Practice

Kenneth R. Meyer is a principal of Porzio, Bromberg & Newman and Co-Chair of the firm’s Complex Tort Department. He practices in the areas of complex product liability, mass tort, recall and retrofit counseling, and personal injury litigation. 

Honors and Awards

• Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, 1995–present (recertified 2002 and 2007)
• Terex Outstanding Product Liability Counsel Award, In Recognition of 2004 Achievements in Representing Terex Corporation, February 15, 2005
• Equal Justice Medal, Board of Trustees of Legal Services of New Jersey, November 28, 2000
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Massachusetts Boys’ State, 60th Anniversary, June 2004
• Recognized in New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2005 – 2009

Organizations/Memberships

• Product Liability Advisory Council - Sustaining Member
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2004–present
• Supreme Court of New Jersey, District X Ethics Committee, 1994–1998; Chair, 1997–1998; Special Ethics Master, 1999–present
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC); Vice-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2009-Present; Product Liability Committee, Chair, 2007-2009, Vice-Chair, Journal Articles, 2003–2005; Vice Chair, Programs, 2005–2007; International Committee, 2007-Present
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Judicial Administration Committee, 1999–2002
• Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Committee and Agricultural Construction Mining Industrial Equipment (ACMIE) Subcommittee, ACMIE newsletter Roving Editor
• Worrall F. Mountain American Inn of Court, Barrister, 1990–1994, Program Committee Member, 1992–1993
• Morris County Early Settlement and Arbitration Panels
• Morris County Bar Association, Member, Child Advocacy Project
• Colgate Class Agent, Class of 1976
• Colgate Class of 1976 Reunion Gift Committee, Co-Chairperson, 1991
• Colgate Alumni Association

Publications

• "Managing Mass Tort Litigation," Financier Worldwide, December 2009.

• Co-Author, "The Uncertainty Surrounding “Design” in Design Defect Cases," IADC Defense Counsel Journal, October 2009.

• Co-Author, "Beware of Added Complications in Claims Involving Medicare Beneficiaries," New Jersey Law Journal, September 28, 2009.
• Co-Author, "The Importance of the 'Design' In a Product Liability Design Defect Case," IADC Product Liability Committee Seminar, February 2009.
• "Attorney-Client Privilege in the United States Versus Abroad and Its Effects on Multi-National Companies," IADC Product Liability Committee Webinar, January 2009.

• "The Ethical Dilemma of Metadata," New Jersey Law Journal, November 17, 2008.

• Co-Author, "Buyer Beware:  You May Be Liable for the Defective Products of Your Predecessor," IADC Defense Counsel Journal, April 2008.
• “Leveling the Playing Field? Defense Victories in Two Recent New Jersey Appellate Division Product Liability Decisions,” Porzio Update, January 11, 2008.
• “New Jersey Supreme Court’s Decision on Admissibility of Expert Testimony Could Affect Whether New Jersey Remains a Hotbed of Product Liability Litigation,” IADC Product Liability Newsletter, December 2007.
• “Asbestos Victories Buck National Trend,” New Jersey Law Journal, November 5, 2007.
• “The Product Liability Law Maze and the Consequences for Companies That Become Trapped in It,” Strategies for Limiting Product Liability: Leading Lawyers on Preventing Claims, Developing Company Policies, and Mitigating Risk (Inside the Minds), October 2007.
• “Medical Monitoring Debate Resurfaces with Toy Recall Suits,” IADC Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Newsletter, October 2007.
• “Bucking the Tort Reform Trend? Manufacturer of Non-Asbestos Product Has Duty to Warn About Asbestos Dangers,” LJN’s Product Liability: Law and Strategy, Vol. 26, No. 3, September 2007.
• "Buyer (of the Assets of a Company) Beware," LJN's Product Liability: Law and Strategy, Vol. 25, No. 7, January 2007.
• "Third Circuit Corrects Congress's Mistake: 'Less' Means 'More' in CAFA Appeal Provision," Porzio Update, October 25, 2006.
• “Talking To Your Client Could Get You In Trouble,” New Jersey Law Journal, October 2, 2006.
• “New Jersey Supreme Court Holds That a Forklift Manufacturer’s Compliance with OSHA Regulations Preempts State Product Liability Law,” Porzio Update, January 27, 2006.
• “Emerging Trends in Asbestos Premises Liability Claims,” IADC Defense Counsel Journal, July 2005, Vol. 72, No. 3.
• “The District Court of New Jersey Predicts That the New Jersey Supreme Court Would Permit a Plaintiff to Recover Pure Economic Loss Under a Strict Product Liability Theory Despite the Economic Loss Rule,” IADC Product Liability Newsletter, July 2004.
• “Defending Against Post-Sale Warning Claims,” LJN’S Product Liability Law and Strategy, June 2004.
• “The New Jersey Supreme Court Requires the Insured in a Long-Tail Environmental Exposure Case to Satisfy the Deductible of Each Triggered Policy,” IADC Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Newsletter, April 2004.
• “Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Set Their Sights on New Asbestos Defendants,” Commerce, December 2003.
• “Campbell v. State Farm: A Ray of Hope for Mass-Tort Defendants in Punitive Damages Cases,” IADC Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Newsletter, June 2003.
• “Kemp v. State Erodes the Standards for Admissibility of Expert Testimony,” New Jersey Law Journal, December 9, 2002.
• “Post-Sale Duty To Warn Under Restatement of Torts (Third) Products Liability (1998),” Defense Research Institute, ACMIE Newsbrief, Winter 1999.
• “Plaintiff’s Habitual Disregard of Safety Warnings May Be Needed To Rebut Heeding Presumption,” Defense Research Institute, ACMIE Newsbrief, Winter 1999.
• “New OSHA Forklift Training Regulations Effective March 1,” Material Handling Society New Jersey, Inc. Newsletter, March 1999.
• “New OSHA Regs Will Alter Forklift Operator Training,” Leader’s Product Liability Law and Strategy, February 1999.
• “Habit Evidence Needed To Rebut Heeding Presumption,” Leader’s Product Liability Law and Strategy, December 1998.
• “Post-Sale Duty to Warn Satisfied By Retrofit Programs,” Leader’s Product Liability Law and Strategy, November 1998.
• “Effective Use of Daubert to Dispose of Baseless Design Defect Claims,” For the Defense, May 1998.
• “The Evolving Standards of Admissibility for Expert Witness Testimony,” New Jersey Law Journal, March 16, 1998.
• “Driver’s Duties at Railroad-Highway Crossing,” International Symposium on Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Research & Safety, April 1992.

Speaking Engagements

• IADC Product Liability Committee Webinar Organizer, "Attorney-Client Privilege in the United States Versus Abroad and Its Effects on Multi-National Companies," January 2009
• "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: What Your Clients Should Know About Selling Products in Europe," International Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting, July 7, 2008, The Greenbrier, West Virginia (Moderator)
• "Importing Defective Products:  Legal Risks, Preventive Measures and Defense Strategies," International Association of Defense Counsel, Mid-Year Meeting, February 11, 2008, Hawaii (Moderator)
• "Successor Liability and How to Avoid It," International Association of Defense Counsel sponsored by Product Liability Committee, Annual Meeting, Bermuda, July 11, 2007 (Moderator)
• Directors, Offices and Companies' Liability and the Trend Toward Criminalization:  A Frightening Perspective, International Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting, July 9, 2007 (Moderator)
• "Drug, Device and Biotech, Product Liability, Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation, Hot Topics," International Association of Defense Counsel, Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, July 16, 2006 (Moderator)
• “Corporate Strategies for Responding to Government Investigations,” International Association of Defense Counsel Mid-Year Meeting, La Quinta, California, February 14, 2006 (Moderator)
• “Class Action Fairness Act—How Does It Apply to My Practice?,” International Association of Defense Counsel Mid-Year Meeting, La Quinta, California, February 14, 2006
• “The Admissibility of Digital Photography and Computer Enhanced Images into Evidence,” Moderator, International Association of Defense Counsel Mid-Year Meeting, La Quinta, California, February 13, 2006
• Mock Trial Presentation, The 15th Annual PDMA Sharing Conference, ChampionsGate, Florida, September 20, 2005
• “Picking Your Forum—The Changing Landscape of Forum Non Conveniens,” International Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Virginia, July 8, 2004.
• “The Asbestos War of the 21st Century,” International Association of Defense Counsel Mid-Year Meeting, Pebble Beach, California, February 18, 2003.
• “Professional Responsibility and Professionalism in New Jersey,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 30–31 and November 9–10, 1998; May 10–11, 1999; May 1–2, 2000; November 5–6, 2001; November 12–13, 2002; March 31 and April 1, 2003; May 9–10, 2005.
• “Will OSHA’s New Forklift Training Regulations Reduce the Number of Workplace Accidents?,” Material Handling Society of NJ, Seminar, January 12, 2000
• “Trial Management Standards Illustrated and Applied: Scenarios and Problems,” New Jersey Judicial College, November 23, 1999.
• “OSHA Round Table Industrial Maintenance and Plant Operation,” Morristown, New Jersey, August 31, 1999.
• “Direct & Cross-Examination of Experts,” Morris County Bar Association, Product Liability Seminar, April 1993.
• “Preparing to Stay Out of Court, Tort Claims Defenses and Applicability to Publicly Owned Sports Facilities,” International Association of Auditorium Managers, Crowd Management Seminar, November 1992.
• Product Safety/Warning Labels seminar, Third Annual Conference on Consumer Products Safety, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group at the New Jersey Law Center, April 1992.
• International Symposium on Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Research and Safety, Transportation Center, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, November 1990.
• Handling Medical Malpractice Litigation, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Risk and Claims Department, January 1989.
• Mock Trial Presentation, New Jersey Boys-State Program, June 1988.