Charles LaDuca

Charles LaDuca
Born	September 30, 1974 (1974-09-30) (age 37) Buffalo, New York
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	George Washington University Catholic University of America School of Law
Occupation	Attorney
Employer	Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP
Spouse	Wendy LaDuca

Charles J. LaDuca (September 30, 1974 – Present) is an American attorney. His work focuses on the areas of complex civil rights, consumer protection, product liability, and securities. He has represented clients before federal and state courts and his combined cases achieved recoveries valued at over $1 billion for clients. LaDuca is a partner of the law firm Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP with Jonathan Cuneo and Pamela Gilbert, where he serves as lead counsel on product liability cases.

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Early Career and Education

LaDuca graduated from George Washington University with a degree in English. He received his J.D. from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. He began with the Cuneo Law Group, P.C. in 1995 as a messenger, and has moved up the firm's ranks to firm paralegal, law clerk, and attorney. He later became a named partner of the Cuneo Law Group's successor firm, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP.

Notable Litigation

- LaDuca co-led the CertainTeed defective roofing litigation. The settlement was recently granted final approval by Judge Louis H. Pollak in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The value of the settlement is estimated by class counsel to be over $700 million and covers 1.8 million homes.^[1]

- LaDuca co-led the Entran II litigation, in which he defended homeowners whose radiant heating systems allegedly contained defective pipes. This $346 million bi-national settlement was one of the largest non-personal injury product liability settlements in history.^[2]

- LaDuca served as counsel in the Guidant Heart Defibrillator litigation which originally settled for over $205 million. U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank has since rejected this original settlement, claiming it did "not adequately address Guidant's history and the criminal conduct at issue."^[3]

- LaDuca serves as co-chairman of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in the Zurn defective brass fitting litigation which was consolidated into multi-district litigation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

- LaDuca serves as counsel in the Ipex defective brass fitting litigation.

- LaDuca served as counsel in over twenty cases challenging the blanket strip search practices of such municipalities as Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, Newark, Buffalo, Trenton, and Atlantic City. Many of these cases reached multi-million dollar settlements.^[4]

Personal life

LaDuca grew up in Buffalo, NY, where he attended St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute High School.

LaDuca is married to Wendy LaDuca, a Washington-based attorney who works for Kalorama Partners, LLP. They have two children and live in Bethesda, Maryland.

See also

Biography portal

• Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP

References

1. ^ CertainTeed Shingle Settlement
2. ^ Entran II Hose Amended Class Action Settlement
3. ^ Judge Rejects Guidant Heart Defibrillator Settlement as Too Soft
4. ^ Strip Search Cases and other Civil and Human rights litigation

External links

• Charles LaDuca's profile on the Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca website
• Charles J. LaDuca quoted in Fox Business News article regarding Uponor Inc. selling 'Defective' and 'Dangerous' Plumbing Fittings. (7/9/2009)
• USA Today quotes Charles LaDuca regarding product liability case. (3/17/2009)

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Name	Cuneo, Jonathan
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Date of birth	September 30, 1974
Place of birth	Buffalo, New York
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