Brian K. Hanstein
Associate

(215) 299-4322 (phone)
(215) 299-4301 (fax)

Philadelphia, PA Office

BRIAN KYLE HANSTEIN is an associate with the class action group in the Philadelphia Office. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and admitted to the State’s federal courts. He is a member of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. His clients include Nationwide, Harleysville and Foremost Insurance.

Mr. Hanstein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. He received a degree in the History and Sociology of Science (concentrating in the History of Medicine). He was president of his fraternity (Psi Upsilon Fraternity) and an ROTC Cadet from 1981 to 1983. He attended Temple University (now James Beasely) School of Law from which he received the degree of Juris Doctor in 1991. While at Temple, he was on the Moot Court Honor Society. He also won the Polsky Moot Court Best Brief Award in 1990.

Mr. Hanstein is an active collector of contemporary art by artists of the Northwest of England (primarily the Greater Manchester Area) as well as work by Nineteenth Century Danish painters, and graduates and students of Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Areas of Practice

Insurance Law
Contracts
Products Liability Law
Class Actions
Bad Faith Litigation
Law & Technology

Bar Admissions

1991 Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit

Education

1991
Temple University School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
J.D.
Moot Court Honor Society

1984
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
B.A. in the History and Sociology of Science (Concentration in the History of Medicine)

Affiliations

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Philadelphia Bar Association

Psi Upsilon (Tau Chapter)
President, 1983

Rosenbach Museum & Library
Chair, Young Friends Reading Group and Executive Committee Member, 1998-1999

Honors and Awards

Polsky Moot Court Best Brief Award, 1990