Brian Lowenberg

Partner

New JerseyNew YorkPennsylvaniaTexas

Offices

Pennsylvania

1801 Market Street, Suite 770, Ten Penn Center

Philadelphia, PA 19103

New Jersey - Cherry Hill

Towne Place at Garden State Park 923 Haddonfield Road, Suite 300

Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

Practice Areas

Class Actions, Collective Actions, and Mass Torts

Construction

Employment

Environmental

Food Retailers & Manufacturers

Healthcare

Hospitality

Premises Liability

Product Liability

Experience

Brian is a Partner in the firm’s Philadelphia office.  Brian defends manufacturers, chemical companies, and property owners as insureds and self-insureds, in connection with products liability and premises liability, including toxic torts such as asbestos, benzene, talcum powder, pesticides, and groundwater contamination. Brian also specializes in catastrophic personal injuries, including amputations, burn cases, and construction accidents. 

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lowenberg served in an in-house role for one of the companies within the Berkshire Hathaway Group of Insurance Companies and has practiced with an international law firm in Philadelphia and a premiere litigation boutique in Houston, Texas.  Brian was selected as a Fellow to the Houston Young Lawyers Association, an honor that is limited to no more than 1% of the membership. Brian was appointed to the Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, which establishes uniform standards of jury forms throughout the State of Texas and the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania later appointed him to the PBA In-House Counsel Committee, on which he served as Co-Chair.

Court Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas 
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Notable Matters

  • Lead counsel for an international manufacturing company with facilities in Pennsylvania, winning on summary judgment for the client/insured after plaintiff’s counsel made an outrageous settlement demand.
  • Lead counsel for three petrochemical refining companies, prevailing on summary judgment in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions often referred to as “hellholes.”
  • Lead counsel for a national media company, obtaining numerous successful dismissals in sequential lawsuits regarding tax liabilities related to remote workers.

Publications & Presentations

  • Texas Pattern Jury Charges (nuisance and trespass jury charges); “Nuisance is Coming to the PJC” The Advocate; “Becoming Leviathan” – Hous. J of Int’l Law; “Civil Procedure as a Fetish,” Defense Counsel Journal
  • Preparing for the Rise of Nuisance Claims, Including Defending Against Public, Private, and Climate Change Nuisance Actions at the American Conference Institute, presented with Senior Counsel of ExxonMobil; 
  • The Ins and Outs of Attorney-Client Privilege, presented with General Counsel of Mallinkrodt
  • Diversity Is Important to the Bottomline, presented with Diversity Director and Counsel at NBCUniversalComcast; 
  • CyberSecurity Risks and Solutions, presented with the Pennsylvania Bar Association In-House Counsel Panel at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 2004
  • Duke University, Study Abroad (Université de Genève) 2001
  • Trinity University, B.A., 2001

Professional & Community Affiliations

  • Pennsylvania State Bar Association In-House Counsel Committee
  • DRI
  • American Conference Institute/Business Law Institute Faculty
  • Better Business Bureau, Certified Arbitration Judge
  • Board of Directors, Texas Young Lawyers Association
  • Defense Counsel Journal, International Association of Defense Counsel