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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Bar Information

Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, 1977; New York, 1992.

Education

University of Pennsylvania (Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Med, 1982); Temple University (J.D., 1977); Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1974).

Awards & Honors

"New York Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2006-2008.

Prior Employment

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).

Publications & Presentations

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; "How to Find, Understand, and Litigate Mass Torts," NYSTLA Mass Torts Seminar (April 2009); "ethics of Fee Agreements in Mass Torts," AAJ Education Programs (July 2009).

Appointments

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.

Member

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; American Association for Justice (Section Chair); NYTLA; PATLA; Philadelphia Bar Association (Member of Committee on Professionalism 1991-92).