Background
Scarzafava, John F. was born on April 4, 1947 in Oneonta, New York, United States.
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John F. Scarzafava
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Saint Bonaventure University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972). Saint Mary"s University of San Antonio (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Denny v. Ford Motor Company, 87 NY2d 248 (1995); 79 F.3d 12 (2d Cir 1996); Gonzales v. Caterpillar Tractor Company, 22 Tex.SupJ. 23 (1978).Worked at The Scarzafava Law Office (Oneonta, New York) specializing in Product Liability, Personal Injury, Railroad Law, Negligence. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Texas and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1977, United States.
District Court, Western District of Texas. 1979, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, New York and United States.
District Court, Northern District of New New York
1984, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1986, United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
Delta Theta Phi (Dean, San Antonio Chapter, 1976-1977). Member: The Order of Barristers.
State Moot Court Team.
Winner Moot Court Competition. Member, Saint Mary"s Law Journal, 1974-1975. Who"s Who in American Law Schools.
Who"s Who in American Law.
The Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1995. The Best Lawyers in America, 1997.
Author: "The Positional Risk Doctrine," 6 Saint Mary"s Law Journal. "The Supreme Court of Texas Clarifies the Applicable Defenses in Products Liability," 40 Texas Bar Journal, September, 1977.
"An Analysis of Products Liability Defense in the Aftermath of Hopkins," 9 Saint Mary"s Law Journal, 1977.
"Rights of Public Employees, The Leopagator Syndrome," American Trial Lawyers Association National Convention Manual 1980. Company-Author: "Contributory Negligence in a Strict Liability Case: The Ghost Still Walks," 15 Trial Lawyers Forum 29, 1980. "Comparative Causation in Product Liability ActionsNumber Need to Interject Contributing Negligence," 45 Texas Bar Journal, January, 1982 (Awarded Texas Bar Foundation Journal Finalist Award for Literary Excellence).
"A Safe Place to Work: Actions Under F.E.L.A.," 17 Trial Lawyers Quarterly 62, 1986.
"Auto Product Liability: Defective Door Latch," 36 American Juris Trials 339, 1988.
Faculty Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, College of Advocacy, 1979-1981, 1983-1984. Lecturer, New York State Bar Association Course on Trial Skills, 1989.
The 51st Melvin Belli Seminar, 1994.
New York State Bar Association Federal Civil Practice, 1995. Member: State Bar of Texas. New York State Bar Association.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
New York State Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member).
Military: With United States. Air Force, 1967-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Member: The Order of Barristers. State Moot Court Team. Winner Moot Court Competition.
Member, Saint Mary"s Law Journal, 1974-1975.
Who"s Who in American Law Schools. Who"s Who in American Law.
The Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 1995. The Best Lawyers in America, 1997.
