Marina Corodemus
Judge Corodemus is a highly experienced professional in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and a sought after special master by Federal and State Courts involving class actions, mass torts, environmental contaminations, natural resource damages, products liability, consumer fraud and serious aggregate litigation. She brings over 10 years experience on the bench as New Jersey's sole Mass Tort Judge. Judge Corodemus is the Director of ADR Practice in her firm Corodemus & Corodemus LLC with a national practice. She has lectured throughout the country. She is a member of the ALI Aggregate litigation Advisor Committee, is a Board and Executive Board Member of the Sedona Conference and is a adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey.
Mass Tort Judge Presided over:
Pharmaceutical Cases: Fen-phen Diet Drug
PPA
Rezulin
Latex Gloves
Propulsid
Products Liability Cases:
Talalia v. Cooper Tire (National Class Action)
Perez v. Wyeth Laboratories Birth Control Cases
Tobacco Cases:
Mehlman v. Phillip Morris and RJR et als.
Environmental Contamination Cases:
Durham Woods Pipe Line Explosion
Toms River Ciba Geigy Cancer Cluster Cases
IN RE LEAD PAINT CASES ASBESTOS
ADR Professional SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTMENTS:
Federal District Court of New Jersey: EPHEDRA BANKRUPCY CASES
Federal MDL VIOXX: SPECIAL MASTER
HUDSON COUNTY CHROMIUM CASES
SPECIAL MASTER APPOINTMENTS IN THE STATE COURTS:
New Jersey
California
Florida
New York
Areas of Practice
- 75% Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation-Arbitration-Settlement Negotiations
- 25% Special Master Appointments Federal and State Courts Management, Discovery
- Allocation
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1981
- New York, 1989
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1981
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1981
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. - 1980
- Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
- B.A. - 1977
- Major: English
Published Works
- "Rock'em, Sock'em Preemption:Who Is Getting Their Block Knocked Off?, BNA CLASS ACTION REPORTER Vol. 9, 9/26, 2008
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutger University School of Law, 2002 - Present
- Presenter Mass Torts Judicial Seminar, HB Conferences, 2010
Honors and Awards
- Middlesex County Outstanding Lawyer Achievement Award, 1991
- NJ ICLE Outstanding Service Award
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Fellow, 1999 - Present
- ALI, Member, 2001 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- New Jersey State Court, Judge of the Superior Court, 1983 - 2004
- Assistant Township Attorney, Old Bridge Township, 1981 - 1983
- Superior Court Bench, 1993 - 2004
- Private Practice, 1981 - 1993
Pro Bono Activities
- NJ Metro Chapter Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2000 - Present














