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Cary Stewart Sklaren is an active litigation strategist and tactician, litigation manager and trial lawyer, with more than thirty five years of high profile products liability, asbestos, general tort and commercial litigation experience. He has been a member of Herzfeld & Rubin, P.C. in New York City for more than twenty years. Previously, he managed Jeep CJ and DJ rollover litigation as Assistant General Counsel (Litigation) for American Motors Corporation (1981-1984), and Pinto and Fuel Tank Litigation as a Senior Attorney for Ford Motor Company (1979-1981). From 1969-1979 he was Assistant Products Liability Counsel at Bristol-Myers Corporation. Mr. Sklaren is the author of numerous products liability and litigation treatise chapters in Frumer, Friedman and Sklaren, Products Liability; J. Vargo, Ed., Products Liability Practice Guide, and Practical Solutions for New York Lawyers, as well as other treatises. His articles include “Is It Time to Label the Banana? Common Sense and Reason in Failure-To-Warn Product Cases,” in Product Liability in the 1980's: Litigation, Legislation and Practical Engineering, ABA National Institute (1983) and “The Effect of the Current NHTSA Regulations and Enforcement Policy on Products Liability in the Motor Vehicle Industry,” 21 Tort & Ins. L. J. 464 (1986). Mr. Sklaren has previously taught Products Liability at New York Law School, and has been a featured speaker with numerous organizations including the American Bar Association, the Canadian Institute, and the Practicing Law Institute.