Gaetano (“Guy”) J. Verrastro
Practice Areas
Litigation with emphasis on Catastrophic Personal lnjury and Wrongful Death Actions.
Admitted
1979 State of California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District;
United States District Courts for Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California;
1981 United States District Courts for the Central and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin
Law School
Southwestern University of Law, J.D.
Member
State Bar of California
Biography
During his forty-four years of practice, Mr. Verrastro has had a wide variety of litigation experience in various capacities. He has been retained to represent a leading international motor vehicle
manufacturer in the capacity of national managing counsel in the defense of product liability litigation.
Such included interfacing with senior management representatives of the design, manufacture and
distribution, overseeing outside counsel throughout the United States in the defense of pending product liability actions. Creation and oversight of a multi-isciplined experimental product safety design and testing program sponsored by numerous international corporate manufacturing entities. He also participated in product safety standards and regulatory organizations in Japan and Europe and as a member of various attorney steering subcommittees for mass tort litigation involving medical devices and FDA approved drugs in both Federal Multi-District and California Coordinated product liability cases as well as having been retained as a consulting contract attorney by various firms to assist in the defense of a wide variety of litigation matters.