Mr. Assuncao advises current and future market leading corporations concerning risk management, litigation and product development issues. Mr. Assuncao's diverse national litigation practice includes the representation of corporations in a wide variety of complex class action, commercial, product liability, and toxic tort cases. Mr. Assuncao also advises clients on product labeling and regulatory compliance issues. He has represented manufacturers in product liability actions for over 30 years at the trial and appellate level. He has served as national trial and class action counsel for one of the world’s largest consumer product manufacturers and class action counsel for a global consumer electronics company.
New Jersey
New York
Colorado
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Federal Claims
Supreme Court of the United States
J.D., Temple University School of Law (1983)
B.A. Economics, Villanova University (1980)
Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America
AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Professional Associations and Memberships
Product Liability Advisory Council, Sustaining Member
Defense Research Institute Member
American Bar Association
United States Chamber of Commerce
DLA Piper, LLP (1996-2008)