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In 2007, Lieff Cabraser attorneys, with local
co-counsel, obtained a $50
million verdict against Daimler Chrysler
in a wrongful death action. Our firm has participated
in over thirty-five $100 million-plus settlements
and verdicts, including ten
cases in excess of $1 billion. |
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| Wendy R. Fleishman |
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| New York |
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Personal Injury
Mass Torts
Product Liability
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| Bar Information |
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Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, 1977;
New York, 1992. |
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University of Pennsylvania (Post-Baccalaureate
Pre-Med, 1982); Temple University (J.D., 1977); Sarah Lawrence College
(B.A., 1974). |
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| Awards & Honors |
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"New York Super Lawyer," Law & Politics,
2006-2007. |
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| Prior Employment |
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP in New York (Counsel in the Mass Torts and Complex Litigation
Department), 1993-2001; Fox, Rothschild O'Brien & Frankel (partner),
1988-93 (tried more than thirty civil, criminal, employment and jury
trials, and AAA arbitrations, including toxic tort, medical malpractice
and serious injury and wrongful death cases); Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll
(associate), 1984-88 (tried more than thirty jury trials on behalf
of the defense and the plaintiffs in civil personal injury and tort
actions as well as employment and construction related matters);
Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, 1977-84 (in charge of
and tried major homicide and sex crime cases). |
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Editor, Brown & Fleishman, "Proving
and Defending Damage Claims: A Fifty-State Guide," (2007); Co-Author
with Donald Arbitblit, "The
Risky Business of Off-Label Use," Trial (March 2005);
Co-Author, "From the Defense Perspective," in Scientific
Evidence, Chapter 6, (Aspen Law Pub, 1999); Editor, Trial
Techniques Newsletter, Tort and Insurance Practices Section,
American Bar Association, 1995-96; and 1993-94. |
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Mealey's Drug & Medical Device Litigation Conference, Co-Chair (2007); Executive Committee, In re ReNu MoistureLoc
Product Liability Litigation, MDL; In re Guidant Products
Liability Litigation - Discovery Chair; In
re Baycol MDL Litigation -
Co Chair Science Committee; In re Vioxx MDL Litigation - Pricing
Committee. |
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New York State Trial Lawyers Association
(Board of Directors, 2004-Present); Association of the Bar of the City
of New York (Product Liability Committee, 2007-present; Judiciary Committee,
2004-2007); American Bar Association (2000, Affair Chair, ABA
Annual Meeting, Torts & Insurance
Practices Section, NYC; 1997, Chair, Trial Techniques Committee, Tort & Insurance
Practices; 1996, Chair Elect, Trial Techniques Committee, Tort & Insurance
Practices); Pennsylvania Bar Association (Committee on Legal Ethics
and Professionalism, 1993-Present; Committee on Attorney Advertising,
1993-Present; Vice-Chair, Task Force on Attorney Advertising, 1991-92);
State Bar of New York, Federal Bar Association; Member, Gender and
Race Bias Task Force of the Second Circuit, 1994-present; Deputy Counsel,
Governor Cuomo's Screening Committee for New York State Judicial Candidates,
1993-94; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; New York Women's
Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New
York County Lawyers; ATLA; NYTLA; PATLA; Philadelphia Bar Association
(Member of Committee on Professionalism 1991-92). |
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Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
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"Popcorn firms
removing diacetyl linked to lung ailments in
factory workers"
December 18, 2007, Associated Press
The nation's four biggest makers of microwave popcorn have removed a flavoring
chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers from nearly all their
products. The companies say all their microwave popcorn recipes should be changed
by January. More...
To read more press articles on the Popcorn Lung litigation, click
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