Fearless, strategic, and passionately client‑centered, Kristen Gibbons Feden has become one of the most sought‑after litigators in the country for complex sexual‑abuse and civil‑rights cases. Her commanding presence in the courtroom was cemented in 2018 when she delivered the historic closing argument that helped convict Bill Cosby—an advocacy moment The New York Times dubbed a defining milestone for the #MeToo movement. Today, as a shareholder at Anapol Weiss (March 2024 onward), she channels that same tenacity into high‑impact civil suits that reshape institutional safety standards nationwide.

Before entering private practice, Feden served as a Montgomery County prosecutor, rising to Captain of the Domestic Violence & Elder Abuse Units and acting as lead attorney in the Sex Crimes Unit. This rare blend of criminal‑court seasoning and civil‑litigation mastery gives her clients a decisive edge—she knows how to weave together forensic evidence, trauma‑informed testimony, and nuanced damages theories to maximize verdicts and settlements.

Feden’s results are measured not only in dollars but in industry disruption. On a single spring day in 2023, she secured two separate eight‑figure jury awards: a $10.5 million verdict in Chicago on behalf of R. Kelly survivors—forcing new background‑check protocols for tour staff—and a $22 million verdict in Manhattan for a patient abused by a celebrated pediatrician, catalyzing hospital policy reforms across New York.

Those wins paved the way for a cascade of follow‑on trials. By April 2025 her team had amassed 104 verdicts totaling $1.6 billion against the same pediatrician and related institutions—one of the largest sexual‑abuse damages series in U.S. history.

As chair of Anapol Weiss’s Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation, and Civil Rights sections, Feden develops firm‑wide litigation strategy, mentors rising trial lawyers, and partners with grassroots coalitions to draft survivor‑centric legislation. She routinely litigates against Fortune 500 companies, state agencies, medical conglomerates, and tech giants—leveraging discovery to unearth systemic failures and win injunctive relief that protects future victims.

• Juvenile Justice System Abuse: Representing over 400 men and women who were sexually assaulted in state‑run juvenile facilities between 1980‑2015, seeking structural reforms and survivor trust funds.
• Rideshare Accountability: Multi‑district litigation against Uber & Lyft alleging negligent driver vetting, real‑time safety‑alert failures, and misleading marketing that masked risk to female passengers.
• Tech‑Platform Sexploitation: Ground‑breaking suits on behalf of minors groomed on Roblox and Discord, aiming to classify certain algorithmic design choices as actionable negligence under evolving Section 230 jurisprudence.
• Sophisticated Trafficking Rings: Civil RICO claims against the Alexander Brothers’ real‑estate empire, tracing shell‑company finances and property records that allegedly facilitated interstate sex‑trafficking hubs.

• 2024 Lawyer of the Year (The Legal & The Philadelphia Citizen)
• Six‑time Super Lawyers® Rising Star & repeat Best Lawyers in America® honoree
• Frequent legal analyst for CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, and the BBC, helping translate complex survivor‑rights issues to global audiences
• Board President, Victim Services Center of Montgomery County & Board Member, Aequitas (national prosecutor‑training institute)
• Adjunct Professor, Temple University Beasley School of Law — LLM in Trial Advocacy (Top‑Ranked Program)

Feden is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. She earned her J.D. from Temple University and a B.S. in Neuroscience from Lafayette College—training that sharpens her cross‑examination of medical experts.

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