EILEEN P. KAVANAGH

Eileen has litigated and tried cases in the state and federal courts for almost thirty years. Her practice is concentrated on personal injury and damages claims, specifically environmental, construction, premises liability, and products liability as well as complex commercial litigation including lender liability, bankruptcy, and executive, professional and employers liability defense. Eileen is a Fellow of the American Bar Association and serves as a member of Litchfield Cavo’s executive committee.

Eileen frequently speaks at local and national conferences on a variety of defense issues. She chaired the first Mealey’s conference on Daubert. She also provided an amicus brief to the Court in Theresa Canavan's Case, 432 Mass. 304, 733 N.E.2d 1042 (2000), dealing with Daubert and other expert issues on behalf of the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association. Eileen clerked for Judge Robert Tarleton, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, and for Judge H. Curtis Meanor, United States District Court, District of New Jersey.

Eileen has been an active member of the Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Association and served two terms on its Nominating Committee and twice on its Executive Board. In 2010, she received the Association’s Distinguished Service Award. She is currently serving a three-year term as President of the Association and as an ex-officio member of the College’s Board of Trustees.

Education

• New York University School of Law, LL.M, 1984; Corporations
• Seton Hall University School of Law, JD, 1983; cum laude
• Bryn Mawr College, AB, 1975; English, history

Admissions

• Massachusetts
• New Jersey
• United States Courts of Appeal: First Circuit, Third Circuit

Presentations

• HB Litigation Conference: Effective Negotiating Skills for Women Lawyers; February 12, 2009, presenter
• MCLE Conference: Personal Injury Basics; March 15-16, 2004, co-chair and presenter
• Mealey’s Toxic Tort Litigation 101 Conference; November 18-19, 2002, presenter
• Mealey’s Latex 101 Teleconference; October 22, 2002, chair and presenter
• 2001 Bar Bench Conference: Voir Dire, Suffolk University Law School; participant in a forum of trial attorneys and judges
• “Insights into Experience-Based Expert Testimony,” Suffolk University Law School, co-sponsored with the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy; April 6, 2001, presenter
• Mealey’s National Daubert Litigation Conference; April 1998, chair

Professional Activities

• Fellow of the American Bar Association
• Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association; Board of Directors, President (2003-2004)
• Defense Research Institute
• International Association of Defense Counsel