About Jason Yampolsky

Jason Yampolsky is a seasoned trial litigator with Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP, working out of the firm's Pennsylvania office. His practice focuses on personal injury, negligence, product liability, premises liability, and employer liability matters, with particular emphasis on asbestos litigation. Mr. Yampolsky has litigated claims in Delaware, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and federal courts, and is described by colleagues as both an aggressive litigator and a skilled negotiator who has secured millions of dollars in recoveries for clients injured by negligent defendants.

Mr. Yampolsky began his career as a prosecutor in New York City, then represented injured plaintiffs at prominent New York law firms before relocating to Philadelphia. The combination of prosecutorial trial experience and plaintiffs' personal injury practice gives him a distinctive perspective on building and trying cases.

Mr. Yampolsky earned his bachelor's degree magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh and his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from American University, Washington College of Law, where he received a merit-based scholarship for his trial advocacy skills and served as Publications Editor for the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law. He is admitted in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and is a member of the American Association for Justice.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Meirowitz & Wasserberg, LLP

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A Richland County jury unanimously awarded $32 million, including $10 million in punitive damages against Kraft Heinz, after finding that secondhand asbestos fibers carried home on work clothes caused Kathy Weist's fatal mesothelioma diagnosis.

South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 5th Judicial Circuit, Richland County (No. 2020-CP-40-02597) · 2021Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$23.6 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #14

A Boston jury found on Sept. 13, 2024 that Cimbar Performance Minerals misrepresented the safety of its Elite Talc 2000 and that its negligence helped cause a Utah man's mesothelioma, which was diagnosed seven years after he received talc during a 2014 pleurodesis. It is the first known verdict on that theory. The jury awarded about $39.1 million, and the trial judge later cut the future pain and suffering item from $21.5 million to $6 million. About $23.6 million stood.

Massachusetts Superior Court, Boston · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

American University, Washington College of Law
JD
University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of PA
State Bar of NY
State Bar of NJ
State Bar of DE
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Merit-based trial advocacy scholarship, American University Washington College of Law

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