Christine Gasser

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Christine Gasser

Partner

Professional Profile

Christine Gasser is the Partner who supervises the firm’s Appellate Practice Group and the Schools/Education Practice Group. She has written and argued more than 200 appeals in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the First, Second, Third and Fourth Departments, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Ms. Gasser’s appeals cover the entire range of tort cases, including significant cases in the areas of school district liability, municipal liability, products liability, premises liability, and labor law.

Ms. Gasser also leads the School/Education Practice Group where she currently supervises defense litigation on behalf of more than 75 school districts. She has presented numerous lectures to education groups and school districts on school district liability. In addition, she has served as an instructor in the Charted Property Casualty Underwriter Program.

Practice Areas

  • General Liability Defense
    • Educational Institution Defense
    • Municipal Defense
    • Motor Vehicle Liability Defense
    • Premises Liability Defense
    • Toxic Tort Defense
  • Appellate

Education

  • St. John’s University School of Law (J.D. 1987)
  • Fordham University (B.S. 1978)
  • Fordham University (B.A. 1974)

Admissions

  • New York State Bar
  • US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York

Memberships

  • American Bar Association

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