RICHARD A. OETHEIMER
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PARTNER
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
USA
617.570.1259
Rich Oetheimer, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, specializes in the defense of mass tort and products liability actions, and business and real estate litigation.
WORK FOR CLIENTS
Mr. Oetheimer has extensive experience in the defense of product liability claims against manufacturers of prescription drugs, medical devices, chemical substances, foods and dietary supplements, and consumer products. This experience includes defense of asbestos, DES, PPA, metoclopramide, ephedra, heart valve and IUD litigation, including participation in jury trials in federal and state courts. He is lead counsel in the case that established federal preemption of generic drug lawsuits.
Mr. Oetheimer also has extensive experience in business and financial services litigation, including defense of residential mortgage lenders in state and federal courts. He has also been active in all types of real estate litigation.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Oetheimer has chaired programs for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, and has presented at Defense Research Institute, American Bar Association, American Conference Institute, American Bankruptcy Institute and CLE International programs. He is a member of the Boston and American Bar Associations, ABA Section of Litigation, Products Liability Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.
MEDIA
Mr. Oetheimer co-authored the “Lender Liability” chapter of the MCLE publication Business Torts in Massachusetts. He has also published a variety of articles in the area of mass torts, products liability and consumer lawsuits and class actions.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Oetheimer is admitted to the Bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First Circuit, Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Ninth Circuit, and Eleventh Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the District of Massachusetts, and the Northern District of New York, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in numerous American jurisdictions.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Oetheimer has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the area of Products Liability Litigation Defense. He was also named as a Top Rated Lawyer in the area of Mass Torts by The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel and The National Law Journal.
EDUCATION
- J.D., 1981
University of California Berkeley School of Law
- B.A., 1978
Boston College
(summa cum laude)
Mr. Oetheimer also studied law at Harvard Law School.