Founding Partner

Marc Jay Bern

Marc Jay Bern

Founding Partner

Mr. Bern, a nationally-recognized trial attorney, is the Founding Partner of the firm. In a legal career spanning over 35 years, Mr. Bern has tried more than 100 cases to jury verdict and has settled hundreds of cases for amounts in excess of $1,000,000. Marc is honored to sit on the prestigious Board of Directors of the New York City Police Museum.

Partners

Joseph J. Cappelli

Joseph J. Cappelli

Senior Partner

Mr. Cappelli is a senior partner of the firm and is a nationally recognized trial attorney with over twenty years of litigation experience. Mr. Cappelli has successfully litigated and settled hundreds of claims throughout the United States on behalf of people injured by the negligence of others.

Thomas J. Joyce

Thomas J. Joyce

Partner

Tom Joyce is a trial attorney who has represented railroad workers in cases brought under the Federal Employers Liability Act for nearly 30 years. Tom has tried numerous FELA cases to verdict in railroad cases involving personal injuries, wrongful death, occupational injuries that happen over time, occupational exposure and occupational cancer. Tom has settled hundreds of FELA cases on behalf of injured railroad workers. Tom is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is a past President of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys.

Stephen F. Monroe

Stephen Monroe

Partner

Stephen is licensed to practice law in Illinois. Working out of our Chicago office, he focuses on representing current and former railroad workers diagnosed with life-threatening cancers caused by the daily exposure to toxic chemicals.

Shawn M. Sassaman

Shawn M. Sassaman

Partner

Mr. Sassaman concentrates his practice on Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA) cases involving railroad workers who were injured on the job and who are seeking just compensation for their injuries. Mr. Sassaman focuses on cases involving traumatic injuries; repetitive stress injuries that occur over the course of time; occupational hearing loss and; asbestos exposure.

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James West

Partner

James is a trial attorney in the Los Angeles office. He has devoted his career to standing up for those harmed by the wrongdoing of others. He has helped numerous clients achieve multi-million dollar results for catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and other types of harm. He has brought to task numerous types of wrongdoers such as drunk and dangerous drivers, school districts, fitness facilities, cities and municipalities, insurance companies, hospitals, health care administrations, railroads, and other corporations and employers. His goal as a lawyer is to show his passion for helping others through the results he obtains for his clients.

Aoife-Roisin Bourke

Aoife-Roisin Bourke

Partner

Aoife-Roisin Bourke advocates for victims who suffered physical harm or were killed because of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent response efforts. She focuses her practice on assisting members of the 9/11 community bring forward claims under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Shawn A. Ricci, Attorney

Shawn A. Ricci

Partner

Shawn concentrates his practice on litigating complex matters, with an emphasis in railroad and transportation, mass torts, toxic torts, premises liability and products liability. Shawn also has considerable experience with first-party insurance coverage issues and insurance bad faith litigation.

Margaret E. Cordner

Margaret E. Cordner

Partner

Margaret Cordner focuses her practice on representing  individuals who have been injured by harmful pharmaceutical drugs and defective medical devices, working to hold accountable those responsible for corporate wrongdoing and inadequate product warning, research and testing.

Attorneys

Mollie Wellins

Mollie Wellins

Associate

Mollie Wellins works in mass tort litigation. Her primary focus is advocating for victims of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, devices, and biologics. Mollie received her Bachelor’s Degree from the City College of New York, and her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. While in law school, she was an article editor for the Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law. She received CALI awards in the topics of Contracts, Trusts and Estates, Medical Malpractice and New York Civil Practice. She is admitted to practice in New York.

Hailey Tutton

Hailey Tutton

Associate

Hailey Tutton focuses her practice on personal injury cases including FELA railroad injury claims, product liability, medical malpractice, and toxic exposures. Prior to joining the firm, Hailey spent time studying how the U.S. healthcare system and public health system impacts individuals and communities alike. She has also spent time serving those who have served us by providing legal services to Veterans and their families.

Jennifer Hoffman

Jennifer Hoffman

Associate

Jennifer Hoffman is a seasoned trial attorney based in the Philadelphia office. Jennifer focuses her practice on complex civil litigation involving Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA) claims, product liability, mass and toxic torts, and general negligence. Prior to joining Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP, Jennifer was an Associate at a plaintiff’s personal injury firm and had previously spent fourteen years as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia where she prosecuted violent felony crimes. Jennifer has extensive trial experience and has successfully litigated thousands of cases throughout her career.

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Frank Voler

Associate

Frank Voler is a trial attorney in the Philadelphia office concentrating on mass tort, FELA and personal injury matters. Frank has extensive experience in litigating personal injury cases, including wrongful death, drunk driver, commercial trucking, and appellate cases. Frank attended law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Frank received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy.

Frank is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, the U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of North Carolina, and the U.S Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Izabela Poznanski

Associate

Izabela Poznanski is an experienced attorney working in the Chicago office, focusing on representing injured railroad workers under FELA. Prior to joining Marc J. Bern & Partners, LLP, Izabela represented hundreds of clients in various personal injury and worker’s compensation matters. She has also represented individuals successfully at trial.

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Hanna Shoshany

Associate

Hanna Shoshany is an Associate attorney in the New York Office. Hanna’s primary focus is advocating for victims of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, devices, and biologics. Hanna has practiced in both state and federal courts in both civil and criminal litigation.

Lilian Avedian

Associate

Lilian Avedian is an associate in the Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including products liability, medical malpractice, and mass and toxic tort claims.

Prior to joining the firm, Lilian represented plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and product defect cases. She is admitted to practice law in California.

Martin McLemore

Associate

Martin McLemore is an Associate Attorney based in the Philadelphia office. Martin focuses on representing railroad workers under the Federal Employers Liability Act. Martin received his Juris Doctor from Washington University of St. Louis in 2019. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology magna cum laude from Portland State University in 2015. Prior joining Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP, Martin served as an Assistant District Attorney for the city of Philadelphia. Martin is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania.

Greg McMahon

Associate

Greg McMahon is a seasoned litigator and trial attorney based in the Chicago office. Greg focuses his practice on complex civil litigation involving Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA) claims, mass and toxic torts, and general negligence.

Daniel Moon

Daniel Moon

Associate

Daniel Moon is an Associate Attorney based in the Chicago Office. His current practice focuses on complex civil litigation involving Federal Employer Liability Act (FELA) railroad injury claims, mass and toxic torts, and general negligence. While in law school Daniel represented the state of Wisconsin in criminal matters as a student Assistant District Attorney in addition to his work as a Judicial Law Clerk.

Of Counsel

Brian Depew

Brian Depew

Of Counsel

Brian Depew is of counsel to Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP to assist with medical and scientific issues in mass tort litigation. Brian Depew was a partner at Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack where he represented thousands of injured plaintiffs for 39 years in a wide variety of cases, with a major emphasis on environmental toxic tort and pharmaceutical litigation.

Robert Eisenberg

Robert A. Eisenberg

Of Counsel

Robert Eisenberg has more than 25 years of experience in rendering consultative services in the discovery of Electronically Stored Information (ESI), Computer Forensics, Electronic Data Preservation and Retention and eDiscovery in a Cybersecurity Context. Mr. Eisenberg frequently conducts seminars, webinars, CLE courses and other presentations on the subjects of eDiscovery, Computer Forensics and Data Security.

Colleen Miller

Colleen Miller

Of Counsel

Colleen Miller graduated New York Law School in 2012 and was barred to New York State in 2013. She has a background in various practices including asbestos litigation, entertainment and sports law and pharmaceutical litigation.

Joseph “Hilik” Shenkar

Joseph “Hilik” Shenkar

Of Counsel

Mr. Shenkar is of counsel for Marc J. Bern & Partners. Mr. Shenkar’s work primarily addresses the opioid epidemic and fighting for those directly affected by opioid crisis. Mr. Shenkar previously served as the General Counsel for the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services and has been heavily involved addressing the opioid epidemic in South Carolina.