Berwyn, PA

Matthew D. Schelkopf

Matthew D. Schelkopf has extensive litigation experience throughout the United States and has successfully handled large complex class actions on behalf of millions of consumers against major auto manufacturers such as Honda, Toyota, Volvo, Hyundai, Kia, BMW, GM, Subaru, Ford, Volkswagen, Audi, Mazda, Chrysler and Nissan. He is a devoted litigator with an emphasis on catastrophic personal injury matters and complex class actions involving automotive defects, consumer protection, defective products and false advertising. Mr. Schelkopf currently serves as lead or co-lead counsel in numerous class actions related to product and automotive defect cases pending throughout the United States. He was selected to serve for two terms as President of the Class Action Trial Lawyers Association Top 25 (2022-2023 and 2023-2024 terms). He has also been honored as a Best Lawyer® in America (Mass Tort/Class Action) in 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2022 and 2024, LawDragon recognized Mr. Schelkopf in its list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers”. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, he was selected as a Top 25 Products Liability Trial Lawyer. The Legal Intelligencer named Mr. Schelkopf in its 2020 Pennsylvania Trailblazers list. In 2020 and 2022, Mr. Schelkopf was selected to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® in Pennsylvania. Since 2019, Mr. Schelkopf has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania. Since 2010, Mr. Schelkopf has been selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers as a Rising Star and then a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. In 2012, The American Lawyer Media named Mr. Schelkopf as one of the “Lawyers on the Fast Track”. Mr. Schelkopf was also selected as a Top 40 under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers in 2012-2015.

Joseph G. Sauder

Joseph G. Sauder represents individuals, survivors of sexual abuse, consumers, small businesses, and employees in complex litigation nationwide. He currently serves as court-appointed lead counsel in numerous class actions and mass torts in both state and federal courts across the country. Mr. Sauder has successfully litigated cases against some of the largest corporations in the world. Mr. Sauder began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (1998-2003), where he tried hundreds of criminal cases to verdict, including cases involving sexual assault. His advocacy has earned national recognition. Mr. Sauder was named to the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, a prestigious guide recognizing the nation’s most accomplished trial lawyers. In 2023, The National Law Journal named him to its Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers, recognizing him as a “born leader” and “true agent of change.” He was the only attorney from Pennsylvania selected to this elite list of just 51 lawyers nationwide. He was also recognized by Lawdragon in its 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (since 2022), which honors attorneys on the front lines of consumer litigation and its 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers (since 2023), honoring his work fighting for survivors of sex abuse. The American Lawyer named Mr. Sauder to its Northeast Trailblazers (2021), recognizing lawyers who have significantly impacted the legal industry across nine Northeastern states. The Legal Intelligencer named him a Pennsylvania Trailblazer (2020), citing his leadership in institutional sex abuse litigation and advocacy on behalf of women and children. He has been recognized annually by his peers and legal industry organizations: Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (since 2011); Top 100 in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Selected to National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Pennsylvania (since 2012).

Sandra Worthington

Founding shareholder and president of Worthington Law Group, Sandra Worthington graduated from the University of Virginia in 1978 and obtained her law degree from Temple University in 1983. She is licensed by the Pennsylvania Bar and exclusively practices personal injury law. She is a member of several bar associations and has been recognized in 'Who's Who of American Lawyers' and 'Lawyers of Distinction', and as a 'Member of the Nation's Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel'. With over 30 years of experience, she focuses on severe injury cases and provides personal attention to her clients.

Joseph B. Kenney

Joseph B. Kenney is a Partner who devotes his practice to litigation and has experience representing consumers in class actions involving automotive and consumer product defects, false and misleading advertising, securities litigation, employee rights, student loan protection, and other consumer protection litigation. Since 2017, Joe has been selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers as a Rising Star (an honor reserved for 2.5% of lawyers in Pennsylvania). In 2024, the Legal Intelligencer named Joe as a “Lawyer on the Fast Track”. In 2023, Joe was named a “Rising Star of the Plaintiffs Bar” by the Elite Trial Lawyers. Joe leads the firm’s student loan protection practice area and has been appointed as class counsel in significant class action cases.

Heather A. Swadley

Heather Swadley is an Associate who dedicates her practice to representing consumers in class action litigation. She is experienced in consumer protection, sexual misconduct, fair lending, and employment litigation. Heather received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Temple Beasley School of Law in 2021. While at Temple, Heather served as the Lead Articles Editor for Temple Law Review. Her published comment, Class Dismissed: The Dangers of Applying Ascertainability Requirements to 23(b)(2) Class Actions, won both the J. Howard Reber Award for best writing for Temple Law Review and the Hon. Dolores K. Sloviter Award for best paper on judicial administration. At Temple, Heather was also a Rubin Public Interest Fellow and a Law & Public Policy Scholar. Heather brings litigation experience from government, non-profit organizations, and private law firms. In addition to a J.D., Heather holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and an MSc. from the London School of Economics & Political Science. Heather’s scholarly work has been published in the Nebraska Law Review, the Oklahoma Law Review, and the UCLA Disability Law Journal, among others. She received her undergraduate degree in the History of Ideas/Philosophy from William Jewell College in Kansas City, MO, where she studied abroad for a year at the University of Oxford. In her spare time, Heather frequently participates in speaking engagements to promote disability rights.

Linda F. Berman

Linda F. Berman Attorney At Law is committed to providing the highest quality of legal service since 1978. Linda is a graduate of Princeton University and Villanova Law School, and did post graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Berman serves on the Radnor Township Civil Service Commission as well as on the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission's Investigative Division. She is the recipient of a 2017 PBA Special Achievement Award. She practices in Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, Delaware and Philadelphia counties and is experienced in both state and federal courts. She has four locations for your convenience. Linda Berman offers quality, exceptional and dedicated service. Most recently, one of her cases Suburban Woods v. August was featured on abcnews.com in which her client prevailed.