ATTORNEYS AT LAW
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Cliff Rieders, a partner in the law firm of Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Waters & Dohrmann, presented at the seminar conducted by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Annual Update of Torts on Friday, June 29, 2012. This seminar is the premiere annual update of the law seminar conducted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rieders has taught at this seminar for over 20 years, and covers the expansive topic of “torts.” Rieders is recognized as one of the leading trial advocates, authors and lecturers in the Commonwealth. The seminar was presented at the Hotel Hershey, where the Pennsylvania Association for Justice held its annual retreat. Rieders is certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate, as well as in the field of Civil Trial Procedure. The attorney is a Past-President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Federal Bar Association Central Pennsylvania Chapter, and is a current member of Pennsylvania’s Patient Safety Authority.
Cliff Rieders is a Nationally Board Certified Trial Lawyer practicing personal injury law. A large part of his practice involves multi-district litigation, including cases related to pharmaceuticals, vitamin supplements and medical devices. He is admitted in several state and federal courts, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States. Rieders is the past regional president of the Federal Bar Association and is a life member of the distinguished American Law Institute, which promulgates proposed rules adopted by many state courts. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, formerly Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. As a founder of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, he served on the Board for 15 years.
Not only has Rieders held many highly esteemed, leadership positions, he authored legislation related to the Patient Safety Authority and the Mcare Act, which governs medical and hospital liability actions in Pennsylvania. He authored texts upon which both practitioners and judges rely, including Pennsylvania Malpractice Laws and Forms, and Financial Responsibility Law Issues in Pennsylvania, the latter governing auto and truck collisions in Pennsylvania. In addition, he wrote several books on the practice of law in Pennsylvania regarding wrongful death and survivor actions, insurance bad faith, legal malpractice claims and worker rights, among others. Rieders also serves as a resource to practitioners as a regular speaker for Celesq, an arm of the world’s largest legal publisher, Thomson Reuters West Publishing.
As recognition of his wide range of contribution to his profession and of his dedication to protecting the rights of his clients, he received numerous awards, among them the George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award, the Milton D. Rosenberg Award, the B’nai B’rith Justice Award, and awards of recognition from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers. [ Attorney Bio ]
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