About Leah Edelstein

Leah M. Edelstein is an Associate at Wapner Newman and has been with the firm since 2021. She focuses her practice on plaintiff's medical malpractice and also litigates personal injury cases involving civil sexual assault, premises liability, wrongful death, and other catastrophic injuries. She clerked for the Honorable Arnold L. New in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Division with an emphasis on mass torts litigation. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware in 2018 and her J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law in 2021.

She is licensed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She serves as Vice President of the Villanova Law Young Alumni Board and is a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association and the New Jersey Association for Justice. She has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2023 and 2024 and was named to The Legal Intelligencer's 2023 'Lawyers on the Fast Track' list. She is a fourth-generation attorney practicing in Philadelphia, where her family has been in practice since the 1920s.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wapner Newman

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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 →
$45 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2014 · #10

A Philadelphia jury returned a $45 million verdict in favor of Tamara Breeden, a mentally disabled woman who was confined, abused, and robbed of her Social Security benefits for more than a decade by Linda Ann Weston and two associates.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas · 2014Premises 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

Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
J.D., 2021
University of Delaware
Undergraduate, 2018

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania
State Bar of New Jersey

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$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
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$85 Million Verdict for Penn Med Student Who Fell 18 Feet Into Open Center City Manhole
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$1.6 billion · 104 Women Win $1.6 Billion Against Long Island Pediatrician Stuart Copperman

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