Sheila Birnbaum

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      Sheila Birnbaum

      New York City, New York
      58 years of experience

      Biography

      Sheila Birnbaum is a lawyer with practice area includes Appeals & Appellate, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury in New York City, New York.

      Practice Areas

      Appeals & Appellate

      Insurance Claims

      Personal Injury

      Products Liability

      Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

      New York, Since 1965

      Professional Experience

      Partner Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

      Year: 1985 - 2013

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      Adjunct Professor of Law New York University School of Law

      Year: 1984 - 2006

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      Associate Dean of the Graduate Division New York University School of Law

      Year: 1982 - 1984

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      Professor of Law New York University School of Law

      Year: 1972 - 1978

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      Partner Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

      Year: Current

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      Professional Associations

      American Bar Association Member (Current)

      New York Women’s Bar Association President (1974 - 1975)

      New York State Advisory Committee on Civil Practice Chair (1981 - 1986)

      Council of the Section of Torts and Insurance Practice Member (1982 - 1986)

      Association of the Bar of the City of New York Vice President (1987 - 1987)

      Second Circuit Committee on the Improvement of Civil Litigation Member (1986 - 1988)

      New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities Member (1988 - 1991)

      Second Circuit Task Force for Racial, Ethnic and Gender Fairness Executive Director (1994 - 1997)

      House of Delegates Member (1997 - 1998)

      Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules and Civil Procedure, U.S. Supreme Court Member (1997 - 2004)

      American Law Institute Member of Council (1989 - Current)

      Commission on Fiduciary Appointments Chair (2000 - Current)

      Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert First President and Founding Member (Current)

      Advisory Committee to the Restatement of the Law of Product Liability and the Complex Litigation Project Member (Current)

      Special Committee on the Future of the Legal Profession Member (1996 - 1997)

      Publications

      Skadden Adds Another Win to String of Significant Appellate Victories for State Farm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (December 1, 2005)

      Court Declines Litigants' Invitations To Broaden Boundaries of New York Law New York Law Journal (September 11, 2006)

      U.S. Supreme Court Holds That State Punitive Damages Awards That Punish for Harm Caused to Non-parties to the Lawsuit Violate Due Process Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (February 20, 2007)

      Court of Appeals: Examining Duty, Causation, Privilege Issues New York Law Journal (September 10, 2007)

      Awards

      • Woman Leader in the Law

        Legal Leaders 2015.0

      • Star Individual

        Nationwide – Product Liability & Mass Torts, Chambers USA 2014.0

      • one of the 10 Most Admired Product Liability Attorneys

        Law360 2010.0

      • one of the 100 most outstanding members of the legal profession

        The National Law Journal 2013.0

      • Chosen as the leading product liability lawyer in the world

        The International Who’s Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers

        Note: 2005-Present

      Education

      • New York University School of Law LL.B

        Year: 1965

      • Hunter College B.A.

        Year: 1960

      • Hunter College M.A.

        Year: 1962

      • Hunter College LL.D.

        Year: 2009

      Address:

      51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10010

      Fax:

      (212) 849-7100

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