To learn more about Attorney Sacks, visit his attorney profile page on the : Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Sacks received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Grinnell College (1981) and his Juris Doctor degree from Dickinson School of Law (1984). He is admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Sixth well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Sacks began his legal career practicing personal injury law in Philadelphia. Soon he was also administrating several legal service plans for large labor unions (including Lodge 5 of the Fraternal Order of Police), servicing a collective membership of more than 50,000 members and their families. In 1994 Mr. Sacks purchased his employer's assets and launched the present firm. The firm continued to handle personal injury, medical malpractice, and maritime matters. In addition, significant efforts were now devoted to representing plaintiffs in toxic tort and environmental contamination litigation. The direction of the practice changed immediately, as it diversified in order to represent a broader client base. A satellite firm was formed in New Orleans, closer to the clients whose land had been contaminated. The firm rapidly pioneered N.O.R.M. litigation, eventually resulting in the largest, single-landowner verdict in the nation's history against Exxon for $1 Billion. Mr. Sacks is still one of the country's leading lawyers on N.O.R.M.litigation, as well as in other environmental and toxic tort matters. Mr. Sacks went on to represent the FBI and Justice Department of the EU and 25 member countries and Colombia and all its districts suing all of the tobacco companies in the world who were sumuggling tobacco into the EU and Colombia. That litigation lasted 22 years, three trips to SCOTUS and over $3 billion in settlements. He is justifiably proud that he is one of the few U.S. attorneys who has handled two cases in excess of $1 billion and has settled over a dozen cases each for millions of dollars or more. In addition to pursuing his law-related interests, Mr. Sacks was a long term member of the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America. Mr. Sacks is also helping PanCAN by raising money through sales of Mr. Sacks' book and pictures at