William P. Harrington

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Biography

Mr. Harrington is a member of the Firm’s Managing Committee, the head of the Litigation and Toxic Tort/Complex Litigation Practice Groups and a member of our Environmental Practice Group. Mr. Harrington has 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 and employment discrimination matters. His clients have included major oil companies, pharmaceutical companies and financial institutions in environmental and complex toxic tort multi-district litigation, as well as national and significant regional employers in all aspects of 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 and Recognitions

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." In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Harrington was recognized as a "Super Lawyer" in the New York Metropolitan Area by a national publication.

Admissions

• State of 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