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Nicholas Josef Wittner
About Nicholas
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Litigation
60%
47 years | 5,000 cases
Defective and Dangerous Products
25%
47 years | 4,000 cases
International Law
10%
47 years | 1,000 cases
Class Action
5%
47 years | 15 cases
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in California for 33 years
State: California
Acquired: 1992
No misconduct found
Licensed in Michigan for 46 years
State: Michigan
Acquired: 1979
No misconduct found
Location
Michigan State University College of Law
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Experience
Honors
2011
Recipient of Distinguished Faculty Member Award for 2010 – 2011,, Michigan State University College of Law
2006
Award of Recognition, Product Liability Advisory Council
1999
Star Award, American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
1995
AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Work Experience
2014 - Present
Counsel, Dykema Gossett
2013 - Present
Professor in Residence, Michigan State University College Of Law
2013 - 2013
Of Counsel, Hewitt Wolensky McNulty and Hickson
2010 - 2013
Visiting Professor, Michigan State University College Of Law
2009 - 2010
Ajdunct Professor, Michigan State University College Of Law
1991 - 2010
Assistant General Counsel, Nissan North America Legal Department
1979 - 1991
Attorney, General Motors Legal Department
Associations
2014 - Present
European Law InstituteFellow
2014 - Present
Federation of Defense and Corporate CounselMember
2013 - Present
Product Liability Advisory CounselSustaining Member
1993 - Present
American Law InstituteMember
1999 - 2000
American Bar Association, Section of LitigationDivision Co-Director, Class Actions
1996 - 1999
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Product Liability CommitteePast Co-chair
1993 - 1996
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Product Liability CommitteeVice Chair
1983 - 1984
Product Liability Advisory CouncilPast Chair
Education
1979
Wayne State Univ Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1975
Michigan State Univ
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2012
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 9th Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium,
A Review of The Supreme Court’s Decisions on International Civil Litigation and Product Liability, Past and Future’”
2012
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Annual Corporate Counsel Symposium
And Now, the Law – ‘Product Liability Design Defect Law and Litigation – Recent Decisions and Cases to Watch’;
2012
Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Seminar
“The Role of Consumer Expectations in Product Liability Design Defect Law and Litigation”
2012
Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Seminar
“And now…The Law – A Review of The Supreme Court’s Decisions on International Civil Litigation and Product Liability”
2011
Product Liability Advisory Council Spring Meeting
“New Case Law – Important Supreme Court Decisions on Preemption and Personal Jurisdiction”,
2011
Automotive Product Liability Litigation Seminar
Chair of Conference, Speaker on The Supreme Court’s Newest Decisions and the Re-Shaped Landscape on the Preemption Defense and International Personal Jurisdiction
2010
• 2010 Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Seminar
Products Liability in Transition: Is there a Sea Change or Steady as She Goes?
2010
Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation Seminar
The Tenth Anniversary of the Restatement of Torts: Products Liability -- A Look Back, and a Look Ahead
Publications
2013
Aspen Custom Book, First Edition
Civil Litigation for Foreign-Educated Lawyers
2012
Aspen Publishers
Civil Ligtaion for Foreign-Educated Lawyers
2011
Proceedings, 2011 Product Liability Advisory Council Meeting
• Wittner, Cross, and Wheeler, “Preemption in Automotive Product Liability Cases After Williamson and Priester’
2011
BNA Product Safety and Liability Reporter 39 PSLR 515
• Wheeler and Wittner, “A Look Through Tinted Glass: What Does the Future Hold for Preemption in Motor Vehicle Litigation”,