Our Lawyers

Benjamin Shein, Esq. was born and raised in the Philadelphia area and has devoted 100% of his professional time and attention to seeking justice for injured clients. Ben has been actively protecting legal rights since 1977, when he served as a law clerk while in high school. In the 1980s, his father successfully handled one of the first asbestos lawsuits in the Philadelphia area with a big win, and Ben has followed suit since.

After graduating from The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania, Ben received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He attended law school and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida in 1984. Ben began his notable legal career as an associate attorney in 1985.

For nearly 40 years, Ben has represented asbestos victims and their families. He has negotiated and settled hundreds of asbestos, personal injury, and wrongful death lawsuits arising from mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos-related diseases. Ben has also obtained several multi-million dollar jury verdicts on behalf of his clients in asbestos cases.

As a renowned asbestos attorney, Ben has lectured to doctors, lawyers, insurance representatives, and union leaders on asbestos exposure and disease. He is a founding member of Asbestos Victims Against Default and Delay and a committee member of Asbestos Victims of America. Ben values the relationships he builds with his clients and is committed to ensuring they are cared for medically, emotionally, and financially.

Ben is a member in good standing of the state bars of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and the local and state trial lawyers and bar associations. He is a member of the Leaders Forum of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and a sustaining member of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Ben was appointed and previously served on the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and currently serves as a board member of the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners.

A respected leader among Pennsylvania asbestos lawyers for decades, Ben is a proud Million Dollar Advocates Forum member for obtaining settlements, verdicts, and awards over $1 million for his clients.

* The awards and accolades displayed on this website were issued to the attorneys, or the entire law firm, by the respective providers of these honors. They are as follows: Super Lawyers®, Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated, Philadelphia Top 100, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. No aspect of these advertisements has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

John Kopesky has lived his entire life in the Philadelphia area. He graduated from Camden Catholic High School in 1972 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the Villanova University School of Business in 1976. He attended the Villanova University of School of Law, was an Associate Editor of the Villanova Law Review, and graduated with a Juris Doctorate degree in 1979.

Attorney Kopesky began his legal career in Philadelphia in 1979 as a litigator with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. In 1980, he took a one-year leave of absence and served as clerk to the Honorable Bruce W. Kauffman during Justice Kauffman’s tenure on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In 1987, he joined the litigation form of Hoyle, Morris and Kerr, becoming a partner of the firm in 1990.

Since 1994, Mr. Kopesky has specialized in representing individuals who have been injured as a result of medical malpractice and defective medical devices and drugs, obtaining multiple settlements in excess of $1 million for his clients. Since joining the Shein Law in February 2007, Attorney Kopesky has represented the victims of asbestos exposure as well as plaintiffs in other toxic tort litigation.

Mr. Kopesky is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and before the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Villanova Law J. Willard O’Brien American Inn of Court and a member of the Villanova Law Alumni Association’s Board of Advisors. He has published articles and has lectured attorneys on topics relating to pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. John Kopesky has also served as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and as a Settlement Master with the Philadelphia Court system.

Attorney Kopesky is a local lawyer seeking justice for local people in local courts. If you would like him to contact you, please email our practice.

* The awards and accolades displayed on this website were issued to the attorneys, or the entire law firm, by the respective providers of these honors. They are as follows: Super Lawyers®, Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rated, Philadelphia Top 100, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. No aspect of these advertisements has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.