HarrisMartin's Philadelphia Complex Litigation Conference: Examining the Court's New Mass Tort and Asbestos Protocols Speaker Profiles

Stephen A. Sheller is the founding partner of Sheller, P.C., one of the leading plaintiff's personal injury, class action and whistleblower/qui tam law firms in the United States.

His long and storied career can be summed up in a few words: a principled, fervent champion for those harmed by the negligence or intentional acts of corporations or others, in need of a strong legal voice.

Mr. Sheller has been at the forefront of celebrated national lawsuits, representing pharmaceutical whistleblowers and recovering over $4.2 billion for the U.S. government: $520 million against AstraZeneca in April 2010, $2.3 billion against Pfizer Inc. in September 2009 and $1.4 billion against Eli Lilly & Company in January 2009. Serving as a lead attorney in these recent pharmaceutical cases, one is the largest civil, and the other two are the largest civil and criminal settlements in U.S. history. He continues to work with whistleblowers and is recognized as one the country's premier experts on qui tam cases.

Sean P. Fahey is a partner in the Litigation Department of Pepper Hamilton LLP and a member of the Health Effects Litigation and Health Care Services Practice Groups. He focuses his practice in products liability and health care litigation, with a primary emphasis on the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device entities in multidistrict litigation.

Stephen J. Imbriglia is the Administrative Director in charge of Gibbons’ Philadelphia Office. Mr. Imbriglia is a trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in the defense of product liability cases. He defends pharmaceutical and medical-device manufacturers. For more than twenty years, Mr. Imbriglia has also defended companies in toxic tort litigation, such as those involving exposures to asbestos, benzene, beryllium and lead. In addition to defending clients in individual cases, he has extensive experience representing companies in class actions, multidistrict litigation and serial lawsuits. Mr. Imbriglia has served as national and local counsel for companies in mass tort litigation.

Mr. Imbriglia also defends professionals, including architects, engineers and accountants, in professional-liability actions.

Mr. Imbriglia has authored articles about medical monitoring claims, Daubert issues, class actions and mass tort litigation.

A Philadelphia native, Mr. Imbriglia began his career as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office before transitioning to civil litigation.