Judge Marina Corodemus (Ret.) – Corodemus & Corodemus

Corodemus & Corodemus

Areas of Practice

75%: Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation-Arbitration-Settlement Negotiations
25%: Special Master Appointments Federal and State Courts Management, Discovery

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 1981
New York, 1989
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1981
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1981
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1981
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1981

Special Master Experience

Neaura Therapeutik, LLC v. Altus Formulation Inc.
Federal District Court of New Jersey: Ephedra Bankruptcy Case
Federal MDL VIOXX: Special Master
Special Master Appointments in the State Courts including: New Jersey, California, Florida and New York
Special Master for Transvaginal Mesh MDL, Southern District of West Virginia

Mass Tort Judge
Presided over:

Pharmaceutical Cases:

Fen-phen Diet Drug
PPA
Rezulin
Latex Gloves
Propulsid

Products Liability Cases:

DePUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., ASR HIP IMPLANT PRODUCTS [Court Order]
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., PELVIC REPAIR SYSTEMS PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION [Court Order]
Talalia v. Cooper Tire (National Class Action)
Perez v. Wyeth Laboratories Birth Control Cases

Tobacco Cases:

Mehlman v. Phillip Morris and RJR et als.

Environmental Contamination Cases:

Durham Woods Pipe Line Explosion
Toms River Ciba Geigy Cancer Cluster Cases

IN RE LEAD PAINT CASES ASBESTOS

ADR Professional SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTMENTS:

Federal District Court of New Jersey: EPHEDRA BANKRUPCY CASES
Federal MDL VIOXX: SPECIAL MASTER
HUDSON COUNTY CHROMIUM CASES
SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTMENTS IN THE STATE COURTS:
- New Jersey
- California
- Florida
- New York

Education

Seton Hall University School of Law J.D. 1980
Boston University B.A. 1977

Background

New Jersey State Court, Judge of the Superior Court, 1993-2004
Assistant Township Attorney, Old Bridge Township, 1981-1983
Superior Court Bench, 1993-2004
Private Practice, 1981-1993

Publications

“Rock’em, Sock’em Preemption:Who Is Getting Their Block Knocked Off?, BNA CLASS ACTION REPORTER Vol. 9, 9/26, 2008

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

Best Individual Arbitrator, New Jersey Law Journal, 2017
ADR Champions Trailblazer, National Law Journal, 2016
New Jersey Women Leaders in the Law, 2016
Best Individual Mediator, National Law Journal, 2015
Diverse Attorneys of the Year, New Jersey Law Journal, 2015
Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz Lifetime Achievement Award
Middlesex County Outstanding Lawyer Achievement Award, 1991
NJ ICLE Outstanding Service Award
American Bar Association, Fellow, 1999-Present
ALI, Member, 2001-Present
Academy of Court Appointed Masters, 2014 President-Elect
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1981
- New York, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1981
Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law, 2002-2016
Presenter Mass Torts Judicial Seminar, HB Conferences, 2010
NJ Metro Chapter Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2000-Present