Jared M. Placitella
Member
Jared M. Placitella is a Member of Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C., practicing primarily in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He represents individuals in complex civil litigation, including class actions, asbestos, and other mass tort claims, as well as products liability and catastrophic injury claims.
Mr. Placitella serves on the Board of Governors and Executive Committee for the New Jersey Association for Justice, and is the Association’s current Secretary. He has represented the Association before the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division as its amicus counsel. Mr. Placitella has also served on the Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice and co-chairs its Public Education Committee.
Mr. Placitella regularly lectures in educational seminars sponsored by various legal organizations, including the New Jersey State Bar Association, the New Jersey Association for Justice and HarrisMartin. He is the Associate Editor of, and an Author featured in, the Second Edition of the New Jersey Mass Tort and Class Action Treatise published by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, and has written for other periodicals including Trial Magazine. Mr. Placitella has been recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal as a New Leader of the Bar, as a New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star, a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, and as a National Trial Lawyer Top 100 and 40 under 40.
Mr. Placitella is a graduate of the George Washington National Law Center where he received his J.D. and served as a member of The George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law, as well as a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park where he received his B.A. in Government & Politics magna cum laude. Mr. Placitella is admitted to practice before the state courts of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States District Courts of New Jersey the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Education
The George Washington University National Law Center, J.D., 2013
University of Maryland–College Park, B.A. (Government & Politics), magna cum laude, 2010
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court, District of New Jersey
United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Awards
Speaking Engagements
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Multi-County Litigation Seminar – Speaker – Statute of Limitations (Winter 2014)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – The Law That Governs Winning and Losing (Spring 2015)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – NJAJ’s Rising Stars: Some of the Best Trial Lawyers Share Secrets of Their Success (Spring 2016)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Moderator – Beyond Focus Groups: Decisions Driving Deliberations (Spring 2017)
Plaintiffs’ Asbestos Litigation Co-Counsel Seminar – Speaker – The Haveg Case (Spring 2017)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Asbestos Litigation Seminar – Speaker – Allocation of Fault to Non-Parties in Products Liability Cases (Fall 2017)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair – Trends for Millennial Litigators (Fall 2017)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – Accutane/Daubert (Spring 2018)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Co-Chair – My First (or Second) Trial (Spring 2018)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Asbestos Litigation Seminar – Speaker – Relevant Cases & Updated Cases: Cases You Thought You Knew and Cases You Need to Know (Fall 2018)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair – Technology for Litigators: It’s Easier (and Less Expensive) Than You Think (Fall 2018)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Products Liability Seminar – Speaker – 10 Years After Sinclair v. Merck (Fall 2018)
HarrisMartin Publishing New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference – Speaker – New Jersey Recent Court Rulings Affecting the Asbestos Litigation (Winter 2019)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Co-Chair – Views from the Bench (Spring 2019)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Class Action Seminar – Co-Chair & Speaker – Class Action Playbook (Fall 2019)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair – Openings and Closings: Hear it From the Masters (Fall 2019)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair & Speaker – Mass Torts (Fall 2019)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Co-Chair – Jury Selection (Summer 2020)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – Ethics of Trial Advocacy: Comments on Evidence, Experts and Lawyers (Summer 2020)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Asbestos Litigation Seminar – Speaker – Case Law Update (Fall 2020)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair – Finding the Pressure Points (Fall 2020)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Speaker – Sun Chemical (Fall 2020)
HarrisMartin Publishing New Jersey Asbestos Litigation Conference – Speaker – New Jersey Supreme Court Whelan Decision (Winter 2021)
New Jersey Association for Justice Seminar – Speaker – Using TrialPad: From Beginner to Expert (Spring 2021)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Multicounty Litigation (Mass Torts) Seminar – Speaker – What are the Implications of Sun Chemical? (Spring 2021)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Co-Chair – Working with Experts (Summer 2021)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – Virtual Trials for Trial Attorneys (Summer 2021)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Asbestos Litigation Seminar – Speaker – Case Update: Sun Chemical (Fall 2021)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Seminar – Speaker – Getting the Most Out of Trial Prep with a Paralegal (Fall 2021)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair & Speaker – New Lawyer Program (Fall 2021)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair – Mass Torts (Fall 2021)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Co-Chair – New Lawyers: Litigation Lessons & Trial Tactics (Spring 2022)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – New Developments in Spoliation and Sanctionable Conduct (Spring 2022)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – The Year in Torts in New Jersey/The Top Ten (Spring 2022)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Multicounty Litigation (Mass Torts) Seminar – Speaker – Fraudulent Concealment & Spoliation (Summer 2022)
American Association for Justice Asbestos Litigation Group CLE Program – Speaker – The Texas Two Step (Summer 2022)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Speaker – Arbitration Agreements (Fall 2022)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Co-Chair – Building Your Personal Injury Case: Presented by the New Lawyers Section (Fall 2022)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Seminar – Co-Chair & Speaker – Effective Civil Motion Practice (Winter 2022)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Co-Chair – New Lawyers Seminar (Spring 2023)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – Legal Developments in Mass Tort (Spring 2023)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – The Year in Torts in New Jersey/The Top Ten (Spring 2023)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Multicounty Litigation (Mass Torts) Seminar – Speaker – Proposed Amendments to F.R.E. 702 and F.R.C.P. on Privilege Logs (Summer 2023)
HarrisMartin’s Webinar Series: Talcum Powder Litigation: Onward and Upward! – Speaker –New Johnson & Johnson Defendants (Fall 2023)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Asbestos Litigation Seminar – Speaker – Rule 104 Hearings (Fall 2023)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. – Speaker – What a NJ Lawyer Needs to Know About PA Law (Winter 2024)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. “A Day on Evidence” – Speaker – Expert Witness Issues (Spring 2024)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Moderator – Winning Your Case Through Focus Groups (Spring 2024)
New Jersey Association for Justice Boardwalk Seminar – Speaker – Mallory v. Norfolk Southern: Personal Jurisdiction (Spring 2024)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Multicounty Litigation (Mass Torts) Seminar – Speaker – Case Law Update (Summer 2024)
N.J.S.B.A. I.C.L.E. Asbestos Litigation Seminar – Moderator and Speaker – Case Law Update (Fall 2024)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Speaker/Co-Chair – Artificial Intelligence (Fall 2024)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Speaker – Mass Torts: F.R.E. 702 (Fall 2024)
New Jersey Association for Justice Meadowlands Seminar – Speaker – Trial Academy: How to Win Your First Trial: Know When to Hold Them, Know When to Fold Them (Fall 2024)
Articles & Publications
Associate Editor, New Jersey Mass Torts & Class Actions Treatise (New Jersey State Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2d Ed. 2020)
Justice Virginia A. Long & Jared M. Placitella, Expert Testimony in Toxic and Mass Tort Cases, in New Jersey Mass Torts & Class Actions Treatise (New Jersey State Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2d Ed. 2020)
Christopher M. Placitella & Jared M. Placitella, Damages & Remedies, in New Jersey Mass Torts & Class Actions Treatise (New Jersey State Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2d Ed. 2020)
Christopher M. Placitella & Jared M. Placitella, Statute of Limitations, in New Jersey Mass Torts & Class Actions Treatise (New Jersey State Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education 2d Ed. 2020)
Jared M. Placitella, “New Jersey Mass Tort Case Law Update”, in The AAJ NLD Sidebar (Spring 2017)
Christopher M. Placitella & Jared M. Placitella, “New Jersey is Not a ‘Daubert Jurisdiction’”, New Jersey L. J. (Sept. 7, 2018)
Christopher M. Placitella, Dennis M. Geier, & Jared M. Placitella, “A 30,000 Foot View of Cosmetic Talc Cases”, in Trial (Oct. 2020)
Jared M. Placitella, “Social Capital: Why Inclusion Matters”, in NJAJ In Brief (September 2022)
Karla Gilbride & Jared M. Placitella, “Overcoming Secrecy”, in Trial (Nov. 2022)
Professional Memberships
American Association for Justice, Board of Governors (2018 – 2024)
American Association for Justice, Leadership Academy (7th Class: 2019 – 2020)
American Association for Justice Co-Chair, Public Education Committee (2022 – present)
New Jersey Association for Justice, Board of Governors (2018 – present)
New Jersey Association for Justice, Secretary (present)
New Jersey Association for Justice, Executive Committee (2019 – 2020, 2022 – present)
New Jersey State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Amicus Curiae
McCarrell v. Hoffman La-Roche, 227 N.J. 569, 153 A.3d 207 (2017)
In re Accutane Litigation, 234 N.J. 340, 191 A.3d 560 (2018)
Sun Chemical Corp. v. Fike Corp., 243 N.J. 319, 235 A.3d 145 (2020)
Carl v. Johnson & Johnson, 464 N.J. Super. 446, 237 A.3d 308 (App. Div. 2020)
Lawrence v. Sky Zone LLC, No. A-003092-19, 2021 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 528 (App. Div. Mar. 30, 2021)
Fowler v. Azko Nobel Chemicals, Inc.., 251 N.J. 300, 276 A.3d 1146 (2022) (argued)
Hrymoc v. Ethicon, Inc., 254 N.J. 446, 297 A.3d 1245 (2023) (argued)
Robey v. SPARC Group, LLC, 256 N.J. 541, 311 A.3d 463 (2024) (argued)
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