LexisNexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Personal Injury Litigation

Walter "Pete" Swayze III is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. He also serves the firm as Co-Chair of the firm's Life Sciences Practice Group and Vice Chair of the Firm's Products Liability Practice Group. Mr. Swayze concentrates on the defense of product liability and complex litigation matters involving catastrophic injuries, and has also handled appellate matters including cases in the Pennsylvania Superior Court, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Swayze was educated at the University of Richmond (B.S., 1986) and Widener University School of Law (J.D. cum laude, 1990). Mr. Swayze lives in Media, Pennsylvania with his wife, Joanne, two sons, Hunter and Jake, and a daughter, Katelyn.

Megan E. Grossman is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. Ms. Grossman is also Vice-Chair of the firm's Life Sciences Practice Group. She focuses her practice on the defense of product liability and complex litigation matters, specifically focusing on pharmaceutical and medical device cases. She is admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and is also admitted in numerous federal courts and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Grossman was educated at Lehigh University (B.S., Molecular Biology, 1996), Drexel University (M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2000), and Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 2003).