About Alan Starker

Alan Starker is an attorney at SL Chapman LLC with over 35 years of legal experience in catastrophic personal injury litigation. He earned his B.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University in 1982 and his J.D. from Delaware Law School of Widener University in 1985. Starker is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as the U.S. District Courts for both states and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

His practice focuses on defective product cases involving trucks, school buses, saws, tool-and-die machines, and tire-changing equipment, as well as vehicle rollover and airbag failure cases. He also handles medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, construction site negligence, motor vehicle accidents, and insurance coverage disputes. Starker holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has secured numerous seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements throughout his career.

Proven verdicts and settlements at SL Chapman LLC

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

$16.75 millionVerdict

A federal jury in St. Louis awarded Teddy and Melanie Scott $46.75 million after a nitrogen oxide gas cloud from Dyno Nobel's nitric acid plant in Louisiana, Missouri engulfed Teddy at a neighboring worksite. In 2024 the Eighth Circuit affirmed liability and all $16.75 million in compensatory damages but reversed the $30 million punitive award.

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri · 2022Workplace 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

Delaware Law School of Widener University
J.D., 1985
The George Washington University
Undergraduate, 1982

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of New Jersey

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$745 Million Verdict Against Nitrous Oxide Distributor and Head Shop After Crash Killed a 25-Year-Old
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$4.69 billion · St. Louis Jury Awards $4.69 Billion to 22 Women Over Asbestos-Laced Talcum Powder
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$11.49 million · Parents of 6-Year-Old Killed by School Bus Win Wrongful Death Judgment Against Driver in St. Louis
Cantor Injury Law
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$119.5 million · $462 Million Verdict After Fatal Underride Crash Killed Two Young Fathers
The Bruning Law Firm
The Bruning Law Firm
$24 Million Federal Class-Action Settlement for St. Louis Rams PSL Holders

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