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Massachusetts Fellow Peter Durney New President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates
Cite as 3 Litigation Commentary & Rev. 27 (March 2010)
Massachusetts Fellow Peter M. Durney was installed as the President of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates during its annual meeting on February 5th at the Algonquin Club in Boston. The event, at which Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray spoke, included guests from as far away as Louisiana and was a great success.
Mr. Durney began his law career in 1980 as in-house counsel with GE’s products liability insurance division. In 1982 he joined Cornell & Gollub in Boston, concentrating in litigation. Since becoming a partner in 1987, Mr. Durney has represented hundreds of domestic and foreign corporations and individuals – including various Fortune 500 companies and Irish, Swiss, German, Austrian, French, British, Korean, Chinese and Japanese corporations, among others – in the state and federal courts in each of the New England states and elsewhere in the U.S. His broad litigation experience and many reported decisions encompass: commercial litigation, personal injury; products liability; clinical, rehabilitative and nursing home care and treatment; medical and other professional malpractice; pesticide, pharmaceutical, and chemical exposure; medical device; automotive; marine; mass torts; franchise law; copyright infringement and appellate work. The complex litigation in which he has been involved has run the gamut from Mercedes-Benz and BMW motor vehicles to heart tissue transplants and computer software.
Mr. Durney is admitted to the state and federal bars of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, and has been a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1984. He is a frequent speaker, and has written extensively, including having co-authored Preserving Objections to Jury Instructions: Speak Now, or Forever Hold Your Peace, published by the Federal Bar Association (2009), Understanding Time Limits on Removing Multiparty Cases to Federal Court, published by the American Bar Association (2009), and A Few Fundamental and Practical Tips: Product Testing for Use at Trial, DRI’s For the Defense, December 2006.
Mr. Durney can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , through the Cornell & Gollub website, or by phone at (617) 482-8100.
