Professor Janssen joined the Law School faculty after a lengthy practice with the
mid-Atlantic AmLaw-200 law firm of Saul Ewing LLP. At his Firm, he was a litigation
partner, Chair of the Firm's interdisciplinary Life Sciences Practice Group, and a
member of the Firm's seven-member governing Executive Committee. He helped design
and launch the Firm’s "We're All In!" full-participation attorney pro bono
initiative. Professor Janssen concentrated his practice in pharmaceutical, medical
device, and mass torts defense, risk management, and counseling. Widely quoted on
pharmaceutical and medical device issues in legal journals, industry materials, and
newspapers, Professor Janssen was involved in several national drug and device cases,
including the diet drug ("fen-phen") and DES litigations. He is a member of the
Food & Drug Law Institute and the International Association of Defense Counsel. He
was selected as a “Key Author” by Thomson/West Publishing, named a Pennsylvania
"SuperLawyer" in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, and holds an "AV" rating
from Martindale-Hubbell.
Professor Janssen is an original and continuing co-author of two nationally-distributed
texts on federal practice and procedure published by Thomson/West. The first,
"Federal Civil Rules Handbook", was originally published in 1993 and is updated
annually (presently in its 16th Edition as of November 2008). The second, "A
Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure", is in its 12th
Edition, published Spring 2009 for law students. The author-written content from these
publications was reprinted to serve as Volume 12B of the national federal practice
treatise, "Federal Practice & Procedure", created by Professors Wright and
Miller.
Professor Janssen received his law degree from The American University, Washington
College of Law. During law school, he was the executive editor of the American University
Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Board, the first-year Moot Court Competition
Champion, a "best-brief" author in interschool Moot Court competition, and a
Dean's Fellow. Professor Janssen received his bachelor's degree in
International Relations (major - highest honors) and History (minor) from Saint
Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Professor Janssen taught as an adjunct
instructor at Temple University School of Law for five academic terms, and as an adjunct
instructor in law at Saint Joseph's University. After law school, he served as a law
clerk to United States District Court Judge James McGirr Kelly (E.D. Pa.) and, later, to
United States Court of Appeals Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr. (3d Cir.).
Professor Janssen teaches civil procedure, products liability litigation, and church /
state law.
Civil Procedure
A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2009)
Gathering principal text from the practitioner's/judicial publication (Federal Civil Rules Handbook), the Student's Guide assembles...
Federal Practice & Procedure - CIVIL RULES: Quick Reference Guide (2009)
With this Volume 12B, the principal text of the Federal Civil Rules Handbook is incorporated...
Federal Civil Rules Handbook (2008)
Now in its 16th Edition, the Federal Civil Rules Handbook dissects each of the Federal...
Selecting the Jury, Defense Counsel Training Manual (1995)
A strategic overview of the process of jury selection. Co-authored with Walter R. Milbourne, Esq....
Drug & Device Law
A Historical Perspective on Off-Label Medicine: From Regulation, Promotion, and the First Amendment to the Next Frontiers, Off-Label Communications (2008)
In FDLI's principal work on off-label medicine, this Chapter summarizes the evolution of off-label practices...
PROMOTION & ADVERTISING OF MEDICAL DEVICES, Food and Drug Law Institute’s “Introduction To Medical Device Law And Regulation: Understanding How FDA Regulates The Medical Device Industry” (2007)
Ethnic / Race Niche Drugs, UPDATE – FOOD AND DRUG LAW, REG. & EDUC. (2006)
This article explores the prudence and legal validity of approaching pharmaceutical development at a level...
MONITORING DEVICE PERFORMANCE, ADVERSE EVENTS/PRODUCT PROBLEMS, PRODUCT RECALLS, AND CORRECTIONS AND REMOVALS, Food and Drug Law Institute’s “Introduction To Medical Device Law And Regulation: Understanding How FDA Regulates The Medical Device Industry” (2006)
Postmarketing Requirements, Bringing Your Medical Device to Market (2006)
This chapter introduces the intricate regulatory scheme of postmarketing regulations that restrict the commercialization of...