Bio
Since 1988, Eric K. Falk has concentrated his practice in the area of toxic tort litigation, defending both Fortune 500 companies and regional businesses against allegations of various diseases due to exposures to asbestos, silica, coal tar pitch and coal tar pitch volatiles, and a variety of chemicals and solvents, including benzene, toluene, xylene, isocyanates and various other aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Mr. Falk has handled cases involving a wide variety of disease claims, including mesothelioma, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, the various leukemias, lymphomas, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, toxic encephalopathy and other neurological deficits. He has represented his clients in a variety of jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Texas, Washington, Minnesota, Tennessee, New York, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Arkansas.
Mr. Falk is currently a Vice Chair of the ABA Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee. He is a past chair of the DRI Industrywide Litigation Committee and a past newsletter editor for the DRI Toxic Tort Committee. He has been a speaker/presenter at various DRI and ABA Asbestos and Toxic Tort seminars. He has also authored or co-authored the following articles:
“The Epidemiology of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” which appeared in the November, 2008 issue of For the Defense, the publication of DRI;
“A Short Explanation of Retrospective Exposure Assessment and It’s Use in Toxic Tort Litigation,” which appeared in the Winter, 2009 issue of the ABA Toxic Tort Committee Newsletter;
“Developing Strategy in Mass Tort Litigation,” co-authored with A. Michael Pratt, which appeared in the September, 2003 issue of For the Defense.
He received his J.D. in 1984 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his B.S. with Honors in 1981 from the American University in Washington, D.C.
He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and West Virginia as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
Court Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D. 1984
The American University, Washington, D.C., B.S. with Honors, 1981