Cynthia L. Brennan
Member
Overview
Cynthia Brennan is an experienced attorney handling professional liability cases primarily for medical professionals including physicians, nurses and allied health professionals, hospitals, health systems, and practice groups. She has also handled liability cases for other professionals including lawyers, accountants, insurance brokers, and real estate agents. She has intimate knowledge of complex medical malpractice and mass tort defense litigation due to her involvement in several well-known drug and medical device litigations including breast implants, bone screw, heater-cooler machines, fen-Phen, Baycol, Rezulin and others. She also was court appointed to serve as the liaison counsel for the Pennsylvania Silicone Breast Implant Litigation and the Philadelphia Rezulin litigation. She was also court appointed to represent Class 5 Physician Defendants in the breast implant related Dow Corning bankruptcy reorganization. Cynthia has extensive experience managing complex litigation matters from initial case intake through arbitration, mediation and/or trial, post-trial, and appellate work.
After graduating law school and obtaining her master’s degree in International Business, Cynthia worked as an attorney at several suburban Philadelphia insurance defense firms before joining Eckert Seamans. She brings a wealth of professional liability knowledge with her to the firm.
Representative Matters
- Served as liaison counsel for the Pennsylvania Silicone Breast Implant Litigation and the Philadelphia Rezulin Litigation.
- Represented Class 5 Physicians in the Dow Corning bankruptcy reorganization.
- Obtained defense judgement in federal international tariff arbitration.
Community Involvement
- Member, Methacton Youth Aid Panel
- Pro Bono—Central American Youth/Immigration
- Pro Bono—Child Advocacy—Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties
Awards and Recognition:
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation – Medical Malpractice
News and Insights
Publications
- The Thomas M. Cooley Law Review—Hillary 1994—Mandatory Community Service as a High School Graduation Requirement—Inculcating Values or Unconstitutional?
- State of Michigan Bar Journal–Michigan Opinion Notes—Editor 1994
News Releases
- “Eckert Seamans Continues Growth of Professional Liability Practice with Addition of Cynthia Brennan in Philadelphia,” April 2023.
Speaking Engagements
- “Medical Malpractice Update,” presenter for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2008
Interests
Cynthia, with her daughter Maya, enjoy taking long drives to explore the countryside and particularly enjoy hiking to see waterfalls throughout eastern Pennsylvania. Staying healthy is also a hobby and riding a bike is a passion. She often rides through Valley Forge National Park and Mill Grove—the area where John James Audubon once lived. Cynthia is also an avid birder and enjoys the challenge of bird identification.
Also, in her time away from her active practice, Cynthia trained to represent minor children immigrating to the United States from Central America seeking asylum. Cynthia jumped at the chance to help these children as a result of observing the living conditions and horrific circumstances these children endured in their immigration journey. She has represented children as young as 8 years old in both state and immigration courts. She assists them with obtaining green cards, work permits and other related documentation necessary to go to school and obtain local support. Her work also opened her eyes to number of minor children that are orphaned in Central America which provided the impetus for her to adopt her daughter from Guatemala in 2007.
Cynthia is also on the Board of Directors for the Non-Profit “Nic’s Network of Giving” which raises money in support of suicide awareness and emotional support for anyone touched by suicide. The non-profit was started in 2021 in honor of her niece Nicole Shearer Brennan.