Joseph W. Belluck, a partner in the law firm of Belluck & Fox, LLP, focuses in consumer, environmental and defective product litigation.

Mr. Belluck previously served as counsel to the New York State Attorney General, representing the State of New York in its litigation against the tobacco industry. Mr. Belluck was instrumental in settling New York State's tobacco lawsuit for $25 billion. Mr. Belluck also served as Director of Attorney Services for Trial Lawyers Care, an organization dedicated to providing free legal assistance to victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Mr. Belluck has lectured frequently on product liability, tort law, and tobacco control policy, and is considered an expert on consumer law and tort litigation. An experienced civil trial and appellate litigator, Mr. Belluck is an adjunct lecturer of law at Buffalo Law School, where he teaches a course on mass torts.

He has handled several major cases involving injuries from asbestos, defective medical products, tobacco and lead paint, and has tried several cases to verdict, including a verdict in excess of $1 million dollars against the asbestos industry.

Mr. Belluck is an active member of several bar associations and serves on the Board of Directors of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the SLAPP Resource Center, an organization dedicated to protecting the right to free speech.

Mr. Belluck graduated magna cum laude from the SUNY-Buffalo School of Law in 1994. During law school, he served as Articles Editor of the Buffalo Law Review and received the New York State Bar Association's Legal Ethics Award.

After law school, Mr. Belluck served as a judicial law clerk for Justice Lloyd Doggett of the Texas Supreme Court, and then as staff attorney and consumer lobbyist for Ralph Nader's Public Citizen organization in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Belluck resides in New York City.

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