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| | Address | Three Gateway Center
12th Floor | | Newark, New Jersey 07102 | | (Essex Co.) | | | |
| | | Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust and Trade, Appellate, Asbestos, Automotive, Construction and Heavy Equipment, Aviation, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Business Litigation, Casualty Coverage, Class Actions, Commercial Practices, Construction, Corporate, D&O Coverage, Employment and Labor, Environmental and Toxic Tort, Extracontractual and Commercial Insurance Litigation, Fidelity, General Liability, Healthcare, Healthcare Coverage, Insurance Policy Drafting/Advice, Insurance Practices, Intellectual Property, International Disputes, Land Use and Natural Resources, Life, Health and Disability Insurance, Managed Care, Mass Torts and Complex Litigation, Media, Entertainment and Sports Law, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Nutritional Supplements, Products Liability, Professional Liability Coverage, Professional Liability Defense, Property Coverage, Real Estate and Finance, Real Estate Litigation, Reinsurance, Specialty and Catastrophic Torts, Surety, and Transportation/Aviation. | | Year Established: 1933 | Firm Profile:
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP earned its reputation as one of America's best litigation and trial law firms by winning cases and consistently providing clients with sophisticated, result-oriented strategies. Sedgwick is one of the largest firms focusing on corporate litigation. As the firm enters its eighth decade of practice, its representations span the globe. Today Sedgwick provides clients multi-jurisdictional legal services that parallel the global marketplace. Founded in 1933 as a three-person firm in San Francisco, Sedgwick now has over 400 attorneys in offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, Orange County (California), Paris, San Francisco, Zurich and an affiliated office in Bermuda. Our clients include nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies and other international businesses. Sedgwick attorneys take pride in our long-standing client relationships and in our well-earned reputation for effective and economical representation of some of the nation's largest companies. | | Firm Size: 408 | Representative Clients:
Abbott Laboratories Inc; Advocate Health Care Network; Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Inc.; American Airlines; American International Group; Bankers Insurance Service Corporation; Bayer Corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation; Case Corporation; Caterpillar Inc.; Chevron Chemical Company; DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Chubb & Son Inc.; The Clorox Company; Collagen Corporation; Electric Insurance Company; Equiva Services LLC; Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland; Fisons Corporation; FOJP Service Corp.; Genentech, Inc.; General Motors; General Reinsurance Corporation; Hartford Insurance Company; Herman Miller, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Highlands Insurance Group; Hoffman-La Roche Inc.; Invacare Corporation; Isuzu Motors America, Inc.; Litton Industries Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corporation, Missiles & Space; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; Monsanto Company; Morton International, Inc.; Optima Healthcare Ins. Services; Pacific Gas & Electric Company; The Permanente Medical Group Inc.; Pharmacia Corporation; Phillips Petroleum Company; Raytheon Aircraft Company; Schindler Elevator Corporation; Stanley Works Company; Stryker Corporation; Subaru of America, Inc.; Synthes USA; Tenet HealthSystem; The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.; Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; The Travelers Companies; Underwriters at Lloyd's; X.L. Insurance Company, Ltd.; Zurich-American Insurance Group. |
Other Office Locations of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
San Francisco, California, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Irvine, California, U.S.A.
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Hamilton, Bermuda
London, England
Zürich, Switzerland
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Martin J. Healy (Member) born Belleville, New Jersey, March 30, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1987); The John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1993). Member: Essex County, New York State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (DRI); Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Products Liability; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Liability; Toxic Tort; Mass Tort; Class Action and Multi-District Litigation. Email: Martin J. Healy | | Christopher J. Keale (Partner) born Neptune, New Jersey, December 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., 1990); Fordham University (M.A., 1993); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Speaker, "Liability Concerns in the Schools," presented before the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (Spring 2004). Co-author, "Neither Snow nor Rain, but Maybe Anthrax: Bioterrorism and Absentee Ballots in New Jersey," Election Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 3 (2002). Member: Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Liability; Mass Tort; Multi-District Litigation; General Litigation; Class Action. Email: Christopher J. Keale | | James H. Keale (Member) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1980); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1983). Law Clerk for the Hon. Paul B. Thompson. Barrister, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Inns of Court for the 1991-1992. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute (Product Liability Section). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Labor and Employment Law. Email: James H. Keale | | John C. McGuire (Member) born Denville, New Jersey, October 14, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey, New York and District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Drew University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Judicial Clerkship to the Honorable Karen D. Russell, Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Law Division. Member: Morris County, New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation and Counseling; Class Action and Complex Litigation; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation; Products Liability; Healthcare. Email: John C. McGuire | | Diane M. Pompei (Member) admitted to bar, 1993, New York; 1997, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1987); University of Michigan (J.D., 1992). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation; Pharmaceutical Liability; General Litigation; Multi-District Litigation. Email: Diane M. Pompei | | Thomas D. Robertson (Member) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., 1986); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Summit, Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (Vice President and a Trustee); Defense Research Institute; Supreme Court Historical Society. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board of Trial Attorney Certification) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Mass Tort Litigation; Environmental and Toxic Tort; Products Liability; Personal Injury. Email: Thomas D. Robertson | | Michael A. Tanenbaum (Chair of the Firm) born Plainfield, New Jersey, August 30, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey; 1984, Florida; 1989, New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1978); Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Chair, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP. Chair, Overlook Hospital Advisory Board. Trustee, Atlantic Health (Chair, Audit Committee). Speaker: "The Changing World of Causation," 2008 Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Winter Meeting (February 2008); "Current Legal Trends in New York Asbestos Litigation," American Chemistry Council (Tort Litigation Group) (November 2005). Member: The Florida Bar; New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (Vice Chair, Drug, Device and Biotechnology Section). Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Liability; Products Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation; Asbestos; Class Action; Environmental and Toxic Tort. Email: Michael A. Tanenbaum | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Joseph F. Falgiani (Special Counsel) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey; 1990, New York. Education: La Salle University (B.A., cum laude, 1966); Fordham University (M.A., 1968); Rutgers School of Law-Newark (J.D., 1980). Lecturer/Presenter: "Safe Communication: Ten Guidelines for Creating Corporate Documents That Don't Bring Down the Company," conferences sponsored by American Conference Institute and North American Records Management Association (New Jersey). Articles Published in: Digital Discovery & e-Evidence (Part I: November 2004; Part II: December 2004); Corporate Counsel's Guide to Litigation Management (April 2002); For the Defense (October 2001); Law Department Management Advisor (August 2001); Corporate Counsel's Quarterly (July 2001). Articles Editor, Rutgers Law Review. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation. Email: Joseph F. Falgiani | | Charles (Sandy) E. Hance (Special Counsel) born Long Branch, New Jersey, July 14, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, New York; 1975, New Jersey. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1965); Columbia University (LL.B., 1968). New Jersey Secretary of Commerce, 2000-2001. Former General Counsel to the consumer finance subsidiaries and the management subsidiaries of Beneficial Corporation. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Care; Employment and Labor; Real Estate; Litigation. Email: Charles (Sandy) E. Hance | | ASSOCIATES | | David S. Blow (Associate) born Rochester, New York, July 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1989); North Carolina Central University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Phi Alpha Delta. Intern to District Attorney Carl Fox, Orange County, NC, 1994-1996. Judicial Clerk to Hon. Melvin S. Whitken, P.J.S.C./F.P., 1996-1997. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State (Member, Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section) Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Pharmaceutical Liability; General Litigation. Email: David S. Blow | | Wilson J. Campbell (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; special admission to practice in the U.S. Virgin Islands while serving as assistant attorney general, 2004-2006. Education: University of Louisiana at Monroe (B.A., 1993); Southern University (J.D., 1999); Temple University (LL.M., with honors, 2003). Municipal Court Judge, Jersey City, NJ. Member, Southern University Law Review. Member, Moot Court Board. 3L teaching assistant to Southern University first-year law students. Recipient: Employee of the Year Award, Attorney General, U.S. Virgin Islands, 2006; Master Advocate designation, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 2004. Participant, New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP). Faculty Member, Case Development, Case Theory, Discovery, Depositions and Trials, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (2004—). Listed in the New Jersey Law Journal's "40 Under 40" for 2008. Member: American Inns of Court (Barrister, 2007-2008). [U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division; U.S. Air Force Reserve, Asst. Staff JAG, Capt.]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Wilson J. Campbell | | Robert M. Gilmartin, Jr. (Associate) born Westwood, New Jersey, December 30, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Pupil, Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court, 2000-2002. Emergency Medical Technician, 2000-2002. Law Clerk, Honorable Robert E. Hamer, J.S.C., New Jersey State Superior Court, 1998-1999. Member: Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Mass Tort; Commercial Litigation; General Litigation. Email: Robert M. Gilmartin, Jr. | | Robin J. Greene (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New York and New Jersey. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); Tulane University Law School (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Moot Court Board; ATLA Moot Court Interschool Trial Team. President and Vice President, Tulane University Law School Criminal Law Society. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Society. Mediator, Tulane University Mediation Services. Research Editor, Volume I and Managing Research Editor, Volume II, The American Review of Arbitration Journal. Volunteer, Family Legal Advice Program, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental and Toxic Tort; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation. Email: Robin J. Greene | | Marina Hoppas (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 2000); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member, Journal of International and Comparative Law. Recipient, Morris Orland Award for Excellence in Oral and Written Advocacy. Finalist in Prominent Moot Court Competitions. Pupil of the Justice Morris Pashman Inn of Court, 2004-2006. Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Bruce A. Gaeta, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Vicinage. Temporarily Assigned as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Charles J. Walsh, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Vicinage. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mass Tort; Complex Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Marina Hoppas | | Christopher R. Kehrli (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Pennsylvania; 2003, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.S., cum laude, 1997); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy Honor Society). Regional Semifinalist, National Trial Competition. Participant, Federal Tax Clinic. Law Clerk to Hon. Reginald Stanton, Assignment Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Morris-Sussex Vicinage. Extern, Appellate Mediation Program, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Mr. Member: Morris County Bar Association; Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court (Pupil). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Mass Torts; Complex Litigation. Email: Christopher R. Kehrli | | Shari F. Keiser (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1999); Catholic University of America (J.D., 2002). Former Law Clerk to the Hon. Nicholas J. Stroumtsos, Jr., Middlesex County Superior Court. Catholic University of America: Vice Chancellor, Moot Court Association; Delta Theta Phi. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation; Automotive, Construction and Heavy Equipment. Email: Shari F. Keiser | | Reena Khanna (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1998); New York Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State, New York State, and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Asbestos Litigation; Products Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation. Email: Reena Khanna | | Stephen Novakidis (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University (B.A., Criminal Justice, 1998); St. John's University (J.D., 2001). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Mass Tort; Toxic Tort. Email: Stephen Novakidis | | Afigo I. Okpewho (Associate) born Ibadan, Nigeria; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2006, New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Temple University Japan, Tokyo, Japan; Seton Hall University (J.D., 2003). Board Member, Seton Hall Chapter, International Law Students Association. Member, Seton Hall Chapter, Women's Law Forum. Recipient: Chancellor's Scholarship for Excellence in Law and Society; Nelson Mandela Literary Prize for Best Poetry. Law Clerk, Office of Judicial Reform, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, 2002. Intern to the Hon. William G. Bassler, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2001. Author, "The Trouble with Attorney's Fees and the Nihonjin," Office for Judicial Reform, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, 2002. Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations; Metropolitan Black Bar Association of New York. Languages: French and Ibo. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Automotive Products Liability; Construction Products Liability; Heavy Equipment Products Liability. Email: Afigo I. Okpewho | | Bridget M. Polloway (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2001, New York. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1997); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Recipient, Honorable Daniel J. Moore Memorial Scholarship. Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical Liability; Products Liability; General Litigation. Email: Bridget M. Polloway | | Steven S. Singer (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, July 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1998; M.B.A., 1999); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2002). Beta Gamma Sigma. Senior Internet Editor, Cardozo Online Journal of Conflict Resolution. Member: Somerset County, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Pharmaceutical Liability; Mass Tort; General Litigation. Email: Steven S. Singer | | Dennis E. Vega (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Supreme Court. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: Queens College (B.A., Dual Major: Economics and Accounting, both with honors, 1994); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member, Cardozo National Trial Team. Executive Editor, Cardozo Women's Law Journal. Member: Bronx County and New York State Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Mass Tort and Complex Litigation; Toxic Tort; Healthcare. Email: Dennis E. Vega | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Austin, Texas Office: 919 Congress Avenue, Suite 1250. Telephone: 512-481-8400. Fax: 512-481-8444.
Chicago, Illinois Office: One North Wacker Drive, Suite 4200. Telephone: 312-641-9050. Fax: 312-641-9530.
Dallas, Texas Office: 1717 Main Street, Suite 5400. Telephone: 469-227-8200. Fax: 469-227-8004.
Hamilton, Bermuda Office: Sedgwick Chudleigh, Mercury House, Fourth Floor, 101 Front Street. Telephone: 441-296-9276. Fax: 441-296-9277. URL: http://www.sedgwick-chudleigh.com
Houston, Texas Office: 1111 Bagby Street, Suite 2300. Telephone: 832-426-7000. Fax: 832-426-7009.
Irvine, California Office: 3 Park Plaza, 17th Floor. Telephone: 949-852-8200. Fax: 949-852-8282.
London, England Office: Candlewick House, 120 Cannon Street, EC4N 6LR. Telephone: +011-44-20-7929-1829. Fax: +011-44-20-7929-1808. Telex: 927037.
Los Angeles, California Office: 801 South Figueroa Street, 18th Floor. Telephone: 213-426-6900. Fax: 213-426-6921.
New York, New York Office: 125 Broad Street, 39th Floor. Telephone: 212-422-0202. Fax: 212-422-0925.
Paris, France Office: 104 Avenue Kléber, 75116. Telephone/Fax: 011-33-1-4704-5502.
San Francisco, California Office: One Market Plaza, Steuart Tower, 8th Floor. Telephone: 415-781-7900. Fax: 415-781-2635.
Zurich, Switzerland Office: Spluegenstrasse 3, CH-8002. Telephone: +011-411-201-1730. Fax: +011-411-201-4404.
| (For complete biographical data on all personnel at Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Irvine, California; Los Angeles, California; London, England; New York, New York; Paris, France; San Francisco, California; Houston, Texas; Zurich, Switzerland; and Hamilton, Bermuda, see Professional Biographies at those locations). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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