Practice Areas - Appellate
- Aviation Accidents
- Aviation Products Liability
- Wrongful Death
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- Drug and Medical Device Litigation
- Products Liability
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| University | University of Southern California, B.S.L., 1960 |
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| Law School | University of Southern California, J.D., 1962 |
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| Admitted | 1963, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1972, United Kingdom Court of Inquiry; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1974, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1979, District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 2006, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 2008, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2009, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin |
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| Memberships | State Bar of California; Los Angeles County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, The Forum on Air and Space Law, Litigation Section; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section); District of Columbia Bar; World Jurist Association of the World Peace Through Law Center; World Association of Law Professors of the World Peace Through Law Center (Founding Member); International Bar Association (Member, Aviation Law Committee); Lawyers Pilots Bar Association; Public Justice; The American Association for Justice (Member: Aviation Law Section; Step-Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts Section, Heparin Litigation Group); Consumer Attorneys of California; Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles. |
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| Born | New York, New York, 1937 |
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| Biography | Private Pilot License, 1980. Adjunct Professor of Law, Aviation Accident Law, (created and developed this course) Torts and Insurance, Legal Writing and Analysis, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1968-1989. Lecturer and Delegate, Author, Arbitrator/Mediator, Trial Counsel, Member Plaintiffs' Executive Committee or Plaintiffs' Steering Committee: September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation; MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation; MDL-1953, Heparin Products Liability Litigation; Chatsworth Metrolink Collision Cases, Chatsworth, California, 2008; MDL-1967 In Re: Bisphenol-A (BPA) Polycarbonate Plastic Products Liability Litigation, 2009; MDL-2085, In Re: Air Crash near Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009 (Colgan Air dba Continental Connection). Listed in: Million Dollar Verdicts by the Masters; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; Southern California Super Lawyers, 2005-2010; Avvo.com Superb Score 10.0 out of 10. Life Member, Ostriches Anonymous Association (OAA), Promoting Aviation Safety and Risk Awareness; Experimental Aircraft Association. (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy) |
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| Reported Cases | U.S.A. vs. Moore, 427 F.2d 1020 (10th Cir.--1970); People vs. Powell, 14 C.A.3d 693, 92 C.R. 501 (1971); Cacciaguidi v. Elliott, 39 Cal.App.3d 261, 114 Cal.Rptr. 93, 39 Cal. Comp. Cases 963, Cal.App. 2 Dist. (1974); Drenzek vs. Inmont Corp., 57 C.A.3d 878, 129 C.R. 429 (1976); Dassin vs. Darlene Knitwear, 387 F.Supp. 958 (USDC, D.Puerto Rico--1974); Baxter vs. Superior Court, 19 C.3d 461, 138 C.R. 315 (1977); Benjamins vs. British European Airways, 572 F.2d 913 (2nd Cir. 1978); Cable vs. Sahara Tahoe Corp., 93 C.A.3d 1025, 155 C.R. 770 (1979); La Pietra vs. Freed, 87 C.A.3d 384, 151 C.R. 554 (1979); Flashman v. Superior Court (Pacific Southwest Airlines), 107 Cal.App.3d 117, 165 Cal.Rptr. 680, Cal.App. 4 Dist. (1980); Sevilla vs. Stearns-Roger, Inc., 101 C.A.3d 608, 161 C.R. 700 (1980); Harris Corp. vs. Comair, 712 F.2d 1069 (6th Cir. 1983); Gradus vs. Hanson Aviation, 158 C.A.3d 1038, 205 C.R. 211 (1984); In Re Air crash Disaster Near Cerritos, DiCosta vs. Aeronaves de Mexico, SA, 973 F.2d 1490 (9th Cir. 1992); McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc., 211 F.R.D. 381 (C.D.Cal. 2002); McCoy v. Southwest Airlines Co., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 617 (C.D.Cal. 2002); Tucker v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 596 F.Supp.2d 1225 (S.D.Ind. 2008); Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 553 (E.D.Pa 2008); Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham, 583 F.Supp.2d 602 (E.D.Pa. 2008); Collins v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 2008 WL 744070 (Pa. Ct.Com.Pl. March 11, 2008); Tucker v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 701 F.Supp.2d 1040 (S.D.Ind. 2010). |
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| ISLN | 914091040 |
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