Clifford A. Rieders - Williamsport, PA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1973
    J.D.
    Honors: Coat of Arms Society

• Non Legal Education

  • New York University, New York, New York, 1970
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner, since 1975

Past Positions

• Hon. Malcolm Muir, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk, 1973 - 1975

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  
• Lecturer, Trial Advocacy Foundation
  
• Lecturer, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

Pro Bono Activities

• Civil Justice Foundation, Founding Sponsor, 1985

Representative Clients

• American Standard Apparel

• Jersey Shore State Bank

Published Works

Articles

• Monographs, "Private Rights of Individuals Under Treatises", 1972
  
• "Cases Analysis of the Good Health Clause in Insurance Contracts", 1972
  
• "Oil Import Quota Policy of the U.S. -- The Triple Alliance of Power", 1973
  
• "Shared Custody becomes Law in Pennsylvania" The Barrister, Vol. XIII, No. 1, Spring, 1982
  
• "When a Parent Dies Leaving Children, What is the Measure of Damages" The Barrister, Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring, 1983
  
• "War and Peace, Doctor/Lawyer Friction and a Solution," The Barrister, Vol. XV, No. 2, Summer, 1984
• "A New Conspiracy of Silence," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Summer, 1985
• "A New Conspiracy of Silence," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall, 1985
• "U.S. vs. Serge Kowalchuck, Revisited - Remembering the Lubomyl Ghetto," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Summer, 1986
• "Report on the 1985 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Court Awarded Attorney's Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Winter, 1986
• "Summary Jury Trials," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 4, Winter, 1987
• "Summary Jury Trials," The Barrister, Vol. 23, No. 9, Trial, 1987
• "The Constitution on Trial," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Summer, 1987
• "When You Have Won Good Enough to Receive Attorneys Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Winter, 1988
• "Defendants Ex-Parte Contact With Plaintiff Treating Physician Revisited: A Strong Message to Those Who Would Invade Plaintiff Rights," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Spring, 1988
• "Report on the 1988 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Rule II-Solution or Frivolity," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter, 1989
• "Representing the Physician in Trouble: Is There a Lawyer in the House," The Barrister, Vol. XX, No. 2, Summer, 1989
• "Will A Jewish American Fill the Next Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court?" The Barrister, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Spring, 1990
• Contributor, Mann/Stoval Gynecologic Surgery, Churchill Livingstone, Summer, 1996
• United States vs. Jonas Stelmokas, Remembering The Vilijanpole Ghetto," The Barrister, Vo. XXVII, No. 2, Summer, 1997
• "Restatement III," The Barrister, Vol. 29, No. 1, Summer, 1998
• Author of Treatises: "Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice"
• "Workers' Rights in Pennsylvania--A Guide for Lawyers Who Represent Workers and Businesses Who Employ Them". Cliff, 1972

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1974
• Pennsylvania, 1975
• District of Columbia, 1975
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1975
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1980
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1975
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Other Affiliations

• Lycoming County Law Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• Lycoming County Law Association, 1980 - Present (Chair, Bench Bar Committee)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1980 - 1985 (Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Chair, Amicus Committee)
• New York State Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member)
• Federal Bar Association, Central PA Chapter, 1995 - 1996 (Past President)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• District of Columbia Bar (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 2001 - 2002 (President)
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - 1996 (Past Member of the Executive Board)
• Editorial Board of The Barrister, 1983 (Member)
• American Law Institute (Consultant Group, Restatement Torts 3rd, General Torts, and Apportionment of Liability)
• American Judicature Society (Member)
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2001 - 2002 (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa