Legal Representations

• Member of Steering Committee, Multi-District Asbestos Litigation;
• Special Counsel to all State Court Litigants, National Diet Drug Litigation;
• Class Counsel, Johns Manville Class Action Litigation;
• Class Counsel, New Jersey Diet Drug Litigation;
• Member of Steering Committee, National 23 Multi-District TMJ litigation;
• Member of Steering Committee, National Rezulin Litigation;
• Lead Counsel, New Jersey Propulsid Litigation;
• Served as key member of the legal team representing the State of New Jersey against the tobacco industry and helped achieve the largest settlement in the history of New Jersey, totaling $7.6 billion dollars;
• Mr. Placitella assisted in negotiating what is believed to be the largest settlement in the nation involving a single company in a product liability case involving the diet drugs Pondimin® and Redux® – a $3.75 billion-dollar settlement;
• Trial counsel in the largest consolidated asbestos trial in New York City history, and also obtained the largest punitive damage verdict against an asbestos company in New Jersey's history;
• Served as one of the lead trial counsel in the largest environmental tort settlement on behalf of individuals in New Jersey history, totaling $38.5 million dollars;
• As part of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund, helped organize national pro bono effort to provide free legal assistance for families who lost loved ones in the 9/11 tragedy.