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| Michael Dore Argues before the New Jersey Supreme Court on Welfare Fund v. Merck & Co., March 19, 2007 |
Michael Dore has more than 25 years of experience representing corporate clients in complex toxic tort and environmental litigation and counseling. Mr. Dore is recognized in the 2006-2011 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business which noted that, "clients agree that he is one of the most effective lawyers in New Jersey, and a nationally recognized expert." He was also listed in The Best Lawyers in America and acknowledged in the 2005-2012 editions of Super Lawyers in the Class Actions/Mass Torts section.
Mr. Dore is former counsel for BOC Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, where he was responsible for its environmental affairs. Throughout his career, he has worked particularly closely with clients in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries including Linde, Purdue Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Napp Technologies, Merck and many others.
He is author of the five volume, Law of Toxic Torts: Litigation, Defense, Insurance (Thomson Reuters/West 2011). This and his numerous law review articles have been cited by courts throughout the United States and relied on in the Federal Judicial Center's Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.
Representative Litigation Experience
- In re Bristol-Myers-Squibb Environmental Claim, (Defend New Jersey Mass Tort Court personal injury and property damage claims brought by more than 150 neighbors of BMS' New Brunswick, New Jersey manufacturing facility)
- In re HRT Litigation, (Defend sanofi-aventis in New Jersey Mass Tort Hormone Replacement Therapy cases)
- In re Actonel Litigation, (Defend sanofi-aventis and Procter & Gamble in consolidated actonel litigation pending before Judge Higbee in Atlantic County)
- In re Vioxx Litigation, (Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers Association (PhRMA) counsel in appeal of decision certifying nationwide class of Vioxx purchasers under New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act)
- Devoe v. The P.F. Laboratories, Inc., et.al., (New Jersey counsel for class action and individual claims with respect to distribution of OxyContin)
- In Re Napp Technologies, (Lead counsel with respect to OSHA and civil claims arising out of Lodi, New Jersey multiple fatality chemical plant explosion)
- In Re Able Energy Explosion, (Counsel for Company President in connection with criminal, civil and regulatory matters arising out of 2003 Newton, New Jersey propane explosion)
- State v. Heterene Chemical Co. (Lead counsel in criminal and administrative proceedings with respect to alleged emissions resulting in the hospitalization of more than 50 Paterson, New Jersey middle school students)
- Rubanic v. Witco Corp., 125 N.J. 421 (1991) (Trial counsel in PCB injury claim which established New Jersey standard for admission of expert testimony in toxic tort litigation)
- Counsel for product and environmental insurance coverage claims of SmithKline Beecham, Hoechst Celanese Corp., Hoechst Marion Roussel, Crane Co., The BOC Group, and Georgia-Pacific Corporation
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Michael Dore comments on how the outcome of the first Toyota bellwether trial will likely influence future trials.,
The National Law Journal, June 13, 2011
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Michael Dore profiled by the New Jersey Law Journal for his argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court in a class action case filed against Merck & Co., comments on the Consumer Fraud Act's possible impact on the case's outcome.,
The New Jersey Law Journal, March 23, 2007
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Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
(J.D., 1975),
Editor, Rutgers Law Review, National Moot Court Team
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Amherst College
(B.A., 1972),
cum laude
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New York
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New Jersey
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- Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers University Law School (1984 - present)
- American Law Institute (Elected Member)
- Founding Chair, Defense Research Institute, Environmental Law Committee
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