Christoph M Placitella

Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; American Association of Justice (Board of Governors); New Jersey Association for Justice (Past President; Member: Board of Governors; Executive Committee); New Jersey Association for Justice PAC (past Chair). Mr. Placitella is also involved in volunteering his time to numerous consumer advocacy groups to fight for the rights of people who suffered because of corporate misconduct. Board and association service include; Chair American Association for Justice Asbestos Litigation Group, Counsel to Consumers for Civil Justice; Vice President of the New Jersey Public Interest Law Center; ; Former President, New Jersey Association for Justice (ATLA-NJ); Member, Steering Committee for National, Multi-District Asbestos Litigation; Special Counsel to all State Court Litigants in the National Diet Drug Litigation; Class Counsel, Johns Manville Class Action Suit; Class Counsel, New Jersey Diet Drug Litigation; Member, Steering Committee for National 23, Multi-District TMJ litigation; Member, Steering Committee for National Rezulin Litigation; and Lead Counsel for NJ State Wide Propulsid Litigation , Liaison Counsel to the Federal Court in National DePuy Hip Implant Litigation.

Member of Steering Committee, Multi-District Asbestos Litigation; Special Counsel to all State Court Litigants, National Diet Drug Litigation; Class Counsel, Johns Manville Class Action Litigation; Class Counsel, New Jersey Diet Drug Litigation; Member of Steering Committee, National 23 Multi-District TMJ litigation; Member of Steering Committee, National Rezulin Litigation; Lead Counsel, New Jersey Propulsid Litigation; Served as key member of the legal team representing the State of New Jersey against the tobacco industry and helped achieve the largest settlement in the history of New Jersey, totaling $7.6 billion dollars; Mr. Placitella assisted in negotiating what is believed to be the largest settlement in the nation involving a single company in a product liability case involving the diet drugs Pondimin® and Redux® - a $3.75 billion-dollar settlement; Trial counsel in the largest consolidated asbestos trial in New York City history, and also obtained the largest punitive damage verdict against an asbestos company in New Jersey's history; Served as one of the lead trial counsel in the largest environmental tort settlement on behalf of individuals in New Jersey history, totaling $38.5 million dollars; As part of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, helped organize national pro bono effort to provide free legal assistance for families who lost loved ones in the 9/11 tragedy.

One of the country's leading legal authorities on mesothelioma, asbestos related diseases, and mass torts, Christopher Placitella has been recognized by his peers, along with C/P/R's other senior partners, as one of the Best Lawyers in America; Chris has an award winning reputation within both the legal and non legal community for his commitment to those who have been harmed due to the wrongful conduct of others; Placitella served as part of the attorney team representing the State of New Jersey against the tobacco industry and helped achieve the largest settlement of any kind in the history of New Jersey totaling 7.6 billion dollars; Helped negotiate what is believed to be the largest settlement in the nation involving a single company in a product liability case; 3.75 billion-dollar settlement involved the diet drugs Pondimin and Redux; Trial Counsel in the largest consolidated asbestos trial in New York City history, as well as obtained the largest punitive damage verdict against an asbestos company in New Jersey's history; One of the lead trial counsel in the largest environmental tort settlement on behalf of individuals in New Jersey history to 38.5 million dollars.