Kathleen Guilfoyle elected to DRI's National Board of Directors
October 2012
We are pleased to announce that Kathleen Guilfoyle has been elected as a National Director of the Defense Research Institute at the recent DRI Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Kathy will assume her three year term in 2013.
Kathleen Guilfoyle focuses her practice on aviation defense, products liability in the automotive and commercial trucking industries, and environmental litigation. She represents several airlines, airport authorities and ground handling companies in cases pending throughout the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. This litigation includes the defense of claims involving personal injury, premises liability, the Air Carrier Access Act, discrimination and general commercial litigation. Currently, she and the firm represent one of the non-carrier airlines in the litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York arising out of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. In this litigation, she also worked on responding to requests for information from the Kean Commission, and participated in non-public witness interviews of various airline personnel by Kean Commission staffers. Kathy was a presenter at the first ACI Aviation Conference in Boston.
In addition to those in the automotive and commercial trucking industries, Kathy has handled a variety of cases involving such diverse products as printing presses, heaters, toys, food and medication. She has also handled the defense of various environmental claims for fuel suppliers involving 21E claims, releases, propane tank explosions and faulty regulators.
Kathy was also recently selected as a Top Woman of Law by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.
The Defense Research Institute is the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel. DRI is committed to: enhancing the skills, effectiveness, and professionalism of defense lawyers; anticipating and addressing issues germane to defense lawyers and the civil justice system; promoting appreciation of the role of the defense lawyer; and improving the civil justice system and preserving the civil jury.
