Allan H. Gordon
A founding partner of Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar, Mr. Gordon concentrates his practice on plaintiffs' trial work in professional malpractice, medical malpractice, products liability, drug injury, and personal injury. He has tried cases involving failure to diagnose cancer, failure to prescribe vaccines, obstetrical negligence, orthopedic negligence, catastrophic injury due to defective machinery, as well as diving accidents.
Widely sought for his wealth of expertise, Mr. Gordon has served as a judge pro tem in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas since 1991, and has been mediator for the federal courts; Healthcare Resolutions, Resolute Systems, Inc.; and ADR Options, Inc. He has lectured and served as course planner and moderator for numerous bar association continuing legal education seminars. He has been a lecturer at Temple University Beasley School of Law, The Dickinson School of Law, Jefferson University Medical School, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and Gratz College.
A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates, Mr. Gordon serves as president of the Philadelphia chapter. Mr. Gordon has also served as chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association as well as chair of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He has been the zone delegate for the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors and a volunteer attorney for the Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program. He is a master of the Temple University School of Law Inn of Court and has been a member of the Executive Board of the Temple University School of Law Alumni Association. Mr. Gordon is a member of the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and American Bar Associations; the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations; and the Tau Epsilon Rho Law Society.
Mr. Gordon received his B.S. from Temple University in 1963 and his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1966. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He has been listed in Strathmore's Who's Who Registry, The Best Lawyers in America, and Philadelphia Magazine's Super Lawyers Magazine.
