Paul D. Rheingold
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 65 years of experience
Personal Injury
551 Fifth Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10017
About Paul D. Rheingold
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958LL.B.
- Honors: cum laude
- Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1955A.B.
- Major: History
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Representative Cases
- Alexander v. Dunlop Tire Co., 81 A.D.3d 1134 (N.Y. 2011)
- In re: Showa Denko K.K. L-Tryptophan Products Liability v., MDL No. 865
- Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly and Co., 539 N.E.2d 1069 (N.Y. 1989)
- In Re: NuvaRing Products Liability Litigation, MD-1964
- In Re: Ephedra Products Liability Litigation, MD 1598
- In Re: Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc.
- In Re: Showa Denko K.K. L-tryptophan Products Liability Litigation Action, MD-865
- In Re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation, MD-1203
- In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MD-1657
- In Re: Bextra And Celebrex Marketing Sales Practices And Product Liability Litigation, MD-1699
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer on Law, Rutgers Law School, 1966 - 1972
- Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 1988 - 1989
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Fordham Law School, 1972 - 1976
- Overseer, RAND Institute for Civil Justice, 1986 - Present
- Annual Lecturer on Product Liability, New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1965
- Massachusetts, 1960
- District of Columbia, 1958
- U.S. Federal Court, 1965
Other Affiliations
- Westchester County Bar Association (Member)
- New York State Bar Association, 1986 - 1989 (Chairman, Committee on Tort Reparations)
- New York State Bar Association, 1990 - Present (Chairman, Special Committee on Medical Malpractice)
- American Bar Association, 1975 - 1980 (Chairman, Manufacturers' Liability Committee)
- American Bar Association, 1980 - 1983 (Member of Council)
- American Law Institute (Advisor, Restatement of Torts, Product Liability)
- American Law Institute, 1993 (Member, Executive Committee)
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- American Association for Justice (Former National Officer)
- Trial Lawyers For Public Justice (Founder)
- American Association for Justice, 1971 - 1972 (National Secretary)
Past Positions
- Task Force on Judicial & Regulatory Decision Making, Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government, Member, 1989 - 1993
- City of Rye, Planning Commission, New York, Chairman, 1990 - 1992
- American Bar Association Commission on Mass Torts, Member, 1987 - 1990
Articles
Published Works
- Author, "Litigating Mass Tort Cases" published by AAJ in conjunction with Thomson Reuters
- Author, “Looking Back at the First Mass Tort Drug Case,” Trial Magazine, Aug. 2014, p. 26
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 34 years of experienceMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Construction, Product Liability, Toxic Mold
- 29 years of experienceLitigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Intellectual Property
- 31 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Car Accidents, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Civil Rights, Arbitration, Wrongful Termination
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