Zane Riester

Zane Riester is currently Senior Counsel at Johnson & Johnson, where he manages Ethicon’s wound closure and pelvic mesh portfolio of cases worldwide. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Zane was a Partner at McCarter & English, in Newark, New Jersey, where he worked on a broad portfolio of high-profile product liability case and consumer fraud class actions, with a focus on the needs of medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Zane received his undergraduate degree from Union College, where he was also awarded a yearlong fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. Zane then attended Fordham University School of Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Moot Court Board, and an editor of Fordham’s International Law Journal.