Mr. Gallagher's practice involves general liability litigation with a focus in the areas of products liability, construction, intellectual property and aviation related matters. Notably, Mr. Gallagher is a member of the firm's team representing multiple defendants in the September 11th litigation pending in New York's Southern District. Mr. Gallagher is a graduate of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section National Trial Academy (2006) and presently serves on the Board of Directors for the St. John's University School of Law Alumni Association for Nassau County. Mr. Gallagher is also an active member of the Defense Research Institute ("DRI") and was recently selected to serve on the Young Lawyers Steering Committee (2007-2008). Mr. Gallagher has also served as the DRI Aerospace Committee Liaison and Vice-Liaison Chair (2004-2008) and as Liaison Chair for the DRI Young Lawyers Construction Law Committee (2005-2006).

Mr. Gallagher’s professional writings have been presented before national defense bar organizations:

• Co-Authored, Hot Cases on Power Tool Litigation (Presented at the Defense Research Institue Products Liabilty Annual Meeting, February 2004)
• Co-Authored MGM v. Grokster: What is “Grokster” and Why Has My Teenager Been Sued? (Presented at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Law Section, July 2005)
• Co-Authored, Current Observations of the Fair Use of Doctrine in Copyright (Presented at the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Law Section, July 2006)

Copies of Mr. Gallagher’s writings are available upon request.