Keelin Kavanagh

Keelin Kavanagh’s broad-based general corporate litigation practice includes, among other matters, product liability, contract disputes and real estate. She handles cases before state and federal trial and appellate courts, arbitrators and mediators. She also serves in federal and state courts as both an arbitrator and a mediator.

As part of her defense of manufacturers in product liability matters, she has significant experience working with scientific, medical and technology experts to assist on issues of corporate responsibility, regulatory challenges and litigation both in the US and throughout Europe. She has advised international clients on the interactions between US and international law and its implication in clients’ jurisdictions.

Keelin has represented varied businesses in contract and regulatory disputes. She also represented one of the world’s largest metal recyclers as well as one of the largest branding companies in the US. She represented a beverage manufacturer in a false advertising/trade dress infringement action, was part of the trial team that defended an airline in a multi-district litigation arising out of the bombing of an aircraft and has represented real estate owners in cases involving the interpretation of commercial leases, construction disputes and other matters.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Speaker, “Collective Redress, Product Liability and Transnational Tort,” Dublin International Disputes Week, June 14, 2022 
• Celesq, “More Money, More Problems: Cannabis-Related Businesses Targeted by Shareholders,” September 2020 
• Speaker, “Committee to Advance the Status of Women in the Profession,” New York Women’s Bar Association, January 30, 2019 

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author, “The Litigation Environment in the Vape Industry,” New York Law Journal, April 3, 2020 

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

• The Legal 500 United States – Recommended, Dispute Resolution Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Consumer Products (including Tobacco), 2021
• The Legal 500 United States – Recommended, Dispute Resolution Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices – Defense, 2021
• “New York Metro Super Lawyers,” Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2009, 2013-2016 

MEMBERSHIPS

• New York County Lawyers’ Association: Committee on the Federal Courts; Committee on the Supreme Court; Committee on Special Masters; Judiciary Committee 
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York 

CIVIC AND CHARITABLE

• Trustee, The Riverdale Y (a/k/a Young Men’s and Young Women’s Hebrew Association), Riverdale, New York (2015-2023)
• Coach, Mock Trial Team, Truman High School, Bronx, New York