Background
Shields, Robert E. was born on December 11, 1946 in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
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Robert E. Shields
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Wichita State University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1968). New York University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1971).
Career
Banks v. Imperial Chemical Industries Americas, Incorporated., 264 Georgia. 732, 450 SE21671 (1994).Worked at Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Toxic Torts Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1971, California. 1973, Kansas; 1974, Georgia, United States.
District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia, Middle District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, 2nd, 9th, 10th and 11th Circuits. Order of the Coif. Root-Tilden Scholar.
Editor, New York University Law Review, 1970-1971. Assistant Adjunct Professor, Georgia State University College of Law, 1988-1991.
Contributing Author: M. Searcy, A Guide to Toxic Torts, Matthew Bender, 1987.
J. Vargo, Products Liability Guide, Matthew Bender, 1988 and 1993 Supplement, "Breast Implant Litigation," with Ralph Knowles. "Toxic Injuries In The Workplace," 18 The Verdict, Number 2, 17 (March/April 1993). "Alternative Approaches to Proof of Injury in Toxic Tort Cases," 15 The Verdict, Number 9, 13 (November/December, 1990).
"Leaking Underground Gasoline Storage Tanks," 3 American
Juris Proof of Facts 3rd 517, 1989. Company-Author with Alan Perry: "Erosion of Duty to Warn," 14 The Verdict, Number 4, 21, December, 1988.
"Stilties v. Dettelbach Pesticide Corporation: A Rebuttal on the Duty to Warn," 3 Toxics Law Reporter 126, June, 1988.
Member: Kansas and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California.
State Bar of Georgia. American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate.
President, Georgia Chapter, 1990).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Company-Chairman, Environmental Law and Toxic Tort Committee, 1990).
Achievements
Membership
Member: Kansas and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. State Bar of Georgia.
American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate.
President, Georgia Chapter, 1990). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Company-Chairman, Environmental Law and Toxic Tort Committee, 1990).
