Member Bio
Ed Abbot is Co-Partner-in-Charge of the New York office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. Ed is a trial lawyer and litigator who concentrates his practice on a wide range of product liability, general commercial, and mass liability toxic tort litigation. He has experience representing corporations involved in asbestos litigation, as well as toxic tort litigation, premises liability, pharmaceutical and medical devices, and other complex cases in multiple jurisdictions.
Ed represents clients in federal and state courts. He is national coordinating and trial counsel to several defendants in toxic tort litigation and has diverse experience in representing defendants in other matters, including lead, construction equipment, contract, restaurant litigation, real estate, aviation, industrial machinery, business torts, and commercial disputes.
He frequently lectures on issues involving toxic tort litigation, asbestos, and complex multi-party case management.
Ed is in his fourth term as Mayor of Essex Fells, New Jersey, where he is also a volunteer firefighter.
EDUCATION
J.D., Fordham University School of Law (1985)
Fordham Urban Law Journal
B.A., with honors, History, George Washington University (1980)
BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
COURTS
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Defense Research Institute
Massachusetts Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Mayor of Essex Fells, New Jersey (2002 - present)
Volunteer firefighter with the Essex Fells Fire Department in Essex Fells, New Jersey
PRESENTATIONS
Asbestos Defense Strategy Summit, Perrin Conferences (2012)
Moderator, “Talc Contamination and Alternative Exposures: Not Always What it Seems,” Asbestos Medicine Seminar, DRI (2012)
Moderator, "Asbestos 101 - State of the Art and Industrial Hygienist Expert Cross-Examination Techniques,” Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Defense Research Institute (2010)
"Inside the Deliberation Room: Influencing Juries in 2010," Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation, Perrin Conferences (2010)
Moderator, "How Jurors and the Bench will View Defendant Corporations in 2010," Corporate Counsel Roundtable, Defense Research Institute (2010)
Asbestos Defense Strategic Summit, Perrin Conferences (2009)
"Ocean's 11 Redux: The Eleven Essential Parts of Constructing and Ensuring a Coordinated Defense," Asbestos Medicine Seminar, Defense Research Institute (2008)
"What Does the Future Hold for Asbestos Litigation?," Asbestos Litigation Conference, Andrews Publications (2007)
"National Counsel Coordinators - Working with Local Counsel and Keeping Everyone Out of Hot Water," Asbestos Litigation Conference, Andrews Publications (2004)
"Alternative Causes of Mesothelioma - The Role of SV-40, the Polio Vaccine," Asbestos Litigation Conference, Andrews Publications (2001)
"The Ever Changing Role of the Peripheral Defendant," Asbestos Litigation Conference, Andrews Publications (1999)
"Managing Asbestos Litigation - A National Coordinator's Perspective," Asbestos Litigation Conference, Andrews Publications (1998)
ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
Pharmacists' Liability for Failure to Warn After OBRA 90