Stefanie Colella Walsh

Stefanie Colella-Walsh

Shareholder

Phone: 609.219.7416
Fax: 609.895.7395

scolella-walsh@stark-stark.com

Hamilton, NJ

100 American Metro Boulevard
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Secondary phone: 800.535.3425
Fax: 609.896.0629

Stefanie Colella-Walsh is a Shareholder and member of Stark & Stark’s Litigation, Insurance Coverage & Liability, Intellectual Property and Mass Torts Groups where she concentrates her practice in complex litigation with a focus in mass tort and pharmaceutical litigation. She is currently involved in representing numerous plaintiffs in federal and state environmental and pharmaceutical mass tort cases, as well as state and federal class action litigations based upon commercial, employment, civil rights, investments/securities and consumer fraud claims. Ms. Colella-Walsh frequently writes about timely legal and legislative developments impacting plaintiffs in mass tort and product liability actions for Stark & Stark’s Mass Tort Law Blog.

Ms. Colella-Walsh has been appointed to leadership positions in national litigations. Some examples include:

  • appointment to the plaintiff’s steering committee and bellwether committee for the California HIV/AIDS medication JCCP Gilead Tenofovir Cases, JCCP No. 5043;
  • appointment to the plaintiff’s steering committee for the federal tainted medication MDL Valsartan Losartan and Irbesartan Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2875 (D.N.J.);
  • appointment as a member of the bellwether committee for the federal anticoagulant medication MDL In re Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2592 (E.D. La.); and
  • appointment as co-lead trial counsel in the federal employment class action Sheinberg, et al v. Sorensen, et al, Case No. 2:2000-cv-06041 (D.N.J.).

Ms. Colella-Walsh is also being considered for appointment to leadership positions in pending national litigations. One example includes:

  • appointment as co-lead trial counsel in the federal life insurance class action Buck, et al v. American General Life Insurance Company, Case No.: 1:17-cv-13278 (D.N.J.).

Prior to joining Stark & Stark, Ms. Colella-Walsh gained experience as a trial attorney handling all aspects of pretrial discovery and trial preparation concentrating on the defense of individuals being sued in relation to bodily injury claims generally stemming from motor vehicle accidents, home accidents and slip and falls. She also has experience with insurance coverage litigation as well as civil and criminal municipal court matters. Ms. Colella-Walsh also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Frederick J. Schuck, Criminal Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, and as a Legal Intern in the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office.

Representative Experience

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Recently, Ms. Colella-Walsh was a member of the national trial team involved the first trial in the country of a TVT-Secur transvaginal mesh device case against Ethicon/Johnson and Johnson. The Plaintiff, a Stark & Stark client, was awarded a $20 million jury verdict.* She was also Co-Chair of the 2019 New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar Mass Tort Program.

*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances*

  • Mercer County Bar Association
  • Camden County Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • New Jersey Association for Justice
  • American Association for Justice
  • Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children – New Jersey (CASA), Member
  • Ronald McDonald House, Volunteer
  • Millhill Child & Family Development, Board of Trustees
  • Women En Mass (WEM), Member
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars List issued by Thomson Reuters (Methodology)
    • 2014 – 2021; Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Best Lawyers List issued by Woodward/White, Inc. (Methodology)
    • 2024; Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

*No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

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Hamilton, NJ

100 American Metro Boulevard
Hamilton, NJ 08619
Phone: 609.896.9060
Secondary phone: 800.535.3425
Fax: 609.896.0629
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Marlton, NJ

40 Lake Center, 401 NJ-73, Suite 130
Marlton, NJ 08053
Phone: 856.874.4443
Secondary phone: 888.241.7424
Fax: 856.874.0133
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777 Township Line Road, Suite 120
Yardley, PA 19067
Phone: 267.907.9600
Fax: 267.907.9659
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New York, NY

5 Pennsylvania Plaza 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
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Philadelphia, PA

The Bellevue 200 S Broad St #600
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 267.907.9600
Secondary phone: 800.535.3425
Fax: 215.564.6245
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Bridgeton, NJ

78 W Broad St
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Phone: 856.874.4443
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