Epstein Becker Green Attorney William Ruskin to Participate on IADC Toxic Tort Panel in New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- William A. Ruskin, a Member of the Firm in Epstein Becker Green's Litigation and Healthcare and Life Sciences practices in New York, will speak on a panel discussion titled, "Shale Oil and Gas Development: Environmental Problem or Economic Solution in Search of a Problem?" at the International Association of Defense Counsel's Midyear Meeting on February 11, 2013, in New York.

Mr. Ruskin is the author of "Shale Oil and Gas Development:  The Stakeholder Perspective," which addresses how various stakeholders involved in the debate over hydrofracking in New York – among industry, government and environmental advocates – perceive the issues and the possible solutions.

For more than 25 years, Mr. Ruskin has represented chemical manufacturers nationally in matters involving the defense of products liability, toxic tort, and environmental actions involving claims of serious injury and damage to persons and property.  Mr. Ruskin has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell. In 2010 and 2011, he was recognized as one of the top litigation attorneys in New York City, in Avenue magazine's "Legal Elite" list.

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