Background
Queller, Fred was born on July 10, 1932 in New York City. Son of Victor and Helen (Cenzer) Queller.
Queller, Fred was born on July 10, 1932 in New York City. Son of Victor and Helen (Cenzer) Queller.
City College of the City of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1956).
Worked at Queller & Fisher (New York, New York) specializing in General Negligence. Trials and Appeals, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Drug Liability, Construction Liability, Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1956, New New York
1958, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1960, United States. Supreme Court and New York Court of Appeals. 1967, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1980, Florida.
Associate Editor, New York University Law Review, 1955-1956.
Author: "Proof of Damages Under the New Laws," 21/1 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1990. "Direct Examination of Expert in Sidewalk Case," 15/1 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1983.
"Protecting The Verdict," 15/2 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1983. "Structured Settlement, A Form for Agreement," 16/1 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1984.
"Compulsory Arbitration," 16/3 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1984.
"Medical Malpractice," 16/4 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1984. "Tort Reform versus Insurance Reform," 17/2 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1985. "Rape and Assault Cases," 18/4 Trial Lawyers Quarterly, 1987.
"Summation-Municipal Liability Automobile Accident Involving Legal Amputation," Personal Injury Handbook, 1984.
"State Trial Lawyers Plan to Defeat Legislation They Call Regressive," New York Law Journal, p. 30, 5/1/85; "Insurance Companies Erect Roadblocks Between The Consumer and the Courts," New York Law Journal," p.
34, 5/1/86. "Trial Lawyers Face Attack by Insurers and Lobbyists," New York Law Journal, p.
21, 7/14/86. Company-author: "Art of Advocacy-Cross Examination of Lay Witnesses," Matthew Bender & Company, Incorporated., 1988. Lecturer, New York Academy of Trial Lawyers, Metropolitan Women"s Bar Association, Practising Law Institute, New York County Lawyers Association, Medical Society of the State of New York, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Rape Crisis Intervention Program, Brooklyn Bar Association, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Judicial Department, Violent Crimes Compensation Board of New Jersey, Nassau Academy of Law, The College of Insurance, American Society of Legal and Industrial Medicine, New York Women"s Bar Association, Victims for Victims, The Council of New York Law Associates, Brooklyn College Institute for Retired Professionals and Executives, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, Association of Trial Lawyers of the City of New York, Park Slope Senior Center, Touro College Jacob Doctorate. Fuchsberg School of Law.
Housing Authority Insurance Panelist: Medical Malpractice Panel of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, 1973-1991. County of Bronx, 1984-1990.
Arbitrator, Compulsory Arbitration Service of the State of New York, First Judicial Department, 1975-1991.
Company-Chairman, Judicial Screening Committee of Lawyers" Committee, 1979. Chairman, 1982-1983, President, 1984-1987, Big Apple Pothole and Sidewalk Protection Corporation. Administrative Secretary, Ad Hoc Committee for the Preservation of an Elected Judiciary, 1977-1980.
Member: National Judicature Society, 1988-1995.
National Coalition of Victims" Attorneys and Consultants, 1988-1995. National Advisory Council, Sunny Von Bulow National Victim Advocacy Center, 1986-1992.
Member, New York University Law Review Alumni Association, 1980-1995. Counsel, Committee for an Elected Judiciary, 1981-1985.
Member, Coordinating Council on Lawyer Competence of The Conference of Chief Justices, 1983-1986.
Trustee, Lawyers Political Action Committee, 1984-1986. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New New York Bronx County, New York State (Member: Committee of Automobile Liability.
Committee on Products Liability Insurance, 1986-1995.
Torts Reparations Committee, 1983-1995) and American (Member: Trial Techniques Committee, 1984-1995. Products General Liability and Consumer Law Committee, 1987-1995) Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar. Metropolitan Women"s Bar Association (Director, 1975-1983.
Treasurer, 1978-1980. Vice President, 1980-1981).
New York Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Association. Brooklyn and Manhattan Trial Counsel Association.
New York County Lawyers Association (Member, Committee on the Supreme Court, 1981).
New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1970-1995. Vice President, 1980-1983. President, 1984-1986.
Executive Board, 1986-1993.
Chairman: Products Liability Committee, 1980-1981. Expert Bank Committee, 1982-1984.
Brief Bank Committee, 1982-1984. Nominating Committee, 1986-1993.
Recipient: President"s Award, 1986.
Distinguished Service Award, 1986. Award of Excellence, 1991. Manitoba of the Year Award, National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education, 1984.
Humanitarian Award, The Institute of Jewish Humanities, 1988).
American Board of Trial Advocates, New York Chapter (President, 1988-1992). New York State Trial Lawyers Institute (Dean, 1988-1993).
Association of Trial Lawyers of the City of New York (Director, 1975-1995). The Jewish Trial Lawyers Guild (Governor, 1977-1993).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Council of Presidents.
American Trial Lawyers Association/NATL Liaison Committee, 1984-1987. Director, National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education, 1980-1995). Certified as: a Fellow by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
A Diplomate of Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
An Advocate by the American Board of Trial Advocates. Queller & Fisher was founded in 1970 by Fred Queller and Bertram Doctorate. Fisher.
From its inception, the firm has limited its practice to plaintiffs negligence, motor vehicle accidents, personal injury, wrongful death and lead poisoning cases, trials and appeals, medical malpractice, products liability, pharmaceutical, construction accidents (Labor Law) and railroad cases. The firm"s practice is primarily as counsel to the profession.
All partners and associates participate in professional association activities including lecturing in continuing legal education seminars and programs.
Chairman Big Apple Pothole and Sidewalk Protection Corporation, 1982—1983, president, 1984—1987. Member of National Judicature Society, American Association For Justice, American Bar Association (trial techniques committee 1984), Association Trial Lawyers City New York (board directors since 1975), Metropolitan Women's Bar Association 1975-1983, (lecturer 1975-1987, treasurer 1978-1980, vice president 1980-1981), New York University Law Review Alumni Association, Lawyers Political Action Committee (trustee 1984-1986), Jewish Trial Lawyer's Guild, Institute Jewish Humanities (board directors since 1985, Humanitarian award 1988), National Committee Furtherance Jewish Education 1980-1995, (Man of Year 1984), National Advisory Council, National Coalition Victims Attorneys and Consultant, New York State Trial Lawyers Association (lecturer 1975, vice president 1980-1983, chairman brief bank committee 1982-1984, chairman expert bank committee 1982-1984, president 1984-1986, chairman products liability committee 1986-1995, nominating committee 1986-1995, dean 1988-1995, President's award 1986, Distinguished Service award 1986), New York State Trial Lawyers Institute (board directors since 1970, 1986-1993), Trial Lawyers Public Justice, Judiciary/Trial Lawyers Joint Committee OCA (governor since 1977), Brooklyn Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Brooklyn and Manhattan Trial Counsel Association, New York Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, New York State Bar Association (committee automobile liability 1981-1993, torts reparation committee 1983-1993, committee on products liability insurance 1995), American Board Trial Advocates (vice-chairman New York American Board Trial Advocates Key Person Committee 1984, lecturer, president New York chapter 1988-1990), Bronx Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, American Society Legal and Industrial Medicine.
Married Stephanie Tarler Queller, August 29, 1965. 1 child Jessica Danielle.