Anthony Vale

Tony is a fellow of The Pepper Center for Public Service. The Pepper Center draws on the talents of the firm’s retired partners and senior attorneys to wrestle with tough problems facing our communities. Through the Center, these attorneys study, analyze, and work to resolve problems that affect the lives of people in our communities.

Tony is a former partner in the firm’s health sciences litigation practice. He has vast experience defending pharmaceutical, medical device, and other product companies in complex litigation around personal injury and economic loss. His experience includes serving as trial counsel in Tadai v. Eli Lilly and Co. (Los Angeles Superior Court), which resulted in a defense verdict in November 2011.

After retiring as a partner, Tony has transitioned to representing noncitizens in immigration proceedings. In this capacity, nonprofit agencies representing noncitizens in immigration proceedings often turn to Tony for assistance. Working with associates in the firm, Tony has represented men, women, and children from numerous countries in immigration court, before the Board of Immigration Appeals, and in the federal courts of appeals. Tony’s pro bono representation includes the following victories in the Court of Appeals:

• Yoc-Us v. AG United States, 932 F.3d 98 (3d Cir. 2019) (Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule in immigration proceedings);
• Bravo v. AG United States, No. 20-3300, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 32305 (3d Cir. Oct. 28, 2021) (reversing BIA and reinstating favorable CAT decision of immigration judge);
• E.O.H.C. v. Sec’y United States Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 950 F.3d 177 (3d Cir. 2020) (reversing lower court dismissal of action relating to the migrant protection protocols);
• Duncan v. Barr, 919 F.3d 209 (4th Cir. 2019) (reversing BIA on issue of derivative citizenship);
• Osorio-Martinez v. AG United States, 893 F.3d 153 (3d Cir. 2018) (holding that jurisdiction-stripping provision of the INA operated as an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus as applied to special immigrant juvenile designees seeking judicial review of orders of expedited removal).

• Best Lawyers in America®: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2023-2025)
• Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2009-2020)
• Legal 500 United States (2013)