Kenneth F McCallion
Of Counsel Kenneth F. McCallion has practice for over 30 years' in a wide variety of areas such as class actions, consumer protection. environmental law, employment law, international law, insurance law, toxic torts, and wrongful death. Kenneth graduated from Yale University and holds a degree from Fordham Law School. He spends his free time as an assistant professor at Cardozo Law School.
Mr. McCallion has handled many of the country's largest, multi-million dollar cases- -which include:
the Exxon Valdez oil spill case in Alaska,
the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant litigation,
litigation arising from chemicals in the first Gulf War, and
Union Carbide/ Bhopal Gas disaster litigation.
Mr. McCallion served as lead counsel in the federal class action litigation against various French banks, and has represented Holocaust survivors and the families of victims, resulting in the establishment of a settlement fund and claims procedure. McCallion has represented victims of forced and slave labor from World War II, and has obtained settlement of their claims from the German government and German industries.
In 2007 Mr. McCallion achieved a substantial victory in the form of a major jury award on the chemical Dursban TC, a pesticide manufactured by Dow Chemical Corp. Mr. McCallion also represents families of the victims of the American Airlines crash Flight 587 and veterans of the first Gulf War (in 1991) who were injured after exposure to chemicals sold to the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq by various European chemical companies. and the families of victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack.
Mr. McCallion has handled many of the country's largest, multi-million dollar cases- -which include:
the Exxon Valdez oil spill case in Alaska,
the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant litigation,
litigation arising from chemicals in the first Gulf War, and
Union Carbide/ Bhopal Gas disaster litigation.
Mr. McCallion served as lead counsel in the federal class action litigation against various French banks, and has represented Holocaust survivors and the families of victims, resulting in the establishment of a settlement fund and claims procedure. McCallion has represented victims of forced and slave labor from World War II, and has obtained settlement of their claims from the German government and German industries.
In 2007 Mr. McCallion achieved a substantial victory in the form of a major jury award on the chemical Dursban TC, a pesticide manufactured by Dow Chemical Corp. Mr. McCallion also represents families of the victims of the American Airlines crash Flight 587 and veterans of the first Gulf War (in 1991) who were injured after exposure to chemicals sold to the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq by various European chemical companies. and the families of victims of the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack.
Education
JD, Fordham, 1972
BA, Yale, 1968
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New York, 1973U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Ninth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1978
US Supreme Court
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Environmental Law Committee, 1996—)Member, Committee on: Nuclear Technology and the Law
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA).
