Tamar B. Kelber - Milwaukee, WI

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1994
    J.D.
    Law Review: Northwestern University Law Review, Associate Articles Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Wisconsin, 1991
    B.A.
    Honors: With High Honors
    Major: Sociology and Psychology

Past Positions

• Honorable James B. Loken, US Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Clerk

Classes and Seminars

• Beyond the Doctor’s Office: When Technology Expands the Reach of Patient Care, Panel Presentation, DRI Drug and Medical Device Seminar 2021
  
• FDA Oversight of Digital Health and Mobile Medical Applications, DRI Drug and Medical Device Seminar 2021
  
• Chair, ABA Current Issues in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation Seminar, 2012 and 2013
  
• Today’s FDA Panel Presentation: Plaintiff, Defense and In-House Perspectives, 2015
  
• Chapter 3: Pharmaceutical Product Liability Litigation, in An Introduction to Tort-Based Healthcare Litigation, 2018
  
• New Technology, New Liability: Product Liability Risks in the Digital Age, ABA Section of Litigation CLE Conference, 2019
  
• FDA Regulation and Litigation Regarding Mobile Medical Applications, DRI Defense of Government Actions CLE, 2019

Pro Bono Activities

• Member, Board of Visitors for the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Member, Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun
• More than ten years as Secretary of the Board of Directors of Onward Neighborhood House, a nonprofit human services and resource center in Chicago, focusing on counseling, governance, employment, and fundraising issues

Published Works

Articles

• Civil Unrest and Civil Litigation: Risks, Claims and Strategies, Milwaukee Bar Association 2021
  

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Managing member, Gass Turek, 2018-2019
• Chair, ABA Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotech Product Liability Subcommittee, 2013-2015
• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, ABA Women in Product Liability Committee
• Liaison, Product Liability ABA Section of Litigation