PHILADELPHIA – Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., recently promoted attorneys Tracy A. Finken and Gregory S. Spizer to partners.

"We are thrilled to name Tracy and Greg partners," said Joel D. Feldman, managing partner at Anapol Schwartz. "Tireless advocates for their clients, they’ve made outstanding contributions to their practices and the firm."

 Tracy A. Finken concentrates on class actions, pharmaceutical liability, medical, and other professional malpractice, products liability, and complex civil litigation. She has handled various pharmaceutical liability cases involving Fen-Phen, Rezulin, Propulsid, Vioxx, Fosamax, Paxil, Avandia and Zelnorm side effects.

A member of the National Order of Barristers, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bar associations, and the Pennsylvania and American Associations for Justice, Finken also serves as an arbitrator for the Philadelphia County Arbitration Program. The Legal Intelligencer recognized her as a "Lawyer on the Fast Track" and Philadelphia Magazine named her a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® - Rising Star for the past four consecutive years (2005-2008).

A resident of Hellertown Pa., Finken earned her undergraduate degree from Bloomsburg University (B.A, 1993) and her law degree from Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). At Widener, she was a member of the Moot Court and Trial Advocacy honor societies, and honored with the Most Promising Civil Litigator and the Outstanding Student Service awards. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

 Gregory S. Spizer focuses his practice on pharmaceutical liability, professional malpractice, products liability, and other civil and commercial litigation. Spizer was actively involved in representing individuals who claimed injury from the drug Vioxx, where he handled cases from inception through trial preparation and the settlement process. He also serves as counsel to individuals suffering injuries from Digitek, Trasylol, Fosamax, Zelnorm and other dangerous drugs. 

He is a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, Pennsylvania and American Associations for Justice and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, where he is a member of the President’s Future Leaders Select Committee. Spizer also serves as an arbitrator for the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Arbitration Program. New Jersey Law Journal recognized him in its "Top 40 under 40" issue and Philadelphia Magazine named him a 2007 and 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® - Rising Star.

A resident of Merion Station, Pa., he earned his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1995) and his law degree from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1998). Spizer is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

 Founded in 1977, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., is a personal injury firm with more than 25 attorneys and law offices in Philadelphia, Media, Reading and Harrisburg, Pa., as well as Cherry Hill, N.J. and Wheeling, W.Va. The firm has a multi-faceted practice with a tradition of excellence in pharmaceutical mass tort, medical device matters, toxic tort, class actions, products liability, workplace injury, professional negligence cases, automobile, investor claims and wrongful termination litigation.