About K. Andrew Heinold

K. Andrew (Drew) Heinold tirelessly fights for catastrophically injured plaintiffs in courts across the country with the majority of his matters in the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States of America. In Drew’s decade of representing injured clients, he has gained experience across nearly all disciplines of personal injury including construction accidents, injuries caused by defective products, sexual assaults and human trafficking, auto accidents, commercial trucks, electrical injuries, premises liability, among many other personal injury fields. During his time at Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Drew has continued to hone his craft by obtaining a legal master’s degree in trial advocacy from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University, graduating with honors.

Drew has obtained tens of millions of dollars for his clients and has helped plaintiffs as a whole through numerous appellate victories, including Hangey v. Husqvarna . In Hangey , Drew helped develop the record and arguments that led the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to clarify the venue rules, broadening Plaintiff’s selection of which court they may bring their case. Since the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in November 2023, Hangey v. Husqvarna has already helped injured Plaintiff’s seek justice and compensation in venues all across Pennsylvania.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky

These results are credited to Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Miami, FL · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight and injuring more than 200, Kline & Specter's Thomas R. Kline led the plaintiffs' negotiations that produced a $265 million settlement fund for the victims.

Philadelphia, PA (federal) · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Pennsylvania-record $227 million settlement resolved claims brought by 19 victims of the June 2013 Center City building collapse, in which an improperly braced wall fell during demolition and crushed the adjoining Salvation Army thrift store, killing seven people.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2017Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

A Montgomery County jury awarded the estate of Ellen Gregory Robb $124.26 million in November 2014 against her husband, a former Penn economics professor who killed her in 2006 and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Of the total, $100 million was punitive damages. The proceeds were for the couple's daughter, the estate's beneficiary. The award stood after Robb's post-trial challenge, though collection was limited to his retirement and investment assets.

Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Norristown, PA · 2014Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Four construction workers were killed and more than 30 injured when five floors of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City collapsed in October 2003, leading to what attorneys described as the largest construction-accident settlement in U.S. history at that time.

Atlantic County Superior Court, New Jersey · 2007Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Temple University Beasley School of Law
LL.M., 2020
Villanova University
Undergraduate, 2010

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of New Jersey

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$85 Million Verdict for Penn Med Student Who Fell 18 Feet Into Open Center City Manhole
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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.