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Peter John Sacripanti is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm's New York office. As a member of the Trial Department, Peter concentrates his practice on complex business disputes, including class action litigations and multi-party mass tort matters. He also serves as Partner-in-Charge of the New York office, and sits on the Firm's Executive and Management Committees.
An accomplished trial lawyer, Peter began his career as a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, where he was recruited as part of the prestigious Attorney General's Honors Program. He has particular experience defending corporations and industries in complex commercial, toxic tort and products liability litigation matters. Peter's clients include a multinational petroleum company for whom he serves as national trial counsel in more than 100 environmental and product liability litigation matters. He recently served as liaison counsel to the petroleum industry and successfully defeated class certification in Inre Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ("MTBE") Products Liability Litigation, a multi-district putative class action in the Southern District of New York, and continues to serve as liaison counsel to the industry in related environmental and product liability matters. His litigation clients include several members of the Fortune 100, as wells as dozens of mid-size and small-cap companies across various industries.
Peter also currently represents another Fortune 500 company in the management and defense of its nationwide asbestos docket. In addition to serving as lead counsel, he was instrumental in developing an unprecedented legal strategy which utilized the Bankruptcy Code to restrain the prosecution of an additional 200,000 asbestos-related claims against this client.
Peter is ranked as a leading lawyer by the 2005 and 2006 issues of Chambers USA, which state: "Peter Sacripanti of McDermott Will & Emery remains a name of choice when it comes to major litigation matters. 'If you want to have a fight and win, he is your man' say clients" (2005). "Clients have the highest regard for Peter Sacripanti of McDermott Will & Emery. First and foremost a trial litigator, his practice in the environmental area includes mass toxic tort matters" (2006).
In 2001, Peter was awarded the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is a member of the New York, District of Columbia and New Jersey bars, and has been admitted to practice before several state and federal courts across the United States.
Education
Pace University School of Law, J.D., 1984
Fordham University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1982 | 