Spring, 2010 — ABA Section of Litigation,
Products Liability Litigation Committee, Products Liability, Vol 21, No. 2, Social Media and the CPSIA: Lessons Learned from Mr. Squiggles (print version); The CPSIA and Social Media Make Product Issues Public (online version)
Not exact matches
Professional Associations Monroe County Bar Association, Member New York State Bar Association, Chairman: Torts, Insurance, and Compensation Law Section (2003 - 2004) NYSBA Automobile
Liability Committee Chairman (1991 - 1995) NYSBA House of Delegates, Delegate (1999 - 2004) New York State Trial Lawyers Association Risk and Insurance Management Society (2007 - present) Council on
Litigation Management (2008 - present); Chairman,
Products Liability Conference (2010 - 2013) New York Editorial Board, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (1993 - 1995) Defense Research Institute (2000 - present) The National Fire Protection Association, Member The American Society for Metals, Member
Professional Admissions: State of New Jersey State of New York United States Supreme Court United States District Court for the District of New Jersey United States District Court for the Southern District of New York United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Professional Activities: Appointee, District V - A Ethics
Committee (Newark / Essex) Appointee, Consumer Protection Law
Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association Appointee, Business and Commercial
Litigation Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association Appointee, Franchise Law
Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association Appointee, Hudson County Civil Practice
Committee Barrister, Hudson American Inn of Court Member, New Jersey Association for Justice Member, American Bar Association Member, New Jersey State Bar Association (Civil Trial Bar,
Products Liability and Mass Torts, and Business and Commercial Law Sections) Member, New York Bar Association Member, Hudson County Bar Association Member, Hackensack Regional Chamber of Commerce
Our
product liability team includes an attorney who serves as the Secretary of the American Bar Association Business Law Section and is the Immediate Past Chair of the American Bar Association Business and Corporation
Litigation Committee.
Prior to joining Dowd Bennett, Jennifer was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP, where she worked in the
product liability, class action and commercial
litigation groups, served on the firm's recruiting
committee and led the summer internship program.
In re: Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implants
Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2244 (Northern District of Texas): The Honorable Ed Kinkeade, from the Northern District of Texas appointed John R. Climaco one of the members of Plaintiff's Steering
Committee.
Mr. O'Brien currently is serving as a member of the Executive
Committee for the Plaintiffs Steering
Committee in MDL No. 2750, In re Invokana (Canagliflozin)
Products Liability Litigation.
He currently serves as co-lead counsel in the In re: Gadolinium Based Contrast Agent
Litigation, which is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio; the Plaintiff's Executive
Committee in the In re: Abilify
Products Liability Litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida; the Plaintiff's Executive
Committee in the In re: Benicar
Products Liability Litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey; the Plaintiff's Steering
Committee in the In re: Actos (Pioglitazone)
Products Liability Litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; and the Plaintiff's Steering
Committee in the In re: Fresenius Granuflo / Naturalyte Dialysate
Products Liability Litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
In 2002, our
product liability lawyers were appointed by a California Superior Court to the Plaintiffs» Executive
Committee overseeing the Sulzer hip implant
litigation.
These included chairing Plaintiffs» Discovery
Committees for In Re: Vioxx, In Re: Gadolinium - Based Contrast Agent
Litigation, MDL 1909 (N.D. Ohio); In Re: Tylenol (Acetaminophen) Marketing, Sales Practices and
Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2436 (E.D. Pa) and In Re: Rezulin
Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1348 (S.D. N.Y).
Robert is a member of the Plaintiffs» Steering
Committee for the Federal Multi-District
Litigation surrounding five of the largest manufacturers of women's pelvic mesh
products; In Re: Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL's 2187; 2325; 2326; 2327; an
products; In Re: Pelvic Repair System
Products Liability Litigation (MDL's 2187; 2325; 2326; 2327; an
Products Liability Litigation (MDL's 2187; 2325; 2326; 2327; and 2387).
He was appointed to serve on the Plaintiff's Steering
Committee for In re: Vioxx
Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1657 (E.D. La) and In Re: Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2545 (N.D. Ill.).
2009 Anton G. Maurer, International
Committee 2010 Spencer H. Silverglate, Trial Tactics and Techniques
Committee 2011 Leta E. Gorman,
Product Liability Committee 2012 Emmanuèle Lutfalla, International
Committee 2013 Amy Sherry Fischer,
Product Liability Committee 2014 Robert F. Redmond, Jr., Toxic and Hazardous Substances
Litigation Committee 2015 Edward S. Sledge, IV, Business
Litigation Committee 2016 Mark Behrens, Civil Justice Response
Committee 2017 Carl A. Maio, Audit
Committee
Juanita R. Brooks, a Principal of the firm and an elected member of the firm's Management
Committee, is a nationally recognized trial and appellate lawyer who specializes in complex intellectual property,
product liability, and mass tort
litigation.
He has served two three - year terms on the firm's Executive
Committee as well as serving as the leader of the firm's Commercial Plaintiff's
Litigation Group and the firm's
Product Liability Client Service Group.
Member, Advisory
Committee to the Restatement of the Law of
Product Liability and the Complex
Litigation Project