White and Williams LLP is an acknowledged leader in the asbestos personal injury, property damage and medical monitoring litigation.  Our firm has been actively involved in the aggressive management of this difficult litigation since the 1970's on behalf of both individual companies and defense groups such as the Asbestos Claims Facility (Wellington Defendants).  We have served in the capacity as national counsel (for Pecora Corporation), as regional counsel (for H.K. Porter Company/Southern Textile Corporation and Porter Hayden Company), and local counsel for multiple clients with diverse interests.

Historically, we spearheaded the utilization of case management orders in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas systems for asbestos cases.  These efforts resulted in “master” pre-trial pleadings and discovery procedures which have lead to increased efficiencies and tremendous monetary savings for our clients.

Presently, our firm serves as the coordinator for the defense medical expert preparation of all of the asbestos personal injury litigation in the Philadelphia area.  We administer the defense medical cost-sharing program involving over 70 participants.  Our sophisticated computer hardware and software configuration enables us to effectively manage this voluminous litigation.

White and Williams is also unique in the breadth of defense trial experience which it possesses. We know of no other firm that has had over ten partners try asbestos cases to verdict.  We are at the forefront of the development of “state of the art” medical defense issues such as the medical evidence supporting the association of simian virus 40 polio vaccine (SV40) in the etiology of human mesothelioma.