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David B. Rheingold - New York, NY
551 Fifth Avenue29th Floor New York, NY 10017
Rheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo & Plotkin LLP
New York Consumer Fraud Lawyer
Overview
David B. Rheingold specializes in an active litigation in federal and state courts. Since joining our firm in 1995, he has concentrated on the mass tort cases, particularly medical device, prescription drugs and over-the-counter products. He holds positions in various litigation steering committee groups. Most recently In Benicar [Olmesartan] Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 15-2606. He is also an active speaker to lawyers and law students...
David B. Rheingold specializes in an active litigation in federal and state courts. Since joining our firm in 1995, he has concentrated on the mass tort cases, particularly medical device, prescription drugs and over-the-counter products. He holds positions in various litigation steering committee groups. Most recently In Benicar [Olmesartan] Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 15-2606. He is also an active speaker to lawyers and law students.
He is the managing partner for the firm’s cases participating in the following settlement plans: $2.5 billion DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant, $1.4 billion Stryker Rejuvenate metal-on-metal hip implant, $100 million NuvaRing settlement, $56 million Biomet M2a Magnum hip implants, $27.7 million Fosamax osteonecrosis of the jaw cases.
David takes an individual approach to each client’s claim. Maximum recovery for a client may be by litigation (and best jurisdiction), settlement plan, mediation or one-on-one negotiations with a defendant. David and his firm promote clients to be bellwether choices (lead representative plaintiffs). For settlement plan strategies, he uses his medical expertise in preparing the firm's "Extraordinary Injury" and "Enhanced Injury" claims in medical device and drug litigations.
He represents clients from around the country in the following recent and pending medical device litigations:
• Hip and knee implants: Biomet, DePuy, Stryker, and Zimmer.
• Hernia and pelvic mesh: AMS, Atrium, Bard, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Ethicon/Gynacare
• Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filters: Bard, Cook
• Bair Hugger forced air warming blanket
• Essure and Mirena birth control devices
He represents clients from around the country in the following recent and pending drug and over-the-counter product litigations
• Benicar-induced enteropathy
• Talcum powder causing ovarian cancer
• Taxotere permanent hair loss
• Abilify impulse control gambling
• Pradaxa, Xarelto and Eliquis blood thinners
• Fosamax, Actonel, and Boniva femur fractures
• Liver failure form prescription drugs
• Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidural Necrosis
Bar Admissions
• Virginia, 1988
• New York, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1995
Lecturing
• Annual New York State Trial Lawyers “Decisions” lecture on Product Liability
• Annual Michigan State University Guest Law School Professor Lecturer on Mass Torts
Professional Associations and Memberships
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (1995)
• New York City Bar Association Member (1995)
• American Association of Justice Member (1996)
• American Association of Justice Co-Chair: Fosamax and other Bisphosphonates (2013 to present)
• American Association of Justice Committee Member:
• Benicar/Azor/Tribenzor
• Xarelto
• Biomet Metal on Metal Hip Implants
• IVC Filter
• Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Implant
• DePuy Metal on Metal Hip Implant
• Pradaxa
• Fosamax & Other Bisphosphonates
• Personal Jurisdiction
About David B. Rheingold
Practice Areas
- Consumer Fraud
- Dangerous Drugs
- Defective Medical Device
- Product Liability
- Wage and Hour
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Year Joined Firm
- 1995
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1994
- New Jersey
- Virginia, 1988
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- City Bar Association of New York (Member)
- New York State Trial Lawyers (Member)
- Fosamax and Other Bisphosphonates Litigation Group (Co-Chair)
- New York Trial Academy
Education
- University of Richmond, School of Law, Richmond, Virginia, 1988
J.D. - Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1984
B.A.
Major: Sociology
Past Positions
- Walter H. Emroch & Assoc., Lawyer, 1989 - 1994
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, New York State Trial Lawyers annual "Decisions" seminars throughout New York State
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About David B. Rheingold
Included on the 2024 New York Metro list
Past Lists
- 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Honors
- National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys: Nationally Ranked Top 10 Attorney Award
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 25 Mass Tort Lawyers
- Super Lawyers: New York Metro Selectee
- The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 Civil Plaintiff
- New York Metro Rising Stars: Top Attorneys of New York Metro
- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys: 10 Best Attorneys
- Rated by Super Lawyers since 2015
Office Information
Address
551 Fifth Avenue29th Floor New York, NY 10017
Phone
Fax
- (212) 689-8156
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