Clifford A. Rieders

Clifford A. Rieders

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Rieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters

Litigation Lawyers in Williamsport, PA in Williamsport, PA

Williamsport, PA570-973-6846
LitigationMedical MalpracticePersonal InjuryProducts LiabilityTrial PracticeProfessional Liability

About Clifford A. Rieders

Mr. Rieders is a partner in the Williamsport law firm of Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Waters & Dohrmann. He graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Coat of Arms Society and Academic Scholarships from New York University and received his Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 1973. In Washington D. C. he worked for the Maritime Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce and for defense counsel Henry Rothblatt in the celebrated Watergate case. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Malcolm Muir, United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. His areas of expertise include medical malpractice, personal injury actions, constitutional law and civil rights issues, commercial cases, class actions, complex litigation, and federal law issues. Current involvements include serving as Past President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association now called the Pennsylvania Association for Justice; Pennsylvania Bar Association, Past-Chair of the Amicus Curiae Committee, current member of the Political Action Committee and Chairperson of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Health Care Law Committee; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, now called American Association for Justice; Federal Bar Association, Past President of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter; American Law Institute, Consultative Group on Products Liability Restatement of Torts Third, Products Liability, General Torts and Apportionment of Liability projects; Emotional Distress and others. Mr. Rieders is a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Standard Civil Jury Instruction Committee, and The Civil Justice Foundation, Founding Sponsor. He was the first President of Citizens for Consumer Justice, and is currently one of the original members of the Pennsylvania’s Patient Safety Authority, created by revisions to the Mcare Act in 2002. He has written numerous articles for The Barrister, Trial magazine, and other publications since 1975. He is a frequent op-ed writer. Mr. Rieders was the 1989 recipient of the Milton D. Rosenberg annual award, and the recipient of the 2006 George F. Douglas, Jr., Amicus Curiae Award for outstanding appellate advocacy as amicus curiae counsel both awarded by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice. He has received the organization’s Justice Service Award. He is the author of Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice; Workers’ Rights in Pennsylvania; Financial Responsibility Law Issues; Bad Faith in Pennsylvania; Legal Malpractice Claims in Pennsylvania; and Attorney’s Fees, Statutes and Laws. Mr. Rieders is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, State Courts in Pennsylvania, New York, and District of Columbia, and numerous Federal Circuit and District Courts. Mr. Rieders is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, lectures widely for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, is a yearly recipient of the Lycoming Law Association Pro Bono Award. He is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate. Mr. Rieders is a recipient of the B’nai B’rith Justice Award. He has also been named to the Advisory Board of the New York University Taub Israel Studies Program. He is the recipient of Gates of Jerusalem Award Israel Bonds, 2009. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Clifford A. Rieders included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Recipient of the Milton D. Rosenberg Annual Award, 1989 Attorney Invitee to the Third Circuit Judicial Conference Co-operating Attorney, Lewisburg Prison Project, 1976 New York University Academic Scholarship B'nai B'rith International Justice and Human Relations Award Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2004 - 2013 Best Lawyers, 2019 Other Sources of Feedback About Clifford A. Rieders Included on the 2025Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2022 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2021 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2020 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2017 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2012 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2011 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2009 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2008 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2007 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2006 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2005 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list 2004 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1973
  • J.D.
  • Honors: Coat of Arms Society

Non Legal Education

  • New York University, New York, New York, 1970
  • B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  • Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Partner, since 1975

Past Positions

  • Hon. Malcolm Muir, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk, 1973 - 1975

Classes and Seminars

  • Lecturer, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  • Lecturer, Trial Advocacy Foundation
  • Lecturer, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association

Pro Bono Activities

  • Civil Justice Foundation, Founding Sponsor, 1985
  • Representative Clients
  • American Standard Apparel
  • Jersey Shore State Bank

Published Works

Articles

  • Monographs, "Private Rights of Individuals Under Treatises", 1972
  • "Cases Analysis of the Good Health Clause in Insurance Contracts", 1972
  • "Oil Import Quota Policy of the U.S. -- The Triple Alliance of Power", 1973
  • "Shared Custody becomes Law in Pennsylvania" The Barrister, Vol. XIII, No. 1, Spring, 1982
  • "When a Parent Dies Leaving Children, What is the Measure of Damages" The Barrister, Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring, 1983
  • "War and Peace, Doctor/Lawyer Friction and a Solution," The Barrister, Vol. XV, No. 2, Summer, 1984
  • "A New Conspiracy of Silence," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Summer, 1985
  • "A New Conspiracy of Silence," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Fall, 1985
  • "U.S. vs. Serge Kowalchuck, Revisited - Remembering the Lubomyl Ghetto," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 2, Summer, 1986
  • "Report on the 1985 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Court Awarded Attorney's Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVI, No. 4, Winter, 1986
  • "Summary Jury Trials," The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 4, Winter, 1987
  • "Summary Jury Trials," The Barrister, Vol. 23, No. 9, Trial, 1987
  • "The Constitution on Trial," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Summer, 1987
  • "When You Have Won Good Enough to Receive Attorneys Fees," The Barrister, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, Winter, 1988
  • "Defendants Ex-Parte Contact With Plaintiff Treating Physician Revisited: A Strong Message to Those Who Would Invade Plaintiff Rights," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 1, Spring, 1988
  • "Report on the 1988 Third Circuit Judicial Conference-Rule II-Solution or Frivolity," The Barrister, Vol. XIX, No. 4, Winter, 1989
  • "Representing the Physician in Trouble: Is There a Lawyer in the House," The Barrister, Vol. XX, No. 2, Summer, 1989
  • "Will A Jewish American Fill the Next Vacancy on the United States Supreme Court?" The Barrister, Vol. XXI, No. 1, Spring, 1990
  • Contributor, Mann/Stoval Gynecologic Surgery, Churchill Livingstone, Summer, 1996
  • United States vs. Jonas Stelmokas, Remembering The Vilijanpole Ghetto," The Barrister, Vo. XXVII, No. 2, Summer, 1997
  • "Restatement III," The Barrister, Vol. 29, No. 1, Summer, 1998
  • Author of Treatises: "Pennsylvania Medical Malpractice"
  • "Workers' Rights in Pennsylvania--A Guide for Lawyers Who Represent Workers and Businesses Who Employ Them". Cliff, 1972

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 1974
  • Pennsylvania, 1975
  • District of Columbia, 1975
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1975
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1994
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2000
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1977
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1980
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1975
  • U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1983
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Other Affiliations

  • Lycoming County Law Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
  • Lycoming County Law Association, 1980 - Present (Chair, Bench Bar Committee)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1980 - 1985 (Member)
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Chair, Amicus Committee)
  • New York State Bar Association, 1976 - Present (Member)
  • Federal Bar Association, Central PA Chapter, 1995 - 1996 (Past President)
  • American Bar Association (Member)
  • District of Columbia Bar (Member)
  • American Association for Justice (Member)
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 2001 - 2002 (President)
  • Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - 1996 (Past Member of the Executive Board)
  • Editorial Board of The Barrister, 1983 (Member)
  • American Law Institute (Consultant Group, Restatement Torts 3rd, General Torts, and Apportionment of Liability)
  • American Judicature Society (Member)
  • Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2001 - 2002 (Member)
  • Fraternities and Sororities
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Attorney Details

Full NameClifford A. Rieders
FirmRieders, Travis, Dohrmann, Mowrey, Humphrey & Waters
Address161 West 3rd Street, Williamsport, PA 17701
Phone570-973-6846
Phone570-323-4192
Websitewww.riederstravis.com
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