Nathaniel E.P. Ehrlich, a member of Anapol Schwartz, is proof that an attorney can be nice and still be a strong and skillful advocate for his clients.
In Mr. Ehrlich's cases, he deals many injured individuals and with injured athletes and workers, and is able to do so during very difficult financial and emotional periods. He concentrates his practice in labor law, in particular, the representation of professional athletes, sports litigation and sports workers' compensation. His personal injury practice includes workers' compensation, disability cases arising from dangerous products and construction site accidents, nursing home neglect, dangerous conditions on properties, automobile and truck accidents, medical and dental malpractice, and alcohol-related accidents.
Mr. Ehrlich has handled workers' compensation claims for many professional athletes including football, hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer and lacrosse players. Mr. Ehrlich is a member of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Workers' Compensation Panel, Co-Chair of the Professional Hockey Players Association (PHPA) Workers' Compensation Panel, a member of the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) Workers' Compensation Panel and a member of the Professional Lacrosse Players Association (PLPA) Workers' Compensation Panel. Additionally he works with the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and National Basketball Players Association (MBPA) providing counsel to their members on worker compensation issues.
Mr. Ehrlich lectures frequently about sports medicine and the representation of athletes. He is an NATA Certified Athletic Trainer. He has served as an adjunct professor at Temple University. He is an author of a chapter on Trainer and Team Physician Liability in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, published by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He has also served as Assistant to Staff Counsel for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), and, prior to becoming an attorney, was a student athletic trainer with the Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles. Mr. Ehrlich was a member of the Board of Trustees for Juniata College and currently Class Fund Agent, a member of the Board of Directors of the Wyomissing Public Library, and a member of the NFLPA’s Professional Athlete’s Foundation.
In 1980, Mr. Ehrlich earned his Bachelor's degree from Juniata College. He received his law degree from Duquesne University in 1983. Following law school, Mr. Ehrlich was a law clerk with the Honorable Alfred J. DiBona, Jr. of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado and the District of Columbia.
