Kevin Haverty

Kevin Haverty is an experienced trial attorney and partner in the Philadelphia firm of Williams Cedar whose practice concentrates on pharmaceutical and medical device product liability, medical negligence and other personal injury matters on behalf of plaintiffs. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney (since 2009) and is a member of the Bars of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and admitted to practice before the federal district courts for the District of New Jersey and Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and Southern District of New York. He is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States as well as the United States Courts of Appeal for the 3rd and 9th Circuits.

In addition to his trial work, Mr. Haverty also has an extensive appellate practice and has been involved in several precedent-setting cases in federal and state courts including, most recently, Wendell v. GlaxoSmithKline, a 9th Circuit decision addressing the admission of expert testimony in cases involving rare diseases. He has authored five briefs as amicus curia for the New Jersey Association for Justice (formerly ATLA-NJ) in both the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division and fifteen cases in which he has been involved have resulted in published, precedential decisions in both federal and state courts. He has been recognized in “Best Lawyers,” “Lawyers of Distinction,” The National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Attorneys,” “America’s Top 100 Attorneys” and “10 Best Attorneys—New Jersey” by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. He is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) and the Pan-European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL) as well as a Member Fellow of the Pound Institute for Civil Justice.

From 1994 to 1997 Haverty was an adjunct professor of legal research and writing at Rutgers Law School from which he was graduated with High Honors in 1992. He was twice named a Dean’s Scholar and was a Staff Editor and later Articles Editor for the Rutgers Law Review for which he authored a Note that has been cited by the New Jersey Supreme Court and federal district court for the District of New Jersey as well as in several other law review articles.

In 2006-2007 he served on the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, work that ultimately led to the abolition of capital punishment in the state.

1992-New Jersey; District of New Jersey
1993-Pennsylvania
2001 Supreme Court of the United States
2002-3rd Circuit; Eastern District of Pennsylvania
2010-Middle District of Pennsylvania
2014-9th Circuit
2023-New York
2024-Southern District of New York

Rutgers School of Law-Camden, Juris Doctor with High Honors 1992 (Articles Editor/Staff Editor Rutgers Law Review; Dean’s Scholar 1991-92)

Rutgers Camden College of Arts & Sciences, B.A. Political Science 1981 (Pi Sigma Alpha; Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities)

Partner, Williams Cedar LLC, 2017-Present
Partner, Williams Cuker Berezofsky, 2009-2017
Associate, Williams Cuker Berezofsky, 2002-2009
Associate, Andres & Berger 1992-2002

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