Kila B. Baldwin

Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Recoveries for Clients Kila Baldwin is a shareholder at the law firm of Anapol Weiss. In her career, Baldwin has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, including as lead counsel in trials that resulted in verdicts of $80 million, $57.1 million, and $41 million against Johnson & Johnson in transvaginal mesh cases. Kilas current cases include single injuries experienced by individuals due to medical malpractice, defective medical devices, defective medications, improperly maintained electric power lines, and other acts of negligence. In addition, she is litigation several class actions and mass tort cases, including:(1) A class action on behalf of individuals and businesses who suffered physical injuries and/or financial losses as a result of the catastrophic SPS Technologies fire that devastated the Abington Township, Pennsylvania community in February 2025; and(2) A nationwide mass tort action representing women who developed brain and spinal cord tumors (meningiomas) from prolonged use of Depo-Provera birth control injections. Research has shown that Depo-Provera increases the risk of these types of tumors. (Baldwin recently talked about this with Law.com; click here to read more about the interview.) Baldwin is actively investigating additional cases of both Depo-Provera injuries and harm from manufacturing facility fires and the dangerous environmental exposures that result from them. National Recognition for Excellence Baldwin was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer each year from 2019-2023. In 2023, she was recognized on the Superlawyers Top 50 list: Women Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. From 2011-2018 she was named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer Rising Star, and from 2014-2019, she was recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star, designating her as among the top 2.5 percent of attorneys in the two states who are 40 or younger. Kila Baldwin was inducted into Litigation Counsel of America in 2024 - an invitation only trial lawyer honor society representing less than one half of one percent of American lawyers. She also was selected for the 2017 - 2021 editions of the peer-reviewed publication Best Lawyers in America. Kila has been named Top 100 Philly Lawyer and Top 100 PA Lawyer for 2024-2025 and Top Women Attorney for 2023-2025. And she has most recently been recognition in the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. Kila is a member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute. She is also a Barrister in the Order of Justitia, recognizing her extensive experience with over 100 jury trials, bench trials, and arbitrations to verdict or decision. A Record of Trial Success In June 2024, Baldwin and Anapol Weiss shareholder Larry Coben secured a $20.7 million verdict against Honda for a catastrophic injury sustained by the driver of a Honda motorcycle. In another recent case, Baldwin was co-lead counsel at a trial that resulted in a $9.7 million verdict - nearly $11.6 million with prejudgment interest - against a neurosurgeon and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for a patient who suffered brain damage during surgery. This verdict was recognized as the number one surgical error verdict in the United States in 2021 by Top Verdict. Before that, she achieved a $12.75 million settlement with Monteris Medical Inc., the maker of a defective medical device that broke during the same surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. In May 2019, Baldwin was lead counsel in a six-week trial that resulted in an $80 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. for a Media, Pa., woman injured by a surgically implanted vaginal mesh device. The verdict in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court included $50 million in punitive and $30 million in compensatory damages, making it the countrys most significant compensatory award to date in a vaginal mesh case. A few months earlier, Baldwin won a $41 million verdict - including $25 million in punitive damages - against J&J for a Lancaster, Pa., woman who suffered permanent injuries from a vaginal mesh device designed and marketed by a company subsidiary. In late 2017, Baldwin was lead counsel of an all-female trial team that won a major jury verdict against J&J for a Pennsylvania woman injured by a vaginal mesh device made by the companys Ethicon Inc. subsidiary. The award included $7.1 million in compensatory and $50 million in punitive damages for the behemoth drug and device makers reckless behavior in selling the defective product that was implanted in women across the country. The verdict was featured on the BBC program Panorama. In earlier cases, Baldwin was co-counsel in two trials that resulted in verdicts of $12.5 million and $13.5 million for two other women injured by the surgically implanted vaginal mesh products. Baldwin was co-counsel in litigation that produced a $15 million settlement in a birth injury medical malpractice case against a northern New Jersey hospital, a labor and delivery nurse, and an obstetrician. Before that, she was co-counsel in a case that produced the largest-ever personal injury verdict in Pennsylvania. In December 2012, Baldwin was co-counsel when a jury in Allegheny County, following a five-week trial, awarded $109 million to the family of a woman who was killed when a West Penn Power electric line fell on her in her own yard. The case was later settled for $105 million. Baldwin also was co-counsel in the wrongful death case of a tow truck driver who was killed when the parking brake on his Ford F-350 tow truck spontaneously disengaged and he was crushed beneath the vehicle. An Allegheny County jury awarded his family $8.75 million. That case and Baldwins critical role are chronicled in the book Bad Brake. She previously helped litigate the Bridgeport fire case, which concluded in a preliminarily approved settlement of $35 million in April 2008. The settlement benefited more than 100 businesses and individuals who suffered losses in the fire that destroyed the Continental Business Center in Bridgeport, Pa. in 2001. During the Covid pandemic, Baldwin received a verdict of $1,335,000 in a medical malpractice case involving a delay in diagnosis of ovarian cancer in the U. S. Middle District of Pennsylvania. Education and Academic Contributions Baldwin earned a dual J. D./M. B. A. from the Temple University Beasley School of Law, where she was awarded the Beasley Scholarship and two awards for Outstanding Oral Advocacy. While at Temple, she studied international law in Rome and was a member of the International Law Society and the Womans Law Caucus. Later, while a practicing attorney, she again attended Temple and graduated in 2010 from the LL. M. Program in Trial Advocacy, where she subsequently was appointed an adjunct lecturer. Baldwin earned her bachelors degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Schreyer Honors College. A Reputation as a Skilled Leader Baldwins impressive track record of leadership positions includes:President of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ) (2022 - 2023), where she has served as parliamentarian, secretary, treasurer, and vice president. Appointment to Temple Universitys Board of Visitors, a prestigious board comprised of distinguished alumni and professionals with diverse industrial leadership skills and extensive experience. Board membership in the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Board membership in the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, a national litigation organization specializing in cases involving vehicle defects and transportation-related accidents. Election to the Council for the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, showcasing her dedication to excellence in the legal field. Baldwin recently authored a chapter in PAJs Med Mal for Beginners, a 63-page booklet on handling medical malpractice litigation. Her chapter dealt with The Interplay Between the Med Mal and Medical Product Case.Baldwin is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In addition to her legal career, Baldwin has served as the Executive Producer of Another Mans Trash - an independent movie made to benefit Philadelphias homeless. Bar Admissions Pennsylvania New Jersey Honors and Awards Lawdragon - 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers - 2025 Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America - 2024 National Trial Lawyers - Civil Plaintiff - Top 100 - 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list - 2008, 2011-2025 New Jersey Super Lawyers list - Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2019 Best Lawyers in America 2024-2025 Whos Who of Lawyers Top 50 Women Attorneys In Pennsylvania, The American Registry Education Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004 J. D. Honors: Beasley Scholarship Honors: Outstanding Oral Advocacy Honors: Member, International Law Society Honors: Member, Womans Law Caucus Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2010 LL. M. Temple University Beasley School of Law M. B. A. Pennsylvania State University, 2001 Bachelor Degree Honors: Member, Schreyer Honors College; Graduated Phi Beta Kappa; Won the Presidents Freshman Award Major: Economics Kila Baldwin In The News:Kila Baldwin on the Just Verdicts Podcast: Tips For Success at Trial Just Verdicts by Law Pods, 7/09/2024. Anapol Weiss Secures $20.7 Million Verdict Against Honda for Motorcycle Gas Cap Design, Morningstar.com, 6/21/24. Pa. Jury Returns $20 Million Verdict Against Honda Following Motorcycle Fire, Law.com and The Legal Intelligencer, 6/18/24. American Justice Radio, 4/2024 TVM Overview: A Conversation with Kila Baldwin, Anapol Weiss, Simply Convert, 10/25/23 The Great Trials Podcast - Kila Baldwin Ebaugh v. Ethicon Womens Health and Urology $57.1 million verdict 12/27/22 Dire Predictions Follow Pa. Supreme Courts Loosening of Medical Malpractice Filing Rules, The Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 10/20/22 Attorney Kila Baldwin on Live NOW from FOX: Allentown Day Care Carbon Dioxide Accident, Live NOW, 10/12/22 Rules Committees Nix Proposals To Expand Remote Tech in Courts, The Legal Intelligencer, 9/29/22 Latte With a Lawyer - Kila Baldwin, Partner at Baldwin Matzus Law: Latte with a Lawyer Episode 76 08/24/2022 Pa. Court Loosens Rules on Where Malpractice Cases Can Be Filed, Claims Journal, 8/20/22 Judge rules for full delay damages in Brassloff case despite pandemic, The Legal Intelligencer, 2/21/22$9.7 million verdict won in botched brain injury case, The Legal Intelligencer, 11/16/21 Baldwin files suit over Flying Fairy Toy causing eye damage, The Pennsylvania Record, 11/1/21 Pa. jury awards $1.3M in botched cancer diagnosis suit, Law360 6/21/21 Baldwin interviewed on the Ebaugh verdict on Great Trials Podcast, 10/20/20$12.75 M settlement reached with medical device maker, The Philadelphia Inquirer 2/26/20 Pelvic Mesh Plaintiff Secures $80 M Verdict From Phila. Jury Against J&J Subsidiary, The Legal Intelligencer, 5/17/19 Kline & Specter Lawyers Win $80 M Verdict In Vaginal Mesh Case, medtechdive.com, 5/20/19 Philadelphia jury orders J&J to pay $80 million to Media woman injured by vaginal mesh, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/17/19 Philadelphia Jury Awards $41 M Verdict to Woman Who Needed 9 Surgeries to Fix Defective Pelvic Mesh, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/1/19 Jury Awards $41 M To Woman Who Needed 9 Surgeries To Fix Pelvic Mesh, The Legal Intelligencer 1/31/19 Pennsylvania woman wins $41 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson, The Philadelphia Inquirer 1/31/19 Article notes J&Js irresponsible actions over vaginal mesh implant. The Guardian, UK, 9/29/17$57.1 Million Vaginal Mesh Verdict Awarded, victim Interviewed, CBS 3, 9/26/17 J&J Ordered to Pay $57 Million Over Injuries Tied to Pelvic Mesh, Bloomberg, 9/7/17 Jury delivers $57.1 million verdict vs. J&J in vaginal mesh case, The Legal Intelligencer, 9/7/17 Sixth Verdict Awards Mesh-Injured Plaintiff Record $57.1 Mill in Philadelphia, Mesh News Desk, 9/7/17 Manchester woman awarded $57.1 million in vaginal mesh lawsuit, York Dispatch, 9/7/17