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 CLIFFORD A. RIEDERS
Born New York, N.Y., June 27, 1948.
Admitted to bar, 1974, New York Court of Appeals; 1975, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York.
Education: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1970); Georgetown University (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa.
Member, Coat of Arms Society.
Recipient: New York University Academic Scholarship; B'nai B'rith International Justice and Human Relations Award; Recipient of the Milton D. Rosenberg Annual Award, 1989).
Author: Monographs, "Private Rights of Individuals Under Treatises," 1972; "Cases Analysis of the Good Health Clause in Insurance Contracts," 1972; "Oil Import Quota Policy of the U.S. -- The Triple Alliance of Power," 1973; "Shared Custody becomes Law in Pennsylvania," The Barrister Vol. XIII, No. 1, Spring, 1982; "When a Parent Dies Leaving Children, What is the Measure of Damages," The Barrister, Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring, 1983; "War and Peace, Doctor/Lawyer Friction and a Solution," The Barrister, Vol. XV, No. 2, Summer, 1984; "A New Conspiracy of Silence," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Summer, 1985 and The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall, 1985; "U.S. vs. Serge Kowalchuck, Revisited - Remembering the Lubomyl Ghetto," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Summer, 1986; "Report on the 1985 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Court Awarded Attorney's Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Winter, 1985-1986; "Summary Jury Trials," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 4, Winter, 1986-1987 and Trial, Vol. 23, No. 9, September, 1987; "The Constitution on Trial," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Summer, 1987; "When You Have Won Good Enough to Receive Attorneys Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Winter 1987-1988; "Defendants Ex-Parte Contact With Plaintiff Treating Physician Revisited: A Strong Message to Those Who Would Invade Plaintiff Rights," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Spring, 1988; "Report on the 1988 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Rule II-Solution or Frivolity," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter, 1988-1989; "Representing the Physician in Trouble: Is There a Lawyer in the House," The Barrister, Vol. XX, No. 2, Summer, 1989; "Will A Jewish American Fill the Next Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court?" The Barrister, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Spring, 1990; Contributor, Mann/Stoval Gynecologic Surgery, Churchill Livingstone, Published, 1996; United States vs. Jonas Stelmokas, Remembering The Vilijanpole Ghetto," The Barrister, Vo. XXVII, No. 2, Summer, 1997; "Restatement III," The Barrister, Vol. 29, No. 1, Summer, 1998. Author of Treatises: "Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice"; "Workers' Rights in Pennsylvania--A Guide for Lawyers Who Represent Workers and Businesses Who Employ Them". Cliff.
Law Clerk to Honorable Malcolm Muir, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1973-1975.
Lecturer: Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Trial Advocacy Foundation; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.
Co-operating Attorney, Lewisburg Prison Project, 1976 -- .
Attorney Invitee to the Third Circuit Judicial Conference.
Member: Lycoming County Law Association; (Chair, Bench Bar Committee); Pennsylvania (Member, Litigation Section; Chair, Amicus Committee), New York State, Federal (Past President, Central PA Chapter, 1995-1996) and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2001-2002 term; Past Member of the Executive Board; Editorial Board of The Barrister, 1983; American Law Institute (Consultant Group, Restatement Torts 3rd, General Torts, and Apportionment of Liability); American Judicature Society; Civil Justice Foundation (Founding Sponsor, 1985); Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; Governor's Task Force on Medical Malpratice; Pennsylvania Bar Association Task Force on Affordable Legal Services for the Middle Class.
Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Torts; Aviation & Aerospace; Civil Practice; Federal Practice and Appeals; Constitutional and Civil Rights; Class Actions; Dram Shop Liability; Railroad Law.
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