Education
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan.
He is Weitz & Luxenberg’s chief trial lawyer and partner. He has tried 70 mass tort cases involving asbestos, Vioxx, Rezulin, and silicone gel breast implants, obtaining jury verdicts totaling $405,741,511 with a case average of $5,796,307. He lectures nationally and has published numerous articles on various aspects of complex litigation.
Formerly an assistant district attorney in the felony jury unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney’ General’ s Office and an adjunct professor at Temple University, Mr.
Gordon was honored by the National Law Journal in 1995 as one of the top forty attorneys in the country under the age of 40. In December 2010, Mr.
Gordon was awarded Lawyer of the Year - Mass Tort Litigation by New York Magazine. In July 2009, Mr. Gordon was a finalist for The Public Justice Foundation"s Trial Lawyer of the Year award for his work on In re: MTBE, Molecular Design Limited 1358.
Mr. Gordon graduated with honors from George Washington University Law School in 1980.
He received his Bachelor of Arts with high distinction from University of Michigan in 1977. Mr. Gordon has been appointed to the following committees:
Company-lead Counsel, MTBE Litigation (Molecular Design Limited 1358)
Plaintiff’s Steering Committee and Company-chair of the Science Subcommittee, Breast Implant Litigation (Molecular Design Limited 926)
Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, Rezulin Litigation (Molecular Design Limited 1348)
Company-liaison Counsel to the Christian Social Party and Molecular Design Limited, New York State Rezulin Litigation
Liaison Advisory Committee and Compensation Subcommittee, Baycol Litigation (Molecular Design Limited 1431)
The Scientific and Medical Integrity Committee and the American Trial Lawyers Association List Committee, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Committee on Tort Litigation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Mr. Gordon is admitted in New York and New Jersey.
He is also admitted in United States. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania, District of New Jersey, Southern District of New York, and Eastern District of New New York
Mr. Gordon is additionally admitted in United States. Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals - Third Circuit.