Christopher Garvey, a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and a member of the Commercial Litigation, Products Liability & Mass Tort and Environmental Practices, is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in the defense of complex multi-jurisdictional litigation matters, including commercial, mass tort and environmental exposure matters. Mr. Garvey has also developed an expertise in counseling companies concerning product liability exposure, and in conducting product liability “due diligence” regarding such issues as successor liability, insurance coverage and corporate veil protection.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Garvey is a member of the New York State Bar Association and its Commercial and Federal Litigation Section. He is also a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where he was the Chair of the Young Lawyers Committee, and currently sits on the Products Liability Committee. Mr. Garvey also is a member of the DRI’s Drug and Medical Device Committee and its Toxic Torts Committee.
MEDIA
Mr. Garvey has published or presented in several contexts, including: author of “Effective Use of Expert Witnesses, Mastering the Practice Aspects of Using Experts,” Strafford Publications, April 2008; author of “MTBE Litigation and You,” in the April 2008 edition of NACS Magazine ; presenter at the Association of Corporate Counsel’s November 2006 webcast, “Anatomy of a Mass Tort;” presenter at the July 2006 teleconference of the DRI’s Drug and Medical Device Committee, “The Admissibility of Recall Notices at Trial;” co-author of “The Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act: Anticipating and Conducting Product Recalls,” which appeared in the May 2006 volume of DRI’s For The Defense; presenter at the May 2006 Goodwin Procter webinar on the topic, “Benzene Basics;” and co-author of the Goodwin Procter February 2005 client alert on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
While in law school, Mr. Garvey interned for The Honorable Con G. Cholakis, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (1992).
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Garvey is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Second Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York, as well as the bars of the State of New York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Garvey was recognized as a New York Super Lawyer in 2006 and 2007 in the area of Mass Torts & Class Action Defense. While in law school, he was a member and note and comments editor of the Albany Law Review.