Newark, N.J. — The Newark office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes Charles F. Rysavy as a partner in the firm’s toxic tort practice. Rysavy joins K&L Gates from McCarter & English, LLP, where he was the past chair of the mass and toxic tort practice group.
An experienced toxic tort litigator, Rysavy has appeared before numerous state and federal courts in a wide range of complex class action and mass products liability cases involving chemicals, asbestos, radiation, medical devices, and industrial machinery. Rysavy has also filed appeals and amicus briefs with several circuit courts and both the United States and New Jersey Supreme Courts on behalf of industry groups in such cases as BMW of North America v. Gore and In re Three Mile Island Litigation.
Rysavy is joined by longtime colleague Roger P. Shaw, who will serve as a technical specialist supporting K&L Gates lawyers on litigation, transactions and client counseling on matters related to radiation injury claims and the commercial nuclear industry. A certified health physicist, Shaw is the former head of radiation protection at the Three Mile Island and Oyster Creek nuclear generating stations.
Tony La Rocco, Administrative Partner of K&L Gates’ Newark office, said: “K&L Gates is delighted to welcome Charlie as the newest member of the firm’s toxic tort practice. His diverse experience in the products liability and toxic tort fields – including representing clients in the defense of a variety of toxic exposure matters, radiation exposure claims, and claims of chronic injuries by workers involved in the World Trade Center disaster site cleanup – will be of much benefit to the firm and its clients.”
K&L Gates’ Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis said: “With the global resurgence of nuclear energy, Charlie will help to ground a leading practice for industry members, and his arrival is yet another reminder of the formidable growth of K&L Gates’ Newark office.”
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