Background
Getto, Ernest John was born on May 24, 1944 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ernest F. and Olga Getto.
Getto, Ernest John was born on May 24, 1944 in DuBois, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ernest F. and Olga Getto.
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Worked at Latham & Watkins. Admitted to the bar, 1970, New New York 1973, California.
Author: "Recent Developments in Environmental and Toxic Tort Liability," University of Southern California Corporate Institute, 1992.
"The Admissibility of Epidemiological Evidence in Toxic Tort Litigation," Industrial Epidemiology Forum, 1991.
"Notes on Nuisance: A Framework for Understanding Nuisance Law in a Modern Industrial Setting," Toxic Law Reporter, January 1991. "Expert Witnesses in Chemical Exposure Litigation," in Preparing a Toxic Tort Case for Trial, Practising Law Institute, 1991.
"Recent Developments in Toxic Tort Litigations," Environmental Insurance Law Institute, March, 1989. "The Artification of Science: The Problem of Unscientific Scientific Evidence," Environmental Law Reporter, July, 1993.
"Potter v. Firestone Tire and Rubber CompanyFear Alone is Not Enough," Toxics Law Reporter, March 9, 1994.
"Medical Monitoring Claims in Environmental Class Actions," Toxics Law Reporter, March 8, 1995. "Report of the Federal Procedure Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association on the Civil Justice Reform Acting and the 1993 Discovery Amendments," American Bar Association, Committee on Pretrial Practice and Discovery Newsletter, March 1996. Deputy General Counsel, Independent Commission of the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991.
Member: Los Angeles County and American (Chairman, Federal Procedure Committee.
Member, Committees on Securities Litigation and Environmental Litigation, Section of Litigation, 1980) Bar Associations. Association of Business Trial Lawyers (Board of Governors, 1989).
Past board directors California Pediatric and Family Medical Center, Los Angeles, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles Research Institute. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, California Bar Association, Los Angeles Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association Business Trial Lawyers, California Club, Valley Club Montecito, Lake Merced Golf Club.
Married Judith Payne, August 19, 1967. Children: Matthew Payne, Christopher Ernest, Sarah Elizabeth.