Professional Activities, Organizations and Appointments
Member, American Bar Association (1989 to date)
o 1995-2002 – Chair, Business Law Section, Environmental Litigation Subcommittee
o 1995-1998 – Co-Chair, ABA Business Law Section’s Annual Review of Litigation
Member, New York City Bar Association (1992 to date)
o 1995-1998 – Member, Consumer Affairs Committee
o 1998-2001 – Member, Federal Courts Committee
o 2002-2003 – Co-Drafted, Proposed Revisions to New York’s class action law (Report, 2003)
Member, American Council on Consumer Interests (1996-2002)
o Representative of the ACCI to the United Nations (1998-2001)
Member, Federal Bar Council
o Member, Second Circuit Courts Committee (2006 to date)
o Coordinator & Panelist, Rule 23 in the Second Circuit program at FBC Fall Retreat (October 2007)
Member, National Association of Consumer Advocates (1995 to date)
o Presenter at numerous NACA conferences on consumer and class action matters
o Member – NACA Amicus Committee (2005 to date)
Member, American Association for Justice (2003 to date)
o Co-Chair, Foodborne Illness Litigation Group (2007 to date)
o Member – AAJ Amicus Committee (2006 to date)
Member, American Law Institute (elected 2007)
Editorial Advisory Board, Class Action Law Monitor (2005 to date)
Speaking Engagements
American Council on Consumer Interests, “Rent-to-Own – Consumer Issues” (ACCI Annual Meeting, July 29, 2008)
American Association for Justice, “Status of Daubert Today” (AAJ Annual Meeting, July 12, 2008)
Federal Bar Council, “Rule 23 In the Second Circuit” (FBC Fall Retreat, October 13, 2007)
American Bar Association, “Class Actions and Consumers” (ABA Connection Teleconference, June 20, 2007)
Mealy’s Publications, Mealey’s Drug & Medical Device Litigation Conference (San Diego, May 2007)
American Bar Association, “Class Action Practice After The Fairness Act of 2005” (teleconference, March 17, 2005)
American Bar Association, Fourth National Institutes on Class Actions (2005)
Practicing Law Institute, Speaker at various conferences including Consumer Financial Services Litigation (New York, 2000-2003) and the First through Fourth Institutes on Privacy Law (New York & San Francisco, 2000-2004)
National Association of Consumer Advocates, Speaker at various conferences on topics relating to consumer finances, class actions and complex litigation (Various locations, 1999-2006)
National Consumer Law Center, Speaker at Annual Symposium on Class Actions (Various locations, 2000-2006)
Computers, Freedom & Privacy ("CFP"), Speaker at 12th Annual Conference (San Francisco 2002)
American Bar Association, Co-Chair and Presenter, Business Law Section's Annual Review of Litigation (Various locations, 1995-1998);
American Bar Association, Internet Privacy Issues (Teleconference Seminar, Sept. 19-20, 2001) (also pictured in article on same topic in ABA JOURNAL, September 2001)
Reinsurance Association of America, Speaker on Year 2000 litigation issues (New York, 1999)
Publications
“Time price differentials in the rent-to-own industry: implications with empowering vulnerable consumers,” 29(2) International Journal of Consumer Studies, 119-24 (March 2005) (co-author)
“Internet Privacy Litigation and the Current Normative Rules of Internet Privacy Protection,” Considering Consumer Privacy, Center for Democracy & Technology (March 2003; P. Bruening, ed.)
Consumer Class Actions, Fifth Edition (2002) and Sixth Edition (2006) (Contributor & Ed.), published by the National Consumer Law Center
“Privacy Law in the Internet Era,” INTERNET LAW & BUSINESS, September 2002
Annual Review of New York's Consumer Protection Statute, NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL (annual review articles, 1997-date)
Annual Review of New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Law, NEW JERSEY LAW JOURNAL (annual review article, 2003)
“The Second Circuit Cuts Back on Diversity Jurisdiction,” NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL, April 16, 1997
“New Pleading Requirements for Consumer Fraud Suits,” NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL, October 25, 1996
