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    Robert J. Gordon
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Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984-1985. Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, 1980-1984. Appointed to Plaintiffs Steering Committee, Silicone Breast Implant Multidistrict Litigation by the Hon. Sam Pointer, 1992.

Robert J. Gordon Mr. Gordon is Weitz & Luxenberg’s chief trial lawyer. He has tried 70 mass tort cases involving asbestos, Vioxx, Rezulin, and silicone gel breast implants, obtaining jury verdicts in excess of $400 million. He lectures nationally and has published numerous articles on various aspects of complex litigation.

Formerly an assistant district attorney in the felony jury unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and an adjunct professor at Temple University, Mr. Gordon was honored by the National Law Journal in 1995 as one of the top forty attorneys in the country under the age of 40.

Mr. Gordon has been appointed to the following committees:

Co-lead Counsel, MTBE Litigation (MDL 1358)

Plaintiff’s Steering Committee and Co-chair of the Science Subcommittee, Breast Implant Litigation (MDL 926)

Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, Rezulin Litigation (MDL 1348)

Co-liaison Counsel to the PSC and MDL, New York State Rezulin Litigation

Liaison Advisory Committee and Compensation Subcommittee, Baycol Litigation (MDL 1431)

The Scientific and Medical Integrity Committee and the ATLA List Committee, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Committee on Tort Litigation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York

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