Add this blogIn Memoriam: Richard Nagareda, 1963-2010
I'm hardly the only one to note the untimely passing of Vanderbilt law proforessor Richard Nagareda this weekend, but in situations like these, one more voice rarely hurts. Nagareda was a brilliant scholar, who handled tough issues in mass torts and class actions with little apparent effort. I've relied on his work heavily on this blog, in other writing, and in briefing class-action issues in various cases.
Vanderbilt's statement is particularly appropriate:
Richard was a personal friend as well as an esteemed colleague, and those of us who were fortunate enough to know him and work with him for the past several years are devastated by his death,” Dean Chris Guthrie said. “The legal academy has lost a gifted scholar, and our students an extremely talented teacher. Our faculty members have lost a good friend and exemplary colleague, and his family a beloved husband, father and son.
I did not know Professor Nagareda personally. But over the last few years, I feel like I've come to know his work pretty intimately. He will be very missed. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Andrew Trask has defended more than 100 class actions, involving all stages of the litigation process. While his work has