in the landmark case of Feld v. Merrian, when he represented the victims of a brutal criminal assault against the landlord of an apartment complex, from where they were abducted. His string of multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements continued throughout the next three decades. A New Jersey woman suffering from dystonia (a serious neurological condition) received over $4 million dollars from the doctors and hospital, who misdiagnosed her medical condition. An electrical lineman, working on catenary wires above SEPTA railroad tracks, received $5 million dollars when he was electrocuted by high tension wires in a construction accident. The young son of a single mother, who died of adrenal carcinoma was represented by Mr. Eisenberg, and a Philadelphia jury awarded him close to $3 million dollars. Among his other significant jury verdicts, was a $3.4 million dollar verdict for a Philadelphia man who was not given antibiotics soon enough after knee surgery, and a $2 million dollar verdict for the family of a woman who died, from an embolism, after being improperly discharged from an emergency room.
Always on the side of the innocent victim, Eisenberg has represented children who suffered from improper nursing care after surgery. A 6 year old child, who was never able to walk again after spinal surgery, was awarded $6.5 million dollars. Eisenberg represents those involved in automobile accidents injured by defects in the car ($3 million dollars awarded to a child who suffered catastrophic injuries when using a dangerous seatbelt; $8 million dollars awarded to the family of an 8 year old child who was killed, when he was ejected from a defective mini-van; over $4 million dollars awarded to a woman permanently injured when her SUV rolled over in a low speed collision). Eisenberg represents victims of child sexual abuse (against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and other private institutions), and has always fought for those who have lost everything in life. He represented a family that was awarded close to $4 million dollars for the loss of their mother, and unborn baby, during childbirth. His client, a young man was awarded over $3 million dollars when he underwent radiation treatments and became paralyzed, only to learn a year later that he never had the disease. A young woman ready to get married, become paralyzed by a careless UPS driver, and Eisenberg achieved a settlement of over $4 million dollars for her.
Mr. Eisenberg has earned a reputation, of unparalleled success and achievement, as one of the regions premier trial lawyers. He has been voted a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, been on the Board of the Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, Trial Lawyers Association, and received the highest honor, The Milton D. Rosenberg Award, from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association in 2005. He has lectured to lawyers at over 50 seminars and continuing education programs and is the author of numerous articles published in legal periodicals.
Mr. Eisenberg is the past President of Lawyers for Consumer Rights and past President of the Law Academy for the School District of Philadelphia. In the community, Mr. Eisenberg has served on the Cheltenham Township School Board, been a founding member and capital campaign chairman for Congregation Kol Ami in Elkins Park. He was the Chairman of the Young Lawyers Division of the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Philadelphia, and a member of their Young Men's Cabinet.
