Daniel S. Altschuler is a Principal and Chair of the Firm’s Casualty Litigation Department and a Member of the Firm's Board of Directors. He has extensive trial experience in the area of casualty litigation including products liability, motor vehicle liability, construction defect/injury, and toxic tort liability.
Mr. Altschuler's practice involves cases with complex fact patterns, catastrophic circumstances and injuries, and significant financial and reputational exposure. These include cases involving child safety issues, negligent supervision/abuse allegations, hazardous and toxic substance exposure, and fatalities.
His clients include regional health systems, durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturers, national non-profits, commercial transportation and trucking companies, public utilities, dialysis providers, security companies, and large sports and entertainment venues. He formerly served as National Coordinating Counsel for Toxic Tort cases for a Fortune 500, national food and facilities services provider.
Mr. Altschuler defends a variety of non-profit human services organizations and child care facilities in cases involving highly-sensitive and tragic circumstances and trauma. He maintains contact with leading child safety and trauma experts that are used in these matters.
His experience in this area includes:
- Representing and defending Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in matters involving abuse/sexual abuse in the Philadelphia region for the last 5 years. Cases involve allegations of abuse going back decades. In addition, Mr. Altschuler presented on sexual abuse issues at the organization’s national conference with BBBSA’s National Safety Representative in 2015.
- Representing and defending the YMCA in matters involving allegations of sexual abuse. Currently defending the organization in a case involving an alleged rape of an 11-year old girl by a YMCA instructor.
- Representation and defense of a daycare in a case involving the alleged sexual abuse of a 4-year old girl. Case dismissed on summary judgment.
Mr. Altschuler has successfully argued cases before the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He serves with the Investigative Division of the Judicial Commission of Selection and Retention of the Philadelphia Bar Association.
Since 2004, Mr. Altschuler has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by his peers as published by American Lawyer Media and Philadelphia Magazine. The Best Lawyers in America™ recognized Mr. Altschuler in its 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 editions in the Product Liability Litigation - Defendants category. In 2022, Mr. Altschuler was named by City & State Pennsylvania to its Law Power 100 list. For information about these selections and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here
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