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committed to injured people
A not-for-profit organisation
committed to injured people

Marc P Weingarten

Marc P. Weingarten is a senior partner in the Locks Law Firm in Philadelphia, PA. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New York. Mr. Weingarten received his undergraduate degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1973, magna cum laude and received his Juris Doctor degree from the Villanova University School of Law in 1976. Mr. Weingarten has tried major jury trials to verdict in eight different states and has concentrated his practice in asbestos, pharmaceutical, product liability and class action litigation. Mr. Weingarten is a former Co-Chair of the International Practice Section of AAJ (formerly ATLA) and now serves as Vice-Chair. Marc is a member of AAJ's International Relations Committee, Public Affairs Committee and Public Education Committee. He has taught a Philadelphia public high school class in Civics for seven years. Mr. Weingarten is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and has published several articles and one book chapter on various areas of complex litigation, in addition to making numerous presentations throughout the United States and Europe on those topics. He has chaired or co-chaired several national conferences on asbestos litigation, including three conferences in London on International Asbestos Litigation, and has twice been interviewed on BBC Radio Four on the Vioxx litigation. Mr. Weingarten wrote a continuing column on products liability for the PA Justice News, a publication of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, from 2011 to 2019. He had his first asbestos jury trial in January, 1980. Mr. Weingarten has been awarded a Fellowship in the National College of Advocacy. In 2003, Mr. Weingarten was elected to membership in the American Law Institute and has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer: Plaintiff Personal Injury, Product Liability every year from 2005 — 2020. Marc has a beautiful wife, four wonderful sons, two exquisite daughters-in-law, four tiny grandchildren (Sophie, Eli, Asher and Scarlet) and consistently runs around his backhand.