About

Andrew A. Chirls is a noticeably experienced lawyer based totally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a focal point on business and tort cases. Learn extra approximately his history and regions of expertise below. Andrew A. Chirls is a pro lawyer with a wealth of enjoy in handling a wide range of commercial enterprise and tort instances. He obtained his regulation diploma from the University of California (Boalt Hall) School of Law and went on to serve as a clerk for the U.S. District Court in New Jersey for a year. Following his clerkship, he spent 25 years litigating at Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, in which he ultimately have become a accomplice in 1989 and remained till 2009. In 2005, he turned into honored to function the Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. One of Mr. Chirls areas of knowledge is in class moves and mass torts. He is famous for his paintings on this discipline, both as an suggest and a neutral birthday celebration. In 2013, he changed into appointed by means of the USA District Court in Philadelphia to oversee and solve discovery disputes in the Zoloft Birth Defects national multi-district litigation. Additionally, he serves as the Common Benefit Fund Administrator in the Avandia multi-district litigation. Mr. Chirls has additionally been worried in several securities instances as elegance counsel, along with representing the AHP Settlement Trust in a .3 billion magnificence agreement associated with the eating regimen drug Fen Phen. In addition to his work in magnificence actions, Mr. Chirls has significant enjoy in business litigation, in particular in contract cases stemming from mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions. He is considered an expert in property rights and condemnation regulation, focusing at the constitutional rights of property owners whilst their property is taken for public tasks via governments or application corporations. Mr. Chirls additionally offers illustration and consultation offerings to lawyers dealing with legal professional area and professional ethics topics. Furthermore, he has a history in tort regulation, having been the first attorney to represent a plaintiff in an AIDS/HIV discrimination case before a jury in Pennsylvania. He has additionally served as lead protection suggest in a class movement involving exposure to toxic metals at a dialysis hospital. In end, Andrew A. Chirls is a highly respected lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a various practice that spans commercial enterprise litigation, elegance moves, attorney subject, and tort regulation. His widespread enjoy and knowledge make him a valuable asset to clients in search of felony illustration in complex and hard instances.

Legal Issues

• Litigation
• Commercial Litigation/Business Disputes
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Certificates

No Certifications

Languages

• English: Spoken, Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Lawyer
  Fineman Krekstein & Harris
  2009
• Partner
  Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen
  1989
• Chancellor
  Philadelphia Bar Association
  2005
• Clerk
  U.S. District Court in New Jersey
  1988

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