Wendy R. Fleishman
Partner
New York
Practice Areas Include: Mass Tort, Personal Injury, Product Liability
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).
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