Background
Edwards, Richard Lansing was born on April 16, 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Robert Wilson Junior and Eleanor (Inscho) Edwards.
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Richard Lansing Edwards
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Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, 1966; Juris Doctor, Northeastern U., 1980.
Career
Worked at Campbell Campbell & Edwards, Professional Corporation (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Litigation and Trial Practice, Product Liability, Construction Litigation, Environmental, Toxic Tort, Drugs and Medical Devices. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Massachusetts. 1981, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1983, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1985, United States. Supreme Court. Author: "Products Liability Defenses: A State by State Compendium," Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, 1992.
"Using Videotape Evidence in Personal Injury Litigation," The Brief, American Bar Association Tort Insurance Practice Section Fall, 1987.
"The Duty to Warn and The Duty to Inform: Marketing Defects in Strict Products Liability," The Defense Research Institute, 1989. "Federal Rule 26 Amendments: Wrong Medicine for Discovery Problems," 58 Def Counsellor.
J. 454, 1991. "Proposed Limitations on Discovery," 59 Defense
Counsellor. J. 169, 1992; "Is Mandatory Disclosure Working?" Foreign the Defense, September, 1996. Listed in International Who"s Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers, 1997.
President, Alumni/ae Association, Northeastern University Law School, 1993-1994. Member: Boston, Massachusetts (Civil Litigation Section.
Products Liability Committee, 1984) and American (Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Litigation Section, 1984) Bar Associations.
Defense Research Institute (Chair, Products Liability Committee, 1997. Member, Steering Committee, 1988). Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association.
Society of Automotive Engineers.
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Product Liability Advisory Council.
International Association of Defense Counsel (Chairman, Advocacy, Practice and Procedure Committee, 1993-1995). Military: Captain, United States Air Force, 1966-1970.
Achievements
Membership
Captain United States Air Force, 1966-1970. Member American Bar Association (tort and insurance practice and litigation section since 1984), Massachusetts Bar Association (civil litigation section since 1983), Defense Research Institute (products liability committee, chairman since 1997, chairman duty to warn and labeling subcommittee 1985-1988, steering committee since 1988), International Association of Defense Counsel (chairman advocacy practice and procedure committee 1993-1995), Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, Society of Automotive Engineers, Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Product Liability Advisory Council, Boston Bar Association.
Connections
Married Betsey Ann Barney, August 24, 1980. Children: Beth, Melissa, Jeffrey, Jason, Karen.
