Steven F. Friedell has expertise in federal income tax law, maritime
law, and Jewish law and has served on Maritime Law and Jewish Law
committees of the AALS. A member of the American Law Institute, he has
spoken widely on tort law, admiralty, and Jewish law.
Professor Friedell teaches Admiralty, Torts, and
Introduction to Federal Income Tax. He also has taught Conflict of Laws, Jewish Law, Restitution, Insurance, and Criminal Law.
He was a member of the executive committee of the AALS Section on
Jewish Law from 2004 through 2008 and served as the section's chair in
2003. In 1996, he served as chair of the AALS Section on Maritime Law
and was on the executive committee from 1997 to 2001. Professor Friedell
is a member of the American Law Institute and of its members'
consultative group, Intentional Torts to Persons. He has presented
extensively to academic and legal audiences on Jewish law, tort law, and
admiralty.
Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 1977, he was an associate at
the Washington, D.C., firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan where he
practiced primarily in the area of federal income tax law.
