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    Richard S. McGowan
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Admitted: 1979, Massachusetts; 1980, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1998, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

Law School: Boston University, J.D., 1979

College: Boston University, J.D., 1979

Member: New York State Bar Association (Member: Product Liability Committee, 1990-1992; Tort Committee, 1986-1996); New York County Lawyers Association (Chair, Mass Tort Committee, 1997; Co-Chair: Tort Section, 1994-1997; Product Liability Committee, 1992-1994); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Products Liability sub-Committee, 1989); Nassau County Trial Lawyers Association (Founding Member, 1991-1994; Member Board of Directors, 1991-1994); Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, 1985-1995); Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, 1998—). Biography: Recipient, President's Award, New York State Trial Lawyers, 1996. Author: "Airbag Crashworthiness Claims," 24 Trial 40, Feb., 1988; "Understanding CPLR 214-c," New York Law Journal, March 18, 1990; "What Constitutes 'Discovery of the Injury' Under CPLR 214-c," New York Law Journal, May 28, 1996. Lectures: Product Liability Decisions, papers and seminars, 1985—and Product Liability Seminar, 1996-1997, New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Product Liability Seminar, 1996 and Mass Tort Seminar, 1997, New York County Lawyers Association; Product Liability Seminar, 1986 and Mass Tort Seminar, 1989, New York State Bar Association; Expert Witness Seminar, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1987; Product Liability, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1988. Member: Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1992—; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1988—. Instructor: Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Cardozo Law School, 1986—; Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Hofstra Law School, 1987. Member, Advisory Committee, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 1990-1992. New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1991—; Chair, Product Liability Committee, 1990-1991; Vice-Chair, Legislative Committee, 1994—)

Reported Cases: In Re World Trade Center Bombing, Pltf. Steering Comm.; In Re N.Y.C. DES Litigation, Pltf. Steering Committee; In Re N.Y.C. Asbestos Litigation, Pltf. Steering Committee; Baxter Healthcare In Re GammaGard Corp. Litigation, Plt. Steering Committee

Born: New York, N.Y., February 4, 1954

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