Attorneys

Marc Z. Edell
Fairfield, New Jersey

Partner
phone	(973) 667-6000
fax	(973) 667-1200
email	Email Me

Areas of Practice:: Litigation and Appeals

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties:: Certified Civil Trial Attorney

Bar Admissions:: New Jersey, 1975; New York, 1982; U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1975; U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1982; U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1986; U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1992; U.S. Supreme Court, 1981

Education:: New York Law School, New York, New York

Published Works:: Risk Utility Analysis of Unavoidably Unsafe Products, Seton Hall Law Rev. No. 3, 1987; The Doctrine of Implied Preemption in Products Liability Cases-Federalisr Balance (Co-Author), Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 4, 1987; Seeing is Believing, TRIAL Magazine, August, 1989; Seeing is Believing, BEST OF Magazine, Product Liability Edition, 1991; Federal Preemption of Product Liability Claims, New Jersey Lawyer, Special Liability Issue, January, 1993; Ethical Pitfalls Confronting The Mass Tort Lawyer, (co-Author with P.J.Duffy), New Jersey Lawyer, January, 1995; Tobacco On Trial, Internationa! Society of Barristers Quarterly, Vol. 33, 1998; Meadville Corp., et al. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, et al., Docket no. ESX-L-1800-98; Eastman Kodak Company v. Travelers Indemnity, et a!., Docket no. SOM-L-2332-96

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, Rutgers Law School; Adjunct Professor, Products Liability, New York Law School; Lecturer, Products Liability, Fordham Law School Continuing Legal Education Courses on Products Liability, New York, New York; Speaker, Fourth Annual Toxic Tort Advocacy Institute; Guest Lecturer, Harvard Law School, Seminar on Complex Tort Litigation; Panelist, "Demystifying the Civil Legal System For and Reporters in Print a Journalism", Rutgers University, Journalism Resources Institute; Panelist, "The Big Trial: As A Media Event", Rutgers University, Journalism Resources Institute; Guest Lecturer, Justice Jackson Lecture Series, Albany Law School; Speaker, Association of Trial Lawyers of Iowa; Speaker, New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section, New York; Speaker, "Discovery Products Liability Cases", Richmond Trial Lawyers' Association, Richmond, Virginia; Speaker, Annual Workhorse Seminar, The Academy of Florida Trial Attorney Jacksonville, Florida; Speaker, Products Liability, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, New York; Speaker, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Centers' Multidisciplinary Clinical Conference Series, Baltimore, Maryland; Speaker, Products Liability Seminar, Essex County Bar Association; Speaker, Latest Winning Strategies for Toxic Torts, Institute for International Research Seminar, The 1990 Symposium, New York, New York, 1990; Speaker, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Products Liability and Toxic Tort Seminar; Speaker, Moot Court Appellate Advocacy Panel, Vermont Law School; Speaker, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Toxic Torts Seminar; Speaker, Baltimore Bar Association; Speaker, Farleigh Dickinson University, MBA Program; Speaker, Fifth Annual Masters of Trial Advocacy Retreat, Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County; Participant, "Art and Science of Litigation", Court TV Series; Participant, Rutgers Forum Broadcast on Products Liability, Cable Television, New Jersey; Speaker, Atlantic Oceans High Profile Media Case, New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Convention; Speaker, Resolution of Mass Tort, American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Professional Education Committee, Boston, Massachusetts; Panelist, "Scientific Evaluation Expert Testimony After Daubert", Association of the Federal Bar Judicial Conference; Speaker, Secrets of the Tortmasters Seminar, "Opinion for the TV Generation: Persuading Without Arguing - How Far Can You Go Can You Use Them Now?", The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Panama City, Florida; Speaker, "Cross Examination of Expert Witness in Toxic Tort Cases", ABA Annual Meeting Tort & Insurance Practice Section; Speaker, "How to Survive a Sling - Litigation Tips from David", , Ohio State Bar Association Summer Seminar; Speaker, Landscape of Tobacco Litigation, "History of the Tobacco Wars", Tobacco Products Liability Project Eleventh Annual Conference; Speaker, "Medical Malpractice in New Jersey", National Business Institute, Inc.; Speaker, Southern Coastal Medical-Legal Conference on Addiction, Jekyll, Georgia; Speaker, "'Tobacco on Trial", , International Society of Barristers Annual Convention, Orlando, FL

Honors and Awards:: Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, International Society of Barristers; Fellow, The International Academy of Trial Lawyers Advocate; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1988; Martindale-Hubble "AV" Rating

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Board of Trial Advocates; Advocate; New Jersey State Bar Association, Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section; Member, Board of Directors; New Jersey State Bar Association, 1993 - 1994; Co-Chair, Mass Tort Litigation Committee; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Morris County Bar Association; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey; Vanderbilt Inn of Court, Essex County Chapter; U.S. Virgin Islands Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:: Hon. Jack B. Kirsten, J.S.C., Special Discovery Master; Hon. Helen E. Hoens, J.S.C., Special Discovery Master

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The Caruso Pope Edell Picini law firm, headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey, represents clients throughout New Jersey (especially Essex, Passaic, Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Middlesex, Monmouth, Sussex, Mercer, and Ocean counties), New York (especially Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Bronx), and California.