SCOTT HAWORTH, MANAGING PARTNER

Direct: 212.952.1101
Fax: 212.952.1110
[email protected]

Scott Haworth, the firm's Managing Partner was previously an equity partner of a national litigation firm and prior to that, was an equity partner at a prestigious New York litigation firm. He has spent his career defending and trying matters involving product liability, construction and intentional torts, as well as complex catastrophic injury matters involving fire, transportation and other accident modes. Mr. Haworth has also resolved numerous matters involving environmental and toxic tort claims such as those involving asbestos, mold, lead and various environmental hazards. His practice includes class actions, multi-district litigations, commercial and insurance-related matters.

Mr. Haworth's clients include self-insured manufacturers of cosmetics, medical devices, industrial machinery, heavy equipment, recreational and children's products, as well as those in the construction, packaging and telecom industries. He also represents nationally prominent retailers and foreign corporations in the construction industry. Mr. Haworth is frequently retained by third-party administrators and insurance carriers on both the primary and excess levels.

Membership & Honors

Mr. Haworth is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) and participates in the IADC's Product Liability and Trial Tactics Committees. He is the immediate Past Chairman of the Defense Research Institute's (DRI) Specialized Litigation Group on Recreational Products and is a past Chairman of the DRI's Specialized Litigation Group on Food Law. He is also a Past Vice Chairman of the New York State Bar Association's Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section's Product Liability Committee and is the Past Chairman of the New York State Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education Committee on Product Liability. Mr. Haworth recently became a member of the Steering Committee of DRI's Committee on Class Actions.

Mr. Haworth has received Attorney of the Year honors from his client, a large medical device manufacturer, for successful litigation defense work on their behalf on multiple occasions, in recognition of his litigation successes.

In 2016, Mr. Haworth was recognized by Who�s Who Top Attorneys of North America as a Top Attorney in North America.

Presentations

Mr. Haworth frequently lectures and writes on litigation topics. His presentations include:

"Beating the Rising Verdict Trends in 2022" The Gavel Webinar Presentation to Client and Industry Professionals, February, 2022
"Stop the Madness: Fighting the Insanity of Rising and Unreasonable Medical Costs in Litigation" The Gavel National Conference, Palm Beach, Florida, January, 2022
"The New Normal for Litigation in the Post-COVID 19 Era," presented May, 2020
"Pursuing and Defending Against Contractual Indemnity and Additional Insured Coverage Claims," The Gavel National Conference III, Boca Raton, Florida, 2019.
"The Defense and Pursuit of Indemnification and Additional Insured Coverage Claim," Boca Raton, Florida, 2018.
"The Use of Jury Consultants and Mock Trials," Magna Legal Conference, 2018.
"New York Labor Law Overview," client seminar, 2016.
"Wrongful Death Matters and Related Topics," presented January, 2012.
"Vocational Rehabilitation Experts in the Litigation Context," presented January, 2011.
"Labor Law Litigation: Who Pays?" presented March, 2011.
"No Injury, No Problem, the So-Called No Injury Class Action," presented at the Defense Research Institute’s Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2010.
"Defending Medical Device Fire Cases," presented at the Defense Research Institute's Fire and Casualty Seminar, Chicago, IL.
"Product Liability: Great Cases Revisited," New York State Bar Association statewide presentation (also served as event's statewide chairman), New York, Buffalo, Albany and Uniondale, NY.
"The Law of Spoliation," presented at the Defense Research Institute's Product Liability Seminar, Las Vegas, NV.

Publications

"The DRI Product Liability Compendium: Warnings, Instructions, and Recalls," New Jersey Update, Defense Research Institute, 2019.
"Motions in Limine to Preclude Expert Testimony," New York State Bar Association, Preparing and Trying the Civil Lawsuit, Second Edition, 2016.
"The Consumer Product Safety Information Database, Challenging the Publication of 'Materially Inaccurate Information,'" For the Defense, November, 2015
"The DRI Product Liability Compendium: Warnings, Instructions, and Recalls," New Jersey Chapter, Defense Research Institute, 2012.
"Effective Use of Industry Standards to Cross-Examine a Liability Expert Witness," Trial and Tribulations, July, 2012.
"Pre-Suit Claims Against Component Suppliers," For the Defense, November, 2011.
"Stopped Before They Start – Dismissing the No-Injury Class Action," For the Defense, December, 2010.
"The Product Liability Preemption Problem: No Clear Directive from the Supreme Court," The Voice, June, 2010.
"Appellate Division Rejects Restaurant Worker's Failure to Warn and Design Defect Claims Against the Manufacturer of a Drain Opener," Product Liability Advisory.
"Active Use of the Spoliation Defense," For the Defense, published by the Defense Research Institute.
"Tort Law Update," Syracuse Law Review (2002, 2003, 2004).

Admissions

New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court, (N.D.N.Y.)
U.S. District Court, (E.D.N.Y.)
U.S. District Court, (S.D.N.Y.)
U.S. District Court, (W.D.N.Y.)
U.S. District Court, (D.N.J.)
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

J.D. (1993) New York University School of Law
B.A. (1990) State University of New York at Binghamton, with honors