Mr. John M. Restaino, Jr. joins Milberg as a Senior Partner working out of the Encinitas, California area. A non-practicing podiatric surgeon and an attorney with over 30 years of experience, Mr. Restaino focuses on Mass Tort and Medical Malpractice cases.
Mr. Restaino practiced podiatric surgery from 1980 until 1990 after graduating from California College of Podiatric Medicine and magna cum laude from Farleigh Dickinson University. In 1991, he began the practice of law after receiving his J.D. from Western State College of Law. Relying on his unique experience and perspective, Mr. Restaino enjoys looking “outside the box” in the development of specific aspects of litigation, including the science pertaining to each litigation, the development of expert witnesses, and the cross-examination of defense expert witnesses.
Mr. Restaino received his Master of Public Health degree from the Division of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. An Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, he actively conducts pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology. He frequently lectures at legal seminars and has been invited to lecture at the University of South Carolina, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern College of Medicine, and Harvard.
Outside the office, Mr. Restaino enjoys martial arts and holds a Black Belt in Kenpo karate and a 2nd degree Black Belt in Okinawan karate. He is a two-time winner in the Kenpo Internationals Black Belt Heavyweight division/senior division. He also enjoys SCUBA diving and holds an “Instructor” rating from the North American Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). He is both Dive Master and Rescue Diver qualified, having previously taught Dive Medicine at the NAUI College in Laguna Niguel, California.
Notable Cases
One of the initial attorneys to develop the Silicone Breast Implant litigation
Plaintiff Steering Committee, Diet Pill Litigation MDL
Chair, Science Committee, Propulsid MDL
Developed that aspect of litigation linking the use of Propulsid and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Chair, Science Committee, Rezulin MDL
Science Committee, Ortho Evra MDL
Co-Chair, Science Committee, Phenylpropanolamine MDL
Co-Chair, Vioxx MDL
Science Committee, Zyprexa MDL
Science Committee, Yaz/Yasmin Oral Contraceptive MDL
Science Committee, Gadolinium
Co-Chair, Science Committee, DePuy Hip MDL
Science Committee, Pradaxa MDL
Co-Chair, Trans Vaginal Mesh MDL
Plaintiff Executive Committee, Plaintiff Steering Committee, and Chair of the Science Committee, Incretin Mimetics MDL
Plaintiff Steering Committee and Science Committee, Lipitor MDL
Science Committee, Talc MDL
Science Committee, Zantac MDL
Developed the Proton Pump Inhibitor/Gastric Cancer litigation
Developed the fluroquinolone/aortic aneurysm & dissection litigation
Education
M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2006
J.D., Western State College of Law, 1986
D.P.M., California College of Podiatric Medicine, 1974
B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University, magna cum laude, 1974
Bar Admissions
California, 1986
Professional Activities
University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Adjunct Associate Professor
Southern Network of Adverse Event Reporting (SONAR), pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology
