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John C. Monica, Jr.
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jmonica@porterwright.com
p: 202-778-3050 f: 202-778-3063
1919 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006-3434
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NanoLawReport Blog:
Mr. Monica has considerable litigation experience in defending national and international products liability claims for Fortune 500 companies. He is a nationally recognized authority on nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety; insurance; consumer product; product liability issues. Mr. Monica wrote the full length legal treatise Nanotechnology Law, which was published by West/Thomson/Reuters in July 2009. As a member of American National Standards Institute and American Society for Testing and Materials, Mr. Monica participates in the development of voluntary international nomenclature and EHS standard for the nanotechnology industry. Additionally, he has successfully represented numerous clients in a variety of general commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts. Mr. Monica was named as one of the top ten experts in environmental, health and safety issues related to engineered nanoscale materials by Nanotechnology Law & Business peer-reviewed journal in April 2009.
Practice Areas
Bioscience
Entrepreneurial Business
Environmental Law
Litigation
Nanotechnology
Technology
Professional Associations
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the International Standards Organization (ISO), Technical Committee (TC) 229 - Nanotechnologies, Member
ASTM International, Committee E56 on Nanotechnology, Member
Society for Risk Analysis, Member
Nanotechnology Advisory Panel, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Member
Education
George Washington University Law School, J.D., with honors, 1991
Northwestern University, B.A., 1987
Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Virginia
State of Maryland
District of Columbia
State of Ohio
Presentations/Publications/CLE
Contributing Editor for Environmental, Health, and Safety and Regulation for the InterNano project of the National Nanomanufacturing Network, NSF’s Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Associate Editor for legislative/regulatory affairs, Nanotechnology Law & Business, nanolabweb.com
Author, "A Nanotechnology Legal Framework" in Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Risks, Regulation and Management (Elsevier 2009)
Author, "Examples of Recent EPA Regulation of Nanoscale Materials Under the Toxic Substances Control Act," Nanotechnology Law & Business, October 2009
Author, "Nanotechnology Law," Thomson-West-Reuters, July 2009
Author, "Nano Risk Governance: Current Developments and Future Perspectives," Nanotechnology Law & Business, July 2009
Author, "A Nano-Mesothelioma False Alarm," Nanotechnology Law & Business, October 2008
Author, "Considerations for Implementation of Manufactured Nanomaterial Policy and Governance" in Nanomaterials Risks and Benefits, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanomaterials: Environmental Risks and Benefits Faro, Portugal 27-30, April 2008, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (Igor Linkov and Jeffery Steevens eds., Springer 2008)
Author, "FDA Should Systematically Gather Basic Nanomaterial Information," Food and Drug Law Institute, Insighter, February 2008
Author, "FDA Labeling of Cosmetics Containing Nanoscale Materials," Nanotechnology Law & Business, February 2008, nanolabweb.com
Author, "Ramping Up the EPA's Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program," Small Times Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 5, September/October 2007
Author, "EPA's Latest Public Meeting Discusses Nanocharacterization Specifics," Small Times Magazine Online, September 18, 2007
Author, "EPA's Nano Stewardship Program Concept Paper Draws Response," Small Times Magazine Online, August 10, 2007
Author, "EPA Reviews EHS Implications of Nanotechnology," Small Times Magazine, Vol 7, No. 3, May/June 2007 (an analysis of February 2007 EPA white paper on nanotechnology)
Author, "The Perils of Pre-emptive Regulation," Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 2, February 2007 (a peer-reviewed article regarding national trends in municipal regulation of nanomaterials as potentially hazardous materials)
Author, "Preparing for Future Health Litigation: The Application of Products Liability Law to Nanotechnology," Nanotechnology Law & Business, February 2006, nanolabweb.com
Speaker, National Nanotechnology Initiative, EHS Capstone Meeting, Risk Management Methods & Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of Nanotechnology, Washington, D.C. March 30-31, 2010
Speaker, Nanosafety in Uncertain Times, International Association of Nanotechnoloy, San Jose, California, Oct. 2009
Speaker, Current Environmental Law Issues in Nanotechnology, NanoBiotech 2009, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Oct. 2009
Speaker, “Nanotechnology, Insurance, and Risk,” National Nanotechnology Initiative, Nanomaterials and the Environment, Opening Plenary, Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 2009
Speaker, Virginia Continuing Legal Education Program, “Nanotechnology, Insurance, and Risk,” Washington, D.C., Sept. 2009
Speaker, Nanotechnology Health and Safety Forum, "Insurance Coverage Issues," sponsored by the Battelle Memorial Institute, University of Washington, and University of Oregon, held in conjunction with International Organization for Standardization TC 229 international meeting, Seattle, Washington, June 2009
Speaker, Second Annual Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy, Food & Drug Law Institute, Washington, D.C., February 2009
Speaker, "Nanomaterials: Environmental Risks and Benefits and Emerging Consumer Products," sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Faro, Portugal, April 2008
Speaker, Nanogovernance 2008, "Innovative Approaches to Nanotechnology Environmental Governance," Washington, D.C., February 2008; sponsored by George Washington University Law School, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP, and The Environmental Law Institute
Speaker, Intertech-Pira's conference Capitalizing on Nanoplastics: The Technology, Market and Factors for Commercial and Industrial Success, "Government Regulation of Nanotechnology," San Antonio, Texas, February 4-6, 2008
Speaker, Information Management Institute, Materials Technology Division's 3rd Annual Engineered Fine and NanoParticle Applications Conference, "Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Current Regulation & Industry Initiatives," Kissimmee, Florida, January 28-30, 2008
Speaker, ABCD Motor Credit Association, "Auto NanoApplications and Environmental Health and Safety Issues," Jupiter, Florida, January 25, 2008
Speaker, Natural Aluminum Credit Group, "Aluminum NanoApplications and Environmental Health and Safety Issues," Jupiter, Florida, January 22, 2008
Commentator, Nanotechnology and Occupational Health and Safety Conference, Santa Barbara, California, November 16, 2007
Speaker, NanoCon 2007, "Environmental Health & Safety: Regulation Overview and Best Practices," Santa Clara, California, November 13, 2007
Speaker, Nanotechnology Environmental Issues Regulatorys Forum, "Current Regulation of Nanotechnology," New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials, Albany, New York, November 1, 2007
Speaker, Intertech-Pira's Nanomaterials Symposium, “The Possible Adverse Health Consequences of Premature Nano-Regulations,” Denver, Colorado, June 25-27, 2007
Speaker, NSTI's Nanotech 2007, "Regulation, Risk and Framework," Santa Clara, California, May 21, 2007
Speaker, Regulations for Nanotechnology in Consumer Products, "The Possible Adverse Consequences of Pre-emptive Nanotechnology Regulation," Washington Marriott, Washington, D.C., February 8-9, 2007
Speaker, International Congress of Nanotechnology, "Understanding a Nanomanufacturer's Duty to Test, Research, and Warn," San Francisco, California, November 2006, nanotechcongress.com
Speaker, International Congress of Nanotechnology, "Preparing for Future Health Litigation," San Francisco, California, November 2005, nanotechcongress.com
Speaker, Second International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health, "Preparing for Future Health Litigation: The Application of Products Liability Law to Nanotechnology," Minnesota, October 2005
Cosponsor, Nanogovernance 2008 Innovative Approaches to Nanotechnology Environmental Governance, in conjunction with The George Washington University Law School and The Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C., February 12, 2008
Cosponsor, Nanotechnology Law: Continuing Legal Education Series, Association of Corporate Counsel, Columbus, Ohio, January 29, 2008
Cosponsor, NanoApp Summit '07, Nanotechnology and Environmental Health and Safety: What You Need to Know, Cleveland, Ohio, October 22, 2007
Judge, Nano Idea to Product Competition, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2007, in conjunction with Nano Nexus 2007, nanonexus.org
Cosponsor, NSTI's Nanotech 2007, Special Symposium on "Nanotechnology in Health, Environment and Society," Santa Clara, California, May 21-24, 2007, |
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