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Education

Boston College (B.A., with honors, 1965); Cornell Law School (J.D., with specialization in International Affairs, 1968).

Clerkships

Law Clerk to Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro (Massachusetts).

Admissions & Courts

New York, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Supreme Court.

Memberships

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, CPR and JAMS; Board Directorships: Good Shepherd Services, Inc.; Resources for Children with Special Needs; International House at Columbia University; Brooklyn Museum, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.

Attorney Biography

Joseph McLaughlin joined Heller Ehrman in 2002 and has been a member of the Complex Commercial, Securities Litigation, and International Arbitration & ADR Practice Groups and has also served as Chairman of the New York office.  He has been principally engaged in domestic and foreign regulatory matters involving securities issues, auditing standards and economic sanctions. As of January 1, 2008, Mr. McLaughlin became a consultant to the firm.

Experience

Before joining Heller Ehrman, Mr. McLaughlin was Chairman of the CSFB Foundation Trust after spending several years as the Executive Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Credit Suisse First Boston, overseeing international legal and compliance issues in 60 countries. Prior to that, Mr. McLaughlin was the head of litigation at Shearman & Sterling, where he spent over 25 years developing a practice which concentrated on a wide range of corporate and commercial disputes involving securities, banking, anti-trust, international arbitration and employment. In addition to his extensive trial experience in the U.S. courts, he is experienced in arbitration and various alternative dispute resolution proceedings in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Mr. McLaughlin is the author of numerous articles on alternative dispute resolution which have been published by the ALI-ABA, as well as many other articles on topics ranging from international arbitration and securities issues to the ethical responsibilities of legal professionals. He has co-authored and contributed to several books on evidence and procedure.   

Mr. McLaughlin has served as a Visiting Professor at the Cornell Law School and is an Adjunct Professor at the Fordham Law School. He is currently a lecturer with the American Law Institute and the Practising Law Institute.   

Education

Boston College (B.A., with honors, 1965); Cornell Law School (J.D., with specialization in International Affairs, 1968).

Clerkships

Law Clerk to Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro (Massachusetts).

Admissions & Courts

New York, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Court of Claims, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Supreme Court.

Memberships

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, CPR and JAMS; Board Directorships: Good Shepherd Services, Inc.; Resources for Children with Special Needs; International House at Columbia University; Brooklyn Museum, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.

Publications

  • “Recent Development in Domestic and International Arbitration Involving Issues of Arbitrability, Consolidation of Claims and Discovery of Non-Parties,”  ALI-ABA, Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts.  03.2007
  • Back to Buckeye: Clarifying An Arbitrator’s Jurisdiction  International Institute For Conflict Prevention & Resolution  10.2006
  • "Getting the Deal Through,"  Dispute Resolution, 2004 (Chapter 29: USA (California)), 2005 (Chapter 35: USA (California)), 2006 (USA (California)).  2006
  • Planning For Commercial Dispute Resolution In Mainland China  The American Review of International Arbitration  2005
  • "Who is the Client After Sarbanes?"  New York Law Journal  2.10.2003
  • "Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Corporate Sector"  ALI-ABA, (Co-authored by Karen M. Crupi)  1.1.2003