Biography

James M. Campbell, president of the law firm of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy Professional Corporation, focuses his practice on civil litigation and the defense of catastrophic product liability, toxic tort, medical device, pharmaceutical and negligence matters throughout the United States. One of the firm's principal trial attorneys, he is responsible for supervising and coordinating litigation for the firm throughout New England and other regions of the country. Mr. Campbell has tried cases in 15 different states; he has tried over 75 cases to verdict.

Mr. Campbell graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1983 and from Boston College, magna cum laude, in 1980. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, Maine, Florida and New Hampshire, the federal of Connecticut, Vermont, the First and Eleventh Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Campbell is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and serves on the Technology Committee. He is the Immediate Past President and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Defense Counsel. He was the Director of the 2005 IADC Trial Academy and served on the faculty of the 1997 IADC Trial Academy. Mr. Campbell is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, serves on its National Board of Directors, and is a past President of the Massachusetts Chapter of ABOTA. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute's Board of Directors and a former member of the steering committees of DRI's Products Liability Committee and Trial Tactics Committee. Mr. Campbell previously served as the Director of the ABA TIPS 2003 Trial Academy and faculty member for the 2001 Trial Academy. Mr. Campbell is also a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Association of Defense Trial Lawyers and a former president of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association.

Mr. Campbell is the co-author of a Defense Research Institute monograph regarding the duty to warn and authored a chapter concerning the discoverability of post-accident design changes in product liability actions for the DRI's Pre-Trial Handbook. As an editor and contributing author, he assisted in producing two chapters for the DRI's 50 state compendium of defenses to product liability cases. He has lectured on products liability at numerous national seminars and before trade associations.

Professional:

President. Trial counsel, Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, a nationally recognized law firm dedicated to the litigation of complex, high stakes cases throughout the United States. Mr. Campbell's practice focuses on the defense of catastrophic product liability, toxic tort, medical device, pharmaceutical and negligence matters.

Education:

1980		B.A., magna cum laude, Boston College
1983		J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

Bar Admissions:

1983		Massachusetts
1984		U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
1985		Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
1986		Maine; New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire
1991		U.S. District Court of Connecticut
1994		U.S. District Court of Maine
1995		U.S. District Court, District of Vermont
2002		U.S. Supreme Court

Publications:

"Evidentiary Requirements for the Admission of Enhanced Digital Photographs", 74 DEF. COUNS. J. 12, (2007).

"Alleged Improper Handling of In-Flight Medical Emergencies: A Cognizable Claim Under the Warsaw Convention?" International Association of Defense Counsel, Aviation and Space Law Committee Newsletter, Oct. 2002, No.1.

"Asserting Claims for Sexual Assault Under the Warsaw Convention", International Association of Defense Counsel, Aviation and Space Law Committee Newsletter, Aug. 2000, No. 10.

"In-House vs. Outside Experts: When, Why & How You Should Use Each", Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Seminar, February, 1998.

"The Burden of Proving Enhanced Injuries in Product Liability Litigation", ABA TIPS Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee Newsletter, Winter, 1995.

"Discoverability of Post-Accident Design Changes in Product Liability Actions", Defense Research Institute, Pre-Trial Handbook.

Editor and Contributing Author, "Fifty State Compendium of Product Liability Defenses", Defense Research Institute, 1992.

"The Duty to Warn and the Duty to Inform: Marketing Defects in Strict Products Liability", The Defense Research Institute, 1989.

"Products Liability Under Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine Law", Cambridge Law Institute.

Presentations:

"Skills Workshop: The Best of the Trial Academy: Developing Winning Themes from Opening Statement through Closing Argument", International Association of Defense Counsel - Annual Meeting, Southampton, Bermuda, July 2007.

"One Company, Two Products and the Art of Defending: The State of the Art and the Trailing Edge of Technology", Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Seminar, Feb. 2005.

"Lost Opportunity: Sudden Cardiac Death", Defense Research Institute, Damages Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2002

"Effective Use of PowerPoint at Trial", International Association of Defense Counsel - Mid-Year Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, January 2002

"Turner v. Play-Fun, Inc.: Mock Trial", American Bar Association - Chinese Law Project, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, November 1999.

"Defense of Non-Manufacturers, Defending Dealers, Retailers, Lessors and Distributors", DRI Products Liability Conference, 1999.

"Issues Management in the Global Economy Communications Strategy", IADC Annual Meeting, July, 1998.

"Defending the Airbag Case: Some Pre-Trial Planning, Strategies and Tactics", Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation, ABA TIPS, April 2-3, 1998.

"Turncoat' Witnesses", 1998 DRI Products Liability Seminar.

"The Use of NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in Litigation", Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation, ABA TIPS, March, 1997.

"Product Recalls and Technical Service Bulletins: Discovery Tips and Issues Regarding Admissibility," Products Liability Seminar, Defense Research Institute, January, 1997.

The Internet and Product Recall, DRI Products Seminar, San Diego, January, 1997.

"Cross Examination of Fact Witnesses", DRI Products Liability Committee, 1997.

"Corporate Responses to Massive Discovery Demands", DRI Product Liability Seminar, 1996.

"Considerations When Deciding Whether to Depose the Plaintiff's Security Expert," Premises Liability for Violent Crimes Seminar, Defense Research Institute, May, 1995.

Subsequent Remedial Measures of Third Parties, Defending Material Handling Litigation II A Symposium, May, 1995.

Review of Defense Strategies for Component Suppliers in Toxic Tort Cases - The Bulk Supplier Doctrine, DRI Environmental, Hazardous Waste and Toxic Tort Seminar, March 10-11, 1994.

Professional Offices, Appointments and Memberships:

American College of Trial Lawyers

Fellow

American Bar Association

Dean, 2003 TIPS National Trial Academy

Faculty Member, 2001 TIPS National Trial Academy

Member, Litigation Section

    Member, Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee

    Member, Products Liability Committee

Member, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section

    Member, Appellate Advocacy Committee

    Member, Automobile Law Committee

    Member, Aviation and Space Law Committee

    Member, International Law Committee

        Vice-Chair, 2003-2004

    Member, Law and Technology Committee

    Member, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee

    Member, Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee

American Board of Trial Advocates

Member, National Board of Directors, 2002-present

President, Massachusetts Chapter, 2002-2003

Association of Defense Trial Attorneys

Boston Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

Member, Board of Directors, 1994-1997, 2008-present

Products Liability Committee; Steering Committee 1988

Massachusetts State Chair and Massachusetts Delegate to State and Local Defense Organization Committee, 1993-1995

Federal Bar Association

Executive Committee, Massachusetts Chapter, 1994-1996

Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel

The Florida Bar

International Association of Defense Counsel

Immediate Past President, 2010-

President, 2009-2010

President-Elect, 2008-2009

Member, Board of Directors, 2005-present

Director, Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Stanford University, 2005

Director-Elect, Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Stanford University, 2004

Faculty Member, Defense Counsel Trial Academy, University of Colorado, 1997

Vice-Chair, Aviation and Space Law Committee, 1993-1996; 2001-2003

Massachusetts Bar Foundation

Life Member

Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association

President, 1993-1994

New Hampshire Bar Association

Product Liability Advisory Council

Sustaining Member, 1986-present

Additional Professional Organizations:

Industrial Truck Association

Lawyers Committee

Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Society of Automotive Engineers

Food and Drug Law Institute

Description of Practice:

Product Liability

Toxic Tort

Medical Device

Pharmaceutical

General Negligence defense