Much of Jim’s practice is devoted to serving as national coordinating counsel to multinational pharmaceutical companies in high-stakes mass-tort product liability actions and multi-district litigations. He plays a central, hands-on role responding to clients’ needs and directing and implementing Continue Reading
Michael R. Friscia
Michael Friscia is a registered patent attorney who has been practicing patent and trademark law for over 30 years. His practice covers all areas of Intellectual Property (IP) law. His clients include small and large business and a number of universities. Michael handles the preparation and Continue Reading
John C. Garde
John regularly litigates at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts in New Jersey, New York, and around the nation. He has represented numerous Fortune 500 clients in personal injury, insurance sales practices litigation and property damage litigation involving pharmaceutical and Continue Reading
Kelly J. Garrone
Kelly Garrone has extensive experience in both transactional aspects of IP law and IP litigation. In the area of trademark law, she regularly counsels clients from a wide variety of industries on every step of securing and protecting a brand name, from choosing a trademark to engaging in litigation Continue Reading
Mark Dunn Giarratana
Mark Giarratana has represented businesses in patent and trademark litigation in federal courts throughout the country, for more than 25 years. He is a patent attorney litigator who has handled over 20 patent infringement suits as lead counsel through Markman and summary judgment. He has tried Continue Reading
Gary L. Duescher
Gary Duescher is tax counsel for public finance transactions and, for more than 30 years, has concentrated primarily on financings for educational institutions and both acute and sub-acute health care facilities. He provides tax advice as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, borrower’s counsel and Continue Reading
Kathleen N. Ehrhard, PhD
Dr. Kathleen Ehrhard is experienced in the preparation and prosecution of domestic and international patent applications. She counsels clients on the development of their patent portfolios and provides guidance on product cycle management strategies for their technologies. Kathleen has experience Continue Reading
Edward J. Fanning, Jr.
Valued by clients for his deep knowledge of New Jersey and New York’s state and federal courts, Ed also appears regularly in other jurisdictions around the country. He has served as lead defense counsel in numerous class actions and mass tort litigations involving both products liability claims and Continue Reading
Jennifer O. Farina
Jennifer Farina is the Deputy Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Insurance Recovery, Litigation & Counseling practice group. She works with policyholders to maximize their insurance coverage for losses under a variety of insurance policies, including general liability, property, fidelity, and Continue Reading
Clement J. Farley
Clement Farley is a Partner and was the Chair of the Bankruptcy & Commercial Litigation Group from 2007 to 2016. As a highly-experienced litigator of complex commercial matters, Clement has been with McCarter & English since 1995, after completing a Clerkship with the Honorable Gary S. Stein Continue Reading