About Andrew Mitnick

Andrew K. Mitnick has spent over 25 years litigating cases across Pennsylvania and New Jersey involving medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, and complex catastrophic injury matters. He also handles cases nationally on a pro hac vice basis in Florida, Illinois, New York, and Ohio. At Feldman Shepherd, Andrew has helped secure significant verdicts and settlements for his clients, including a $12 million settlement for the family of a child with kernicterus and cerebral palsy and a $9 million settlement for a man who suffered severe brain damage from a hospital's failure to monitor vital signs. He earned his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig

These results are credited to Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A $160 million settlement, the largest pre-verdict settlement in Pennsylvania court history, resolved claims against U-Haul after an overfilled propane tank exploded at a North Philadelphia food truck, killing a mother and her teenage daughter and severely burning three others.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2018Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Philadelphia jury found Pottstown Memorial Medical Center liable for a newborn's severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy after the hospital's outdated, unmaintained ultrasound equipment led a physician to incorrectly declare the baby dead, delaying an emergency cesarean section by 81 minutes.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2012Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$50 millionSettlementTop 20 of 2016 · #10

Feldman Shepherd secured a combined $50 million settlement from IKEA on behalf of three families whose toddler sons were fatally crushed by MALM dressers, a result that preceded a nationwide recall of approximately 29 million chests and dressers.

Private mediation (JAMS) · 2016Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$46 millionSettlementTop 20 of 2020 · #11

Alan Feldman of Feldman Shepherd secured a $46 million settlement against IKEA on behalf of the family of a 2-year-old boy crushed by a MALM dresser in California, reported at the time as the largest child wrongful-death settlement in U.S. history.

Private mediation · 2020Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$26.1 millionSettlementTop 20 of 2012 · #10

Feldman Shepherd secured a $26.1 million settlement for the family of a man killed and a husband left with a traumatic brain injury when a tractor-trailer hit stopped traffic on Interstate 80 at more than 70 mph.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2012Truck AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Case Western Reserve University School of Law
J.D., 1997

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania, admitted 1997
State Bar of New Jersey, admitted 1997

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$907 million · Maddux Family Wins $907 Million Wrongful Death Judgment Against Fugitive Ira Einhorn

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.