NEW JERSEY & PHILADELPHIA LAW OFFICES
Abby Resnick-Parigian - Attorney at Law
Practice Areas: Toxic Torts
Areas of Emphasis: Toxic Tort Litigation, Asbestos Litigation,
Occupational Injury Cases, Environmental Law
Bar Admission:
Pennsylvania, Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern
District, 1985
New York, 1989; Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1990;
U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts, 1992;
New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey,
2000
Education:
J.D., Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware,
1984
B.A., University of Delaware, 1981
Biographical Information:
Abby Resnick-Parigian is an associate in the Woodbridge office
of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, concentrating in the area
of toxic tort litigation. This area of litigation includes representation
of individuals afflicted with occupational and environmental
illnesses. Prior to her work with this firm, she practiced in
New York City for eleven years, and in Philadelphia, for three
years preceding that time.
In the course of her practice in New York City, Ms. Resnick-Parigian
participated in the Brooklyn Navy Yard asbestos trials in both
New York Supreme Court as well as in the U.S. District Court,
where she obtained verdicts in excess of $6 million dollars.
In addition to her asbestos work, Ms. Resnick-Parigian successfully
settled and/or tried other cases in the areas of products liability,
lead poisoning, and numerous other plaintiff personal injury
cases.
In 1996, Ms. Resnick-Parigian tried and retried a products
liability action in New York's U.S. District Court, Southern
District, with a verdict in excess of $1 million dollars, which
resulted in precedent-setting law in New York regarding the
liability of manufacturers of defective products.
Ms. Resnick-Parigian has lectured in the area of breast implant
litigation as well as in the area of products liability litigation.
She also appeared on Court TV, as a participant in a mock mediation.
She is a past member of the New York State Trial Lawyers' Association,
American Trial Lawyers' Association-New York, the New York Women's
Bar Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York, Products Liability Committee.
She is a present member of the New Jersey State Bar Association,
Middlesex County Bar
Association and American Trial Lawyers Association-New Jersey.
Direct Telephone Number: 732-855-6019
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