STEVEN P. BENENSON - Porzio, Bromberg, and Newman PC

PRACTICE
Steven P. Benenson is a principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman. He is
Chair of the firm’s Mass Tort and Product Liability Department. He
concentrates his practice in the areas of product and pharmaceutical
liability, toxic tort, and business and commercial litigation in state and
federal courts. Mr. Benenson has extensive experience in the coordination,
litigation and trial (including alternative dispute resolution) of industry-wide
and complex matters. He also counsels clients on risk management issues
and product safety campaigns.
EDUCATION
Cornell University Law School, J.D. 1984
Dartmouth College, magna cum laude, high departmental distinctions, 1981
• Phi Beta Kappa
• William Jewett Tucker Fellow
BAR ADMISSIONS
• New Jersey, 1984
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1984
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1992
• District of Columbia, 1997
MEMBERSHIPS
STEVEN P. BENENSON
PRINCIPAL
DIRECT DIAL (973)889-4339 • E-MAIL spbenenson@pbnlaw.com
• American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Tort and Insurance
Practice Section
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Product Liability and Toxic Tort
Section; Civil Trial Bar Section
• Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Steering Committee,
Consumer Goods and Office Equipment Specialized Litigation Group

Steering Committee, and Business Litigation, Industrywide Litigation,
and Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committees
• AeA, Advancing the Business of Technology, Executive Committee,
New Jersey-Pennsylvania Council
PUBLICATIONS
• Reparations: “Suits Are Too Little, Too Late,” National Law Journal, May
13, 2002.
• “How to Conduct a Product Safety Investigation and Campaign,” For the
Defense, Defense Research Institute Committee Perspectives, Vol. 43,
No. 4, April, 2001.
• “The Timely Filing of a Petition Under the National Childhood Vaccine
Injury Act is a Jurisdictional Prerequisite for Maintaining a Civil Action,”
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman Litigation Update, May 25, 2000.
• “Strategies for Successfully Defending Industry-Wide Product Liability
Litigation,” Product Safety & Liability Reporter, The Bureau of National
Affairs, Inc., Vol. 27, No. 37, September 17, 1999.
• “Avoiding Complex Arbitration Pitfalls,” New Jersey Lawyer, November
23, 1998.
• “Second Circuit Rules Damaging Statements Contained in Unpublished
Documents of Other Manufacturers and Trade Associations Do Not
Constitute Industry-Wide ‘Notice’,” Porzio, Bromberg & Newman
Litigation Update, September 14, 1998.
• “Federal District Court Invokes Daubert Opinion to Disqualify Liability
and Causation Experts in Repetitive Stress Injury Case,” Porzio,
Bromberg & Newman Litigation Update, August 31, 1995.
PRESENTATIONS
• “Navigating Legal Issues in Cyberspace,” The New Jersey-Pennsylvania
Council of AeA and the Ironbound Business Organization, Newark, NJ,
July 2001.
• “Are PPA Claims Suitable For Class Action Treatment?” Mealey’s PPA
& Ephedra Litigation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2001.
• “Repetitive Stress Injury Litigation: Past, Present and Future,” DRI
Product Liability Seminar, Chicago, IL, September 2000.

• “The New Federal Y2K Act: What You Need to Know Now!” ABA
Sections of Business Law and Litigation and the Center for Continuing
Legal Education, Washington, DC, September 1999.
• “Recent Developments in Alternative Dispute Resolution, As Influenced
by Litigation Trends,” Dartmouth Lawyers Association, 15 th Annual
Meeting, Hanover, NH, July 1999.
• “Year 2000 Contracting, Disclosure and Liability Issues,” ABA TIPS
Representing High Technology Companies, Boston, MA, October 1998;
San Francisco, CA, November 1998.
• “Pushing the Envelope: Significant Trends in RSI Cases – The Post Sale
Duty to Warn and Medical Causation,” DRI Products Liability Seminar,
Specialized Litigation Group, San Diego, CA, January 1997.
• “Preparation For and Conducting the Deposition of the Expert Witness,”
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman Associate Training Program, November
1996, April 1998.
• “The Discoverability of Electronic Information in Civil Litigation and Its
Relation to Corporate Records Retention Policies,” ABA Committee on
Corporate Counsel Northeast Regional Workshop, Newark, NJ, Spring
1994.
QUOTED IN
• The Hartford Courant, “Stroke Victim Sues Drug Manufacturers,” (April
25, 2001).
• The National Law Journal, “Plaintiffs Rev Up New PPA Drug Drug
Lawsuits,” Vol. 23, No. 31 (March 26, 2001).
• Computer & Internet Lawcast, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 22, 1999
(addressing federal “Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure
Act”).
• Fortune, Letter to Editor on “Fatal Litigation” article, Vol. 132, No. 12,
December 11, 1995 (addressing mass tort cases).
REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED CASES
• Wisner v. Unisys Corp., 917 F.Supp. 1501 (D. Kan. 1996).
• Reiff v. Convergent Technologies, 957 F.Supp. 573 (D. NJ 1997).
• Houghtaling v. Unisys Corp., 955 F.Supp. 309 (D. NJ 1996).
• Hartman v. AT&T Corp., 971 F.Supp. 952 (D. Md. 1996).
• Dennis v. Pertec Computer Corp., 927 F.Supp. 156 (D. NJ 1996), aff’d, 135
F.3d 764 (3rd Cir. 1997).