Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Litigation
• General Liability Defense
• Professional Liability Representation and Litigation
• Casualty Insurance
• Products Liability
• Municipal Liability
• Toxic Tort Litigation

West Practice Categories

Property & Casualty, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Municipal Liability, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1974
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New York County Lawyers Association (Co-Chairman, Committee on Environmental Law)
• New York County Lawyers Association (Former Chairman, Committee on Energy, Natural Resources & Conservation)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Contract Dispute Resolution Board of the NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (Panel Member)
• Board of Zoning Appeals - Village of Great Neck Estates, 1989 - 2001 (Member)
• Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)

Education

• Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1973
  J.D.
  Honors: Vice Chancellor, Moot Court Board
• City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York, 1970
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

Published Works

• "The SST: Lowering the Sonic Boom on Property Owners", 37 Albany Law Review 524, 1973
• "Asbestos and the Public Schools", 16 New York State Trial Lawyers Quarterly 13, 1984
• "Danger in the Classroom: Asbestos in the Public Schools", 10 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 111, 1985
• "The New York Scaffold Law and the Recalcitrant Worker", 70 New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 1, 38, 1998
• "Lawsuits on the Links: Golfers Must Exercise Ordinary Care To Avoid Slices, Shanks and Hooks", 72 New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 6, 10, 2000
• "Independent Medical Examinations", 75 New York State Bar Journal, Vol. I, 17, 2003
• "A Double-Edge Sword: In-Store Cameras and Casualty Litigation", In-House Defense Quarterly, Spring (Page 42), 2008

Address

70 Pine Street
New York, NY 10270-0110

Phones

(212) 909-2088

Faxes

(212) 269-3559

Emails

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Websites

http://www.damato-lynch.com