Practice Areas - Mass Torts
- Toxic Torts
- Defective Drug Liability
- Defective Medical Devices
- Aviation Accidents
- Explosions/Fires
- Products Liability
| - Nursing Home Negligence
- Vaccine Injury
- Medical Malpractice
- Automobile Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Negligence Litigation
- Consumer Fraud
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| University | Queens College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1975 |
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| Law School | St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1983 |
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| Admitted | 1984, New York, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Insurance; Negligence and Compensation Law); New Jersey Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; New York County Lawyers Association; Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association. |
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York, February 21, 1952 |
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| Biography | Employment History: Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service, 1975-1983; Executive Committee for Prozac Multi-District Litigation No. 907; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for the World Trade Center Bombing Litigation; New York State Diet Drug - Steering Committee for Fen-Phen; New York State Steering Committee for Rezulin Litigation; Plaintiffs' Steering Committee and Discovery Subcommittee - Zyprexa Multidistrict Litigation No. 1596; Nursing Home Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Association for Justice Leader's Forum; Member of the Executive Committee of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL #1742, In re Ortho Evra Products Liability Litigation; Co-Chair, American Association for Justice (AAJ); Ortho Evra Litigation Group; Plaintiff's Steering Committee Kugel Mesh Multi-District Litigation No. 1842; Plaintiff's Steering Committee for the New York State Bausch & Lomb, ReNu with MoistureLoc Litigation as well as the Plaintiff's Steering Committee Gadolinium Multi-District Litigation No. 1909; Co-Chair, Discovery Committee Vytorin Multi-District Litigation No. 1938; Plaintiff's Steering Committee Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Multi-District Litigation No. 2047; Plaintiff's Steering Committee Kaba Keyless Pushbutton Locks Multi-District Litigation No. 2220 and Plaintiff's Steering Committee DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Multi-District Litigation No. 2244.
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| Reported Cases | Hutley v. N.Y.S. Thruway Authority, 139 Misc. 2d 868, 529 N.Y.S. 2d 258 (Ct. C1. 1988); Nissenbaum v. Ferazzoli, 143 A.D. 2d 823, 533 N.Y.S. 2d 140 (2nd Dept. 1988); Hernandez v. City of New York, 156 A.D. 2d 641, 549 N.Y.S. 2d 139 (2nd Dept. 1989); Hughes v. Jahoda et al., 75 N.Y. 2d 881, 554 N.Y.S. 2d 467, 553 N.E. 2d 1015 (1990); Nissenbaum v. Ferazzoli, 171 A.D. 2d 654, 567 N.Y.S. 2d 135 (2nd Dept. 1991); Van Loon v. Moskowitz, 172 A.D. 2d 569, 569 N.Y.S. 2d 135 (2nd Dept. 1991); Darsan v. Globe Slicing Machine Co., Inc., 200 A.D.2d 551, 606 N.Y.S.2d 317 (2nd Dept. 1994); Quinones v. Long Island College Hospital, 607 N.Y.S. 2d 103 (2nd Dept. 1994); Pimental v. City of New York, 246 A.D.2d 467, 668 N.Y.S.2d 187 (1st Dept. 1998); Thompson v. Green Bus Lines, Inc., 280 A.d.2d 468, 721 N.Y.S.2d 70 (2d Dept. 2001); Prats v. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 100 N.Y.2d 878, 768 N.Y.S.2d 178 (2003); Kaczynski v. United States of America, Inc., 4 A.D.3d 337, 770 N.Y.S.2d 888 (2d Dept. 2004); Dumbadze v. Chwatt, 7 A.D.3d 563, 775 N.Y.S.2d 889 (2d Dept. 2004); Steel v. State of New York, 307 A.D.2d 919, 762 N.Y.S.2.883 (2d Dept. 2003), 11 A.D.3d 673, 782 N.Y.S.2d 924 (2d Dept. 2004), and 205 WL 475211 (N.Y. Ct. Cl. 2005). |
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| ISLN | 904588260 |
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