Madeline M. Sherry

Madeline M. Sherry focuses her practice in the areas of products liability and employment litigation. Ms. Sherry began her career in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where she tried many cases. She also has extensive jury trial experience, trying cases solely, or as lead counsel, to verdict.

Ms. Sherry has defended corporations in state and federal courts involving product liability matters in individual and mass tort settings, including pharmaceutical products, medical devices, industrial and construction equipment, juvenile products, and consumer goods. Ms. Sherry has served on a national trial team for a leading global medical products company and has also served as local counsel in a number of mass tort matters, including one for a major healthcare company.

Ms. Sherry has defended matters under state and federal employment laws, including claims for sexual harassment, race, age, sex and disability discrimination in federal and state courts, arbitrations, mediations and in agency proceedings. She has defended claims involving restrictive covenants, breach of employment covenants, whistle blower actions, trade secret matters and claims brought under the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law. She has represented individual officers, directors and employees in wrongful discharge, discrimination and contract claims. Ms. Sherry counsels clients in the development of company policies and procedures, contracts and handbooks and in hiring and termination decisions.

Ms. Sherry is a frequent author and lecturer on a variety of topics, and has spoken before the Defense Research Institute, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association and Philadelphia Bar Association.

Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law (J.D., 1979)

Newton College of the Sacred Heart (B.A., cum laude, 1974)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Board Member, Philadelphia Futures

Member, Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel and served several terms on the Executive Committee and as President from 1995 to 1996

Member, Pennsylvania Defense Institute and served as Chair of the Products Liability Committee

Contributor, Pennsylvania Defense Institute’s Counterpoint

Member, Defense Research Institute

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Served on the Board of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation

Investigator for the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention Committee

Served on the Civil Litigation Law Section Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association

Served as President of the Homeless Advocacy Project and currently serve as Board Member and Volunteer

Philadelphia Futures Volunteer

"Restrictive Covenants and Trade Secret Protection: The Business of Protecting Business," Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 2007 (Madeline M. Sherry, Holly Sando Rieck)

"Pennsylvania Superior Court Recognizes Cause of Action for Sexual Harassment Claim of an At-Will Employee," The Employment and Labor Law Alert, March 7, 2006 (Madeline M. Sherry, Holly Sando Rieck)

"Jury Selection: The Defense Perspective," Pennsylvania Association of Trial Lawyers, 2002

"The Impact of Cooper Industries v. Leatherman: New Perspectives from the United States Supreme Court," Presented to the Network of Trial Law Firms, 2002

"Evaluating Expert Testimony with Respect to Medical Causation: The Use of Epidemiological Studies in Court," Counterpoint, January, 2000 (Frederick E. Blakelock, Madeline M. Sherry)

"Major Developments in Employment Litigation," Presented to the Network of Trial Law Firms, 2000

"Trial Depositions and Using Stipulations to Gain Maximum Benefit," Pennsylvania Bar Institute Program "Trial Preparation: The 100-Day Countdown", 1997

"Punitive Damages in Third Party Cases," Defense Research Institute, June, 1991

"Coordination of Mass Tort Litigation," Personal Injury Institute, 1984

Panelist, American Conference Institute, "Overcoming Attempts to Weaken the Learned Intermediary Doctrine," New York, NY. December 10, 2008

Recipient, Mentor of the Year, Philadelphia Futures, 2008

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability Litigation, 2010

Listed in Super Lawyers, Personal Injury Defense: Products, 2010
Top 50 Female

AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Homeless Advocacy Project - Volunteer Recognition Award, 2004

Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation, 1996

Barristers Society Trial Advocacy Award, 1979

Gibbons Director Madeline Sherry Elected to Board of Philadelphia Futures

The St. Francis Country House Women’s Auxiliary Honors Madeline M. Sherry, Esq. at their 2006 Golden Ball

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