Author - First & Second Edition

• Author: Michael J. Morse
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AUTHOR – FIRST & SECOND EDITION

John A. Tarantino wrote the First and Second Editions of Litigating Neck & Back Injuries, and

wrote the annual supplements through 2005. Mr. Tarantino is a trial attorney, principal, and

president of the law firm of Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. with offices in Providence, Rhode Island

and Boston, Massachusetts.

He lectures frequently on trial techniques and is the author of several legal texts including Personal

Injury Forms: Discovery & Settlement (2d ed. James Publishing), Trial Evidence Foundations (James

Publishing), Estimating & Proving Personal Injury Damages (James Publishing), Personal Injury Trial

Handbook (Wiley Law Publications), Premises Security Law & Practice (Wiley Law Publications),

Commercial Premises Liability (Wiley Law Publications), Strategic Use of Scientific Evidence (Aspen

Law Publications), Environmental Liability Transaction Guide (Aspen Law Publications), and many

trial articles. He has written articles on personal injury, trial practice and procedure, evidence, dis-

covery, products liability, ethics and trial strategy.

He has also given seminars for various national organizations including the American Bar

Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the National Institute of Trial

Advocacy, as well as many national, local and specialty bars.

He is a member of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Bars, the United States Supreme

Court Bar, the American Bar Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Defense Member), the

Defense Research Institute, the National Italian-American Bar Association, the Justinian

Society, the American Inns of Court (where he holds the rank of Barrister), and the Rhode

Island Defense Counsel Association. He is a former Regent and Founding Member of the

National College for DUI Defense, and is a provisional member of the American Academy of

Forensic Sciences, Jurisprudence Section. He has served as Vice Chair of the ABA Science and

Technology Committee on Scientific Evidence, and has served as Chair of the Rhode Island Bar

Association’s Committees on Ethics and Professionalism, Public Relations, Lawyer Advertising

and Judicial Independence.

From 1992 to 1999, John Tarantino served on the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Executive

Committee, and in 1997 to 1998, during the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Centennial Year, he

served as President of the Rhode Island Bar Association. He has also served as a member of the

board of Directors of the New England Bar Association, and in 2002-2003, served as President of

the New England Bar Association. In 2003 to 2004, Mr. Tarantino served as President of Defense

Counsel of Rhode Island and in 2004 was awarded the Exceptional Performance Citation by DRI.

Mr. Tarantino has been selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the fields of personal

injury litigation, business litigation and criminal defense, and has been chosen by his peers as

one of the “Best Lawyers in Rhode Island” by Rhode Island Magazine, earning top honors in litiga-

tion. In 2002, Mr. Tarantino was selected as one of ten “Lawyers of the Year” by Lawyers Weekly

USA. Finally, Mr. Tarantino is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of

the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

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