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| | Address | | One Exchange Plaza | | New York, New York 10006-3008 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Baumeister & Samuels, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Airplance Accidents, Aviation Law, Medical Negligence, Products Liability, Personal Injury. | Firm Profile:
Baumeister & Samuels, P.C. is a speciality litigation firm concentrating its practice in the area of complex tort and mass disaster trials and appeals. Our clients come to us from around the globe and we take great pride in our ability to provide each of them with the personal attention required to instill confidence and trust during this most difficult and trying emotional time in their lives. The firm routinely handles matters in both the federal and state courts across the country and has maintained leadership positions on various mass disaster plaintiffs' steering committees including many of the most recent air crash tragedies. | | Firm Size: 5 |
Other Office Locations of Baumeister & Samuels, P.C.
Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S.A.
| | Michel F. Baumeister (Member) born New York, N.Y., April 24, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1974, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1984, Florida. Education: Fairleigh-Dickinson University (B.A., 1966); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M. in International Law, 1978). Articles Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 1971-1972. Contributing Editor, Aviation Law, New Jersey Law Journal, 1986—. Commercial Pilot with Instrument Rating, U.S., 1970. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Aviation Litigation Reporter, 1989—; Member, Toxics Law Reporter Board of Advisors, 1993—. Adjunct Professor, Aviation Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1985—. Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1976-1979. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1978-1979 (Member, Securities and Commodities Fraud Unit). Member: Advisory Committee of Attorneys to the Grievance Committee of U.S. District Court Judges, Southern District of New York, 1983—; Task Force on Victims Compensation Fund, 2001. Arbitrator, International Court of Aviation and Space Arbitration, 1994—. Recent Plaintiff Steering Committee Appointments: Comair Flight 5191 Air Crash at Lexington, KY; Executive Steering Committee for September 11, 2001 Litigation. Co-Lead Counsel of the Plaintiffs' Executive and General Committees for American Airlines Flight 587 Air Crash at Belle Harbor, New York; Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Disaster off Point Magu, California; EgyptAir Flight 990 Disaster near Nantucket, Massachusetts; Swissair Flight 111 Disaster near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; TWA Flight 800 Disaster off Long Island, New York; ValuJet Flight 592 Crash in the Florida Everglades; Pan Am Flight 103 Air Disaster at Lockerbie, Scotland; Comair Flight 3272 Crash near Monroe, Michigan; Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 7529. Recent Lectures: Speaker "Federal Tort Reform - Status & Trends," American Bar Association, Trial Insurance Practice Section, Aviation and Space Law, Washington, D.C., October 2003; "September 11th Report: Where We Are and Where We Go From Here," ABA, Litigation Section Aviation Seminar, New York, NY, June 2003; "Expert Reality Standards - Too High, Too Low, or Just Right?," Seton Hall University School of Law Symposium, Newark, NJ, February 2003; "11 September 2001 Panel Discussion, United States Aviation Underwriters Airline Symposium," New York, NY, January 2003; Panel Participant: "The Aftermath of 9/11," ABA, Washington, D.C., October 2002; "Aviation Aftermath of September 11th," Beaumont Garnault Sixth International Aviation Conference, London, England, July 2002; "Legal Issues Arising from Acts of Terrorism and Anti-Terrorism Efforts," The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey, United States Judicial Conference for the District of New Jersey, March 2002; "In the Air and On the Ground, Expanding Tort Liability for Airlines," ABA, Forum on Air and Space Law, Dallas, TX; "The Ins and Outs of Aviation Litigation," ABA, Litigation Section Aviation Seminar, New York, NY, June 2001; "The Aftermath of an Air Disaster: Action, Reaction and Interaction," International Airline Transport Association, Airline Insurance Rendezvous, New York, NY, April 2001; "Criminalizing Aviation Misconduct," Southern Methodist University School of Law, Air Law Symposium, Dallas, TX., February 2001. Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair: Aviation Law Section, 1995-1996; Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts, 1993-1994); American Bar Association (Chair, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, Aviation and Space Law Committee, 1997-1998; Chair, Toxic and Hazardous Substance and Environmental Law Committee, 1995-1996; Chair, Section of Science and Technology, Aerospace Law Division, 1997-1998; Vice Chair, Litigation Section, Aviation Litigation Committee; Section Task Force on Class Action Litigation; Member, Task Force on Plaintiff Involvement; Mass Tort Litigation Committee); International Society of Barristers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; New Jersey State (Chair, Aviation Law Committee, 1986-1988) and New York State (Member: Committee on Aviation Law, Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section; Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations; Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Aeronautics Committee, 1985-1988; 1993-1996); The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey; National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association (New York State Chair); Aircraft Owners and Pilots' Association; Federal Bar Council (Member, Committee on Second Circuit Courts); New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Seaplane Pilots Association, American Association For Justice. [Lt., U.S. Army, 1966-1969]. Practice Areas: Airplane Crash Litigation; International Aviation Law; Product Defects; Medical Negligence; Toxic Torts. Email: Michel F. Baumeister | | Douglas A. Latto (Member) born New York, N.Y., June 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1988); American University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991). Member, American University Law Review, 1989-1991. American University Honor Society, 1991. Recent Plaintiff Steering Committee Appointments: Comair Flight 5191 Air Crash at Lexington, KY; September 11, 2001 Litigation; American Airlines Flight 587 Air Crash at Belle Harbor, NY; Swissair Flight 111 Disaster near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. Recent Lectures: Panel Participant, "Increasing Criminalization of Aviation Accidents", American Bar Association, Trial Insurance Practice Section, Aviation & Space Law Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2007; Moderator, "Successful Navigation of the Air Crash Discovery Path," American Association for Justice, Chicago, IL, July 2007; Panel Participant, "Outsourcing Maintenance: What it Means for Carriers and Insurers", ABA Aviation & Space Law Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2006; "So Many Courts, So Little Time: The Challenges of Multi-Jurisdiction Aviation Litigation," (co-author) ABA, Litigation Section, Aviation Seminar, New York, NY, June 2006; "Update on Sept. 11th Litigation," SMU Air Law Symposium, Dallas, TX, February 2005; "Mass Tort Litigation," ATLA Annual Convention, Boston, MA, July 2004; "Recent Developments in Warsaw Litigation," United States Aviation Underwriters Airline Symposium, New York, NY, January 2003; "Update on 9/11 Compensation and Long Island Airbus Aircrash," Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association Airlaw 2002, Chateau Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, July 2002; "Use of Experts Today," ATLA Convention, Atlanta, GA, July 2002; "Plaintiff's Perspective on the Ethical Challenges of Managing Multi-Plaintiff Tort Cases," Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Aviation Law/Insurance Symposium, January 2002; "World Trade Center: Victim Compensation Fund," Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, February 2002;. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Aeronautics Committee, 2004—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Aviation Law Section, 2003-2004; Research Editor, Aviation Law Section, 1999-2000); New York State (Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section; Committee on Aviation Law) and American (Litigation Section; Aviation Committee; Chair, Subcommittee on Ethics) Bar Associations; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; American Association For Justice. Practice Areas: Aviation Litigation; Helicopter Crash Litigation; Product Failure; Medical Liability; Complex Litigation. Email: Douglas A. Latto | | Dorothea M. Capone (Member) born Rockville Centre, New York, September 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1999, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Adelphi University (B.S., 1994); St. John's University (J.D., 1998). Member, Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium Board of Advisors. Recent Plaintiff Steering Committee Appointments: Comair Flight 5191 Air Crash at Lexington, KY; World Trade Center Towers Subcommittee for September 11, 2001 Litigation. Recent Lectures: Planning Committee Chair and Moderator, ATC Litigation Panel, American Bar Association, Trial Insurance Practice Section, Aviation & Space Law Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2007; Judge, ABA Student Division Region 2 Negotiation Competition, St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, NY, November 2006; Moderator, Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Dallas, TX, February 2006; "Recent Developments in Aviation Law," ABA, Aviation & Space Law Committee, Washington, DC, November 2005; Planning Committee Chair, ABA, Aviation & Space Law Program, Washington, D.C., October 2003; "Family Assistance Foundation Second Annual Symposium," Atlanta, GA, March 2003. Author: "Admissibility Standards As Politics - The Imperial Gate Closers Arrive," 4 Seton Hall Law Review 33, 2003; "Criminalizing Aviation Misconduct: ValuJet and Beyond - The Trend and Issues Faced by the Aviation Community," Southern Methodist University Air Law Symposium, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 2001; "The Impact of the Recent Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decision and the Amendment to the Death on the High Seas Act on the TWA Flight 800 Litigation," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 2000; "The Unique Causation Burdens Facing the Toxic Tort Plaintiff- An Argument for Application of the Substantial Factor Test", The New York Environmental Lawyer, Vol. 17, No. 1, Winter 1997, New York State Bar Association. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Aeronautics Committee, 2000-2003); New York State (Member, Committee on Aviation Law, Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section); New Jersey State and American (Chair Elect: Aviation and Space Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Member: Aviation Litigation Committee, Litigation Section; Women's Advocate Subcommittee; Mass Tort Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; American Association For Justice (Aviation Law Section; Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Torts); International Aviation Women's Association; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Practice Areas: Aviation Liability; Birth Trauma; Mass Torts; Toxic Exposure; Product Warning Labels. Email: Dorothea M. Capone | | OF COUNSEL | | Lynn F. Samuels (Of Counsel) born Monticello, New York, September 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1983, New Jersey. Education: Hunter College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1969); Hofstra University (J.D., with distinction, 1978); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1991). Member, Hofstra University Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: "Delaware Re-examines its Merger Laws: New Protection for Minority Shareholders," 6 Hofstra Law Review 973, 1978. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Federal Bar Council. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Tax Litigation; Appellate Practice. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Bedminster, New Jersey Office: 445 Main Street, 07921. Telephone: 973-267-6666. Telecopier: 973-605-1812.
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