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Robert Littleton is the Practice
Team Leader of the National Product Liability Program Management,
Crisis Management and Mediation Practice Team. He has served
international manufacturers as product line, national, and
regional coordinating counsel for over two decades. He has
appeared pro hac vice in 20 states and has supervised the
defense of claims in England, Switzerland, Austria and Spain.
In addition to national product liability program management,
he has also defended individual product claims ranging from
a broken surgical instrument to the shutdown of a European
cell phone network.
Mr. Littleton has teamed with our Commercial
Lawyers on matters including: multimillion dollar breach of
warranty claims; large collection cases with product performance
defenses; distributor termination suits, and others. He has
defended construction delay claims premised on the allegedly
defective performance of products.
Mr. Littleton has helped businesses cope
with corporate crises including: transportation disasters,
recalls, media criticism of client products, and government
investigations.
Robert Littleton has published and
lectured extensively on product liability, admissibility of
expert evidence, litigating in adverse jurisdictions, ADR,
and crisis management.
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Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general
ethical standards.
"Globalization
of Product Liability", panel chair, Product Liability
Advisory Counsel, Spring 2007 Meeting
"Litigating in Problem Jurisdictions", presentation
to Lloyd’s of London, Manufacturer’s Alliance,
European and Asian Insurance Representatives, corporate legal
department 2002 - 2007
“Crisis Management for Corporate Counsel”, Guest
Lecturer, Univ. of Penn. Law School, Philadelphia, 1995 -
2005
"Mediation Tactics for Advocates," Continuing Legal
Education Program, New York City (2001, 2005)
"Beyond the Barrister: Planning for and Managing Corporate
Crises," presentation to International Section of New
York State Bar Association, NYSBA Annual Meeting, New York
City, (2000)
"Efficient Management of Product Liability Claims,"
American Lawyer's Leadership Summit on Dispute Management,
New York City, (November 1999)
“Crisis Management: New Exposures, New Strategies,”
Institutional Investor Magazine's Risk Management ‘97
Seminar, New York City (September 1997)
“Product Liability Crisis Management,” Northeast
Regional Meeting of the American Corporate Counsel Association,
New York (May 1997)
“Product Liability Crisis Management,” Metropolitan
Corporate Counsel Association, New York City (1995)
“Cost-Effective Product Liability Claims Management,”
Property and Casualty Claims Litigation Management Seminar,
San Diego (1994)
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