Keelin Kavanagh

Partner

Keelin Kavanagh is the firm's Managing Partner.  Ms. Kavanagh's broad-based, general corporate litigation practice includes contract disputes, real estate, mass tort, banking, false advertising, trade dress infringement, and product liability. She handles cases before state and federal trial and appellate courts, arbitrators, and mediators. Ms. Kavanagh serves in federal and state courts as both an arbitrator and mediator. She has taught Civil Trial Advocacy at Seton Hall Law School since 1997.

Ms. Kavanagh has represented financial institutions in contract, regulatory, and commercial foreclosure disputes, as well as in commercial loan workouts. She has also represented a beverage manufacturer in a false advertising/trade dress infringement action. Ms. Kavanagh was part of the trial team that defended an airline in a multi-district litigation arising out of the bombing of an aircraft. She has represented real estate owners in cases involving the interpretation of commercial leases, construction disputes, and other matters. As part of her defense of manufacturers in product liability matters, Ms. Kavanagh has an expertise in developing scientific and medical experts to assist in litigation both in the U.S. and throughout Europe.

Speeches and Publications

Understanding "Addiction" Allegations in Obesity Claims, 2nd National Forum on Preventing and Defending Obesity Claims, Washington, D.C., January 24, 2005

Noteworthy

  • Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law School, Civil Trial Advocacy Course
  • Mediator, Eastern District of New York
  • Arbitrator, Eastern District of New York
  • Arbitrator and Neutral, Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York
  • Arbitrator, New York City Civil Court, Small Claims Division

Professional Activities

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • New York County Lawyers' Association (Member: Committee on Federal Courts, 1997-; Committee on the Supreme Court, 1996-; Committee on Special Masters, 1997-1998; Judiciary Committee, 1997-; Civil Practice Section, 1997-)

  • 1270 Avenue of the Americas
  • Rockefeller Center
  • New York, NY 10020
  • TEL:(212) 524-5040
  • FAX:(212) 524-5050
  • Email

Areas of Concentration

Education

  • J.D., Fordham University, 1988
  • B.A., Fordham College, 1985

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • U.S. District Courts: Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals: Second and Third Circuits
  • U.S. Supreme Court