Biography

Russell X. Pollock is a shareholder in the Boston office of the trial law firm of Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy. He practices civil litigation, handling products liability and toxic tort matters as well as medical and professional liability claims. He has defended numerous products from automobiles to waste treatment devices to product packaging. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics. He received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, where he served on the Executive Board of The Moot Court Honor Society.

Following law school, Mr. Pollock began practicing with Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer in New York, New York. He has written numerous articles, including Proving Enhanced Injuries in Product Liability Litigation, Considerations When Deciding Whether to Depose the Plaintiff's Security Expert, A Practical Guide to Taking Depositions, Considerations in Contributing Indemnity and The Loss of a Chance Doctrine in Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Cases. He frequently serves on the faculty for continuing legal education workshops and seminars.

Mr. Pollock is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island and the federal courts of Vermont and Colorado.

Mr. Pollock is an Associate Member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates ("ABOTA"). He is a member of the American Bar Association, chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of its Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section ("TIPS") and past chair of the Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee of TIPS. He was co-chair of the National Program on "Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation" presented by TIPS. He is also a past vice chair of TIPS" Self Insurers and Risk Managers Committee. Mr. Pollock is a life fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation and a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association. He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute and Massachusetts Defense Lawyers’ Association.

Curriculum Vitae

Professional:

Shareholder. 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. Pollock practices civil litigation handling products liability and toxic tort matters as well as medical and professional liability claims.

Previous Associations
1990-1993		Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer New York, New York

Education:

1986		B.S., University of New York at Stony Brook
1989		J.D., Brooklyn Law School

Bar Admissions:

1989		New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
1990		New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
1993		Massachusetts
1994		U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts;
1996		Rhode Island
1997		Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
1998		New Hampshire
1999		U.S. District Court, Districts of New Hampshire and Vermont
2005		U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
2008		U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island

Publications:

"The Loss of a Chance Doctrine in Massachusetts Medical Malpractice Cases", Boston Bar Association (September 2008)

"Discovery and Deposition Practice", Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association Annual Meeting and Spring Seminar (May, 2002)

"Keeping Legal Costs Down", MBA Section Review (March, 2000)

"Issues Concerning Contribution and Indemnity", MBA Sections Review, (March, 1999)

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

"A Practical Guide to Taking Depositions," ABA Young Lawyers Division Litigation Committee (Summer, 1995)

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

"Proving Enhanced Injuries in Product Liability Litigation," Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, ABA-Tort and Insurance Practice Section (Winter, 1995)

"Keep the Case Moving Forward," MBA Young Lawyers Division Newsletter (Winter, 1995)

"Defending Glass in Product Liability Litigation," American Glass Review (May, 1993)

Professional Offices and Appointments:

American Bar Association

Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section ("TIPS")

Past Chair, Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, TIPS

Past Co-Chair, TIPS National Program on "Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation"

Past Vice Chair, TIPS Self Insurers and Risk Managers Committee

American Board of Trial Advocates, Massachusetts Chapter

Associate Member

Defense Research Institute

Massachusetts Bar Association

Member, Section Council, Civil Litigation Section

Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1999

Massachusetts Bar Foundation

Life Fellow

Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association

Description of Practice:

Product Liability

Commerical Litigation

Medical Malpractice

Negligence Matters