William P. Harrington

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Biography

Mr. Harrington is Chairman of the Firm’s Executive Committee. He is the head of the Litigation and Toxic Tort/Complex Litigation Practice Groups. Mr. Harrington served as law clerk for the Hon. Charles L. Brieant, U.S.D.J., former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1982-1983), and has been Litigation and Environmental Counsel to the Town of Pound Ridge, New York since 1988. He served as a member of Governor Pataki’s Federal Judicial Screening Committee from 2001 to 2006.

Mr. Harrington is an experienced trial attorney who has represented Fortune 500 companies in criminal, commercial, environmental, civil rights, real estate, gaming and employment discrimination matters. His clients have included major oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, racetracks/casinos, financial institutions and significant regional companies in all aspects of complex environmental, toxic tort and commercial litigation. Mr. Harrington also represents both municipalities and developers in all phases of land use development and related litigation.

Education

• Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1982)
• College of William & Mary (B.A., 1979)

Memberships

Mr. Harrington is a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations, and lectures frequently on various litigation and environmental issues. In addition, he has been a contributing author to the New York State Bar Association publication, "Environmental Crimes." Since 2007, Mr. Harrington has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in the New York Metropolitan Area by national publications and is a member of Litigation Counsel of America.

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York and the District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court