Partner Presents at DRI Product Liability Conference

BCLP Partner Rick Cassetta will present at the DRI Product Liability Conference in Las Vegas from Feb. 2-4. The conference focuses on product liability challenges in the face of an ever-changing landscape.

Education and topics will range from how right-to-repair legislation is impacting product safety to a jury’s mindset after the past two years. Rick will address a joint session of the Children’s Products & Manufacturers Risk groups on warnings issues related to product liability litigation. Rick will be joined in the discussion by Raina Shah, principal consultant at Applied Safety and Ergonomics, Inc.

Rick leads the Consumer Products Mass Tort Team at BCLP. His practice focuses on complex litigation, including defense of corporate clients in individual product liability lawsuits, commercial contract disputes, class action lawsuits, multidistrict litigation proceedings and lawsuits brought by governmental entities. Rick tries cases in state and federal court, argues appeals before state and federal appellate courts, and represents clients in arbitration.

He is recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his product liability work. Rick received a Martindale-Hubbell peer-review rating of AV® Preeminent™, the highest-possible rating for legal abilities and ethical standards based on confidential assessments by members of the bar and judiciary. He also was recognized in 2021 by America’s Most Honored Lawyers (top 1% of all attorneys in the U.S. as recognized by award organizations).