Anthony Robert Twardowski

Anthony R. Twardowski joined Zarwin Baum in 2009 and is the Chairman of the Commercial Litigation Department, in which he concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, including surety, fidelity, construction, bad faith, insurance coverage and related issues. Anthony also has extensive litigation expertise in a wide variety of substantive commercial areas, such as lender liability, insurance liquidation, professional malpractice, partnership disputes and corporate governance, intellectual property, creditor rights and real estate. His broad experience includes numerous jury and non-jury trials before a number of state and federal judges, as well as many arbitration/mediation proceedings.  In addition, Anthony has significant skill in international litigation, having overseen parallel litigation for many years, involving substantial surety, construction and indemnity claims, pending in New York federal court and in various courts throughout Brazil.

Anthony received his B.B.A., magna cum laude, from Temple University in 1979. At graduation, he was presented with the Temple School of Business prestigious Economics Award for achieving the highest grade point average in that major. Anthony continued his education at Temple’s School of Law, where he received his J.D., cum laude, in 1982 after serving as an editor of the Temple Law Quarterly. Following graduation, he clerked for two years for the Honorable Harry A. Takiff of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and spent the next 25 years at Wolf Block, a large Philadelphia-based law firm, where he was a partner since 1991.

Anthony is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He also has appeared before state and federal trial and appellate courts in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Texas.

Anthony’s professional activities include involvement with the National Bond Claims Association, the Surety Claims Institute, the Philadelphia Surety Claims Association, the American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Forum on the Construction Industry), Pennsylvania Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association.