Education
J.D. Temple University

M.U.P. Wayne State University

B.A. Brown University

Memberships
Philadelphia Bar Association:
Federal Courts Committee, Environmental Law Committee (past chair), Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, Investigative Committee

Pennsylvania Bar Association:
Civil Litigation Section

Philadelphia Reads, Advisory Board

License to Practice
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. Supreme Court

Two Commerce Square
2001 Market St.
Suite 3420
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042
T (267) 861-5333 | F (267) 350-9050
astone@bsnlawyers.com
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Antoinette concentrates her practice in the litigation of complex commercial disputes.  As lead counsel, she has tried numerous cases to final verdict, both jury and non-jury, and has handled litigation matters in courts across the country.  Some of her more notable engagements include:

• Obtaining a multi-million dollar arbitration award for a Fortune 50 client concerning the disposition of insurance proceeds to finance the remediation of a hazardous waste site
• Obtaining one of the largest settlements in the history of CERCLA and the Superfund program on behalf of a Fortune 50 client against more than 250 defendants
• Defense of a Fortune 50 company as lead defendant in a 62-day federal court trial in one of the first of the few cases in the United States to be tried to verdict under CERCLA, involving more than 50 parties
• Defense of a Fortune 50 company in the mediation of a multi-million dollar federal environmental enforcement action, which resulted in a highly advantageous settlement in record time, saving the client significant litigation costs
• Defense of a major national franchisor in a multi-million dollar contract dispute in which a Texas jury returned a verdict favorable to the client
• Obtaining a verdict for significant past and prospective royalties on behalf of Uzi Gal, inventor of the famed UZI firearms, in a royalties and patent infringement dispute involving the inventor’s designs
• Defense of the Democratic City Committee of Philadelphia in a case involving a challenge to a reapportionment plan, in which the court dismissed the challenge in a decision that was upheld by the United States Supreme Court
• As head of the litigation team, successfully representing Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and U.S. Senators Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum in litigation against the U.S. Secretary of Defense involving the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act decisions affecting the 111th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard stationed at Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base
• Successful litigation of RICO and fraud claims against bank officers of a savings and loan association, including assistance to the U.S. Attorney in prosecution of the officers, and recovery on bank’s fidelity bond
• Successful resolution of numerous disputes, before the initiation of litigation, involving employment, defamation, contract, pricing and unfair competition claims

Prior to entering private practice, Antoinette was an enforcement attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She prosecuted a corporate officer in the first criminal case in the United States under the Clean Water Act that resulted in incarceration of the defendant.