Professor of Law
B.A. The George Washington University
J.D. University of California, Hastings College of the Law
LL.M. New York University School of Law
J.S.D. New York University School of Law
E-mail:
makotler@mail.widener.edu Phone: 302.477.2103
Martin A. Kotler is a Professor of Law at Widener’s Delaware Campus. Professor Kotler received a B.A. from George Washington University in 1972, a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law in 1975, an LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1984, and a J.S.D. from New York University School of Law in 1989.
Following graduation from law school and admission to the California Bar, Professor Kotler served as an Associate Attorney with Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, San Jose, California, from 1976-80; Partner, Kotler & Kotler, Walnut Creek, California, from 1980-83; Visiting Fellow, National University of Singapore, form 1985-87
Professor Kotler Joined the faculty at Delaware law School in 1987 and served as a Visiting Associate Professor of Law from 1987-88; Associate Professor of Law from 1988-93 (Widener); and as a Professor of Law since 1993. Professor Kotler served as a Visiting Professor of Law at Seton Hall during the Fall 1994 semester, at Santa Clara in 1996-97, at Cal Western during the Spring 2000 semester, and at Florida State during the Fall 2006 semester.
Professor Kotler is admitted to practice in California and the United States Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit. He teaches and writes primarily in the areas of Torts, Products Liability, Remedies and Insurance Law.
Professor Kotler has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations, including the American Law Institute, where he served on the members’ consultative committees for the drafting of the Third Restatements of Torts (Products Liability, Apportionment, and Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm). He is a member of the Board of Trustees for TALK, Inc., a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation that operates the Talk Institute, a licensed private academic school for children with autism and other communication disorders in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.Selected Recent Publications Book
- Products Liability and Basic Tort Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2005).
Articles
- Shared Sovereign Immunity as an Alternative to Federal Preemption: An Essay on the Attribution of Responsibility of Harm to Others, 37 Hofstra L. Rev. 157 (2008).
- The Myth of Individualism and the Appeal of Tort Reform, 59 Rutgers L. Rev. 779 (2007).