Biography
After a distinguished career in which he focused his practice on the defense of products liability, toxic tort, construction and negligence cases, Dick Edwards now serves the firm Campbell Trial Lawyers as “of counsel,” working with the firm’s lawyers primarily in a supportive role.
Representative Experience:
Representative Experience:
- Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products Group, Inc.
- Lane v. Michelin North America, Inc.
- Linnen v. Walgreen
- Lynch v. BAC
- Craig v. Welex
- Mitchell v. Welex
- O'Keefe v. Welex
- Gisleson v. Asplundh
- Poncin et al. v. Asplundh
- Coughenor v. Snap-On
- Gisleson v. Asplundh
- Leonelli v. GM
- Coughenor v. Snap-On
- Capulli v. Sunbeam
- Marlyne v. GM
- Friedland v. GM
- Franchi v. Reeve
- Burgess v. GM
- Jordan v. American Motors
Publications & Presentations
- Defending the Case of Admitted Liability, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section ("TIPS"), 2001
- Strategies in the Admitted Liability Case, DRI Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2001
- The Impact of Standards on Products Liability Litigation, Product Liability Megaconference II, American Bar Association, ABA TIPS, 1998
- Maximizing the Benefit of a Daubert Hearing: The Cross-Examination of the Plaintiff's Expert, DRI Products Seminar, San Diego, 1997
- Expert Depositions after Daubert: A Strategy for Success, DRI Products Seminar, San Francisco, 1995
- Practice under the New Federal Rules, Tokio Marine CLE Program/Campanella Classic, Los Angeles, California, 1994
- It's a Whole New Ballgame: How To Practice under the New Rules, (moderator), IADC, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1994
- The Federal Court Discovery Minefield: A Survival Kit, DRI Products Seminar, San Diego, California, 1994
- Clash of the Titans, Product Liability Meets Construction Litigation - The Product Supplier's Duties and Defenses, (International Association of Defense Counsel, Mid-Winter Meeting)., 1993
- Practice Under the New Local and Federal Rules, Massachusetts Defense Lawyers' Association, Boston, December, 1993
- The Product Supplier's Duties and Defenses, IADC Mid-Winter Meeting, 1993
- Proposed Limitations on Discovery, 59 Def.Couns. J. 169, 1992
- Mock Trial, Cross Examination of Plaintiff's Experts, Sophisticated Product Liability Litigation seminar, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education., 1992
- Products Liability Defenses: A State-by-State Compendium DRI, 1992
- Fast Track Defense: An Outline for the First 90 Days of a Lawsuit, The Corporate Bar Association of Westchester & Fairfield Counties, 1992
- Revisions to Rules 30-34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Limitation on Discovery for the 1990s and Beyond, IADC Mid-Winter meeting, 1992
- Drastic changes in Civil Litigation: Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, 1992
- Cross-examination of Expert Neuropsychologists and Psychiatrists, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, 1992
- Federal Rule 26 Amendments: Wrong Medicine for Discovery Problems, 58 Def. Couns. J. 454, 1991
- Discovery Techniques and Deposing the Adverse Expert Witness, Massachusetts Defense Lawyers' Association, 1991
- onsumer Protection Law in Each of the 50 States and Ways to Deal With Them, Product Liability Advisory Council, 1991
- Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Substance and Litigation Strategy, Manufacturers' Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, 1991
- Fast Track Defense: An Outline for the First 90 Days, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Denver, Colorado, 1991
- Enhanced Injury Litigation in Massachusetts, Sophisticated Products Liability seminar, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1991
- How to Develop Litigation Repellant for Your In-house Personnel and Documents, Risk and Insurance Management Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991
- Deposing the Plaintiff in a Products Liability Case, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991
- Fast Track Litigation: An outline for the first 90 days, Risk Management Council, Manufacturers' Alliance of Productivity and Innovation, Sea Island, Georgia, 1990
- Protection of In-house Personnel and Documents During the Discovery Process, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, 1990
- Fast Track Defense: An Outline for the First 90 Days, Risk and Insurance Management Society, South Florida chapter, Miami, Florida, 1990
- Product Liability Litigation: Improving the Odds, Medmarc Annual Meeting, Westfield, Virginia, 1990
- Fast Track Defense: An Outline for the First 90 Days, Risk and Insurance Management Society Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990
- The Duty to Warn and the Duty to Inform, Marketing Defects in Strict Products Liability, DRI, 1989
- Anatomy of the Complex Motor Vehicle Case, Practicing Law Institute, 1989
- Taking Control of Products Liability Cases Through Initial Discovery, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, 1988
- Closing the Loop in Bad Documents, Symposium on Fall Protection, Construction Section, National Safety Council, 1988
- Defenses to Crashworthiness Claims, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, 1988
- Cross-examining Plaintiff's Causation Experts in Hazardous Waste Cases, Human Factors Experts and Biomechanical Experts, Expert Witness Seminar, DRI, 1987
- Defense to Crashworthiness Claims, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association., 1987
- The Use of Videotape in Litigation, Litigation Section, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, American Bar Association, 1987
- Using Videotape Evidence in Personal Injury Litigation, The Brief, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section Fall, 1987
- Recent Developments in Inherently Dangerous Products, Product Liability Committee Seminar, DRI, 1986
- Uses of Videotaped Evidence, Product Liability Committee seminar, DRI, 1985
- Maximizing the Benefit of a Daubert Hearing: The Cross Examination of the Plaintiff's Expert, OACTA, Vol. 33
Memberships & Leadership Positions
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Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Civil Litigation Section, Products Liability Committee
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Northeastern University Law School
- President, Alumni/ae Association, 1993 - 1994
- Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association
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Defense Research Institute
- Member, Board of Directors, 2000 - 2003
- Chair, Product Liability Committee, 1997 - 1999
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International Association of Defense Counsel
- Chair, Advocacy, Practice and Procesdure Committee, 1993 - 1995
- Faculty Member, IADC Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 1994
- Products Liability Advisory Council
Honors & Awards
- Awarded Bronze Star Medal as a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1966 - 1970
- Named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer, 2005, 2006
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
