Christopher M. Placitella

Commercial, Mediation
90 Woodbridge Center Drive, Suite 900, Box 10
Woodbridge, New Jersey 07095


Commercial

Admitted

1981, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Law School

Syracuse University, J.D., cum laude, 1981

Law School Graduation Year

1981

College

Fordham University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1978

Memberships

Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Biographical

Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, Justinian Honorary Society. Member, Board of Editors, Syracuse University Law Review, 1980-1981. Instructor, Legal Writing and Advocacy, Syracuse University College of Law, 1980-1981. President, American Trial Lawyers Association of New Jersey Board of Governors and Executive Committee, New Jersey Department of Health Advisory Board. Class Counsel for Litigants Involving Asbestos, Lead and Environmental Poisoning. Counsel to Consumers for Civil Justice. Class Counsel National Diet Drug Class Action, Class Counsel New Jersey Medical Monitoring Class Action. Founding Member and Counsel to Coalition for Lead Safe New Jersey. Visiting Instructor of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and New York University Hospital for Joint Disease. Multi-District Litigation Steering Committee for Asbestos Litigation. Liaison Counsel for Breast Implant Litigation in New York State Supreme Court and New Jersey Superior Court. Vice President, New Jersey Public Interest Law Center, Board of Governors Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Trustee, Civil Justice Foundation. President, American Legal Network. (Also at New York, N.Y. Office)

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