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J. Donald Tierney

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    J. Donald Tierney

    J. Donald Tierney joined Cozen O’Connor’s New York office in September 2005 as Of Counsel, and is a member of the Marketing Group.

    Don is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the American Bar Association.  He earned his undergraduate degree from Villanova University (B.Ch.E., 1957) and his law degree from Fordham University School of Law (LL.B., 1964), where he was a member of the Law Review. In addition, Don served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.  Don has extensive experience  in the Insurance industry having been employed by U.S. Aviation Underwriters, 1973 to 1980, where he was SVP and Director of Claims; and by American International Group, 1988 to 2005 where he was Manager of Litigation Management. 

    Building upon his engineering background, Don has frequently become involved in litigation involving technical subject matter including cases involving patents, product liability and aviation. Beginning in 1963 he was with  McLean, Morton & Boustead In New York City. There he was involved in patent cases involving zerography, pharmaceuticals and petroleum technology. In the 1970's at USAU he was involved in the 1974 crash of a Turkish Airlines DC10 at Paris, France,  the crash of an Air India Boeing 747 at Bombay in 1979, and numerous military and general aviation aircraft crashes around the country. As General Counsel of Piper Aircraft from 1985 to 1988 he encouraged expansion of the company's pilot training program and accident investigation program.. At AIG from 1988 to 2005 he was involved in numerous large catastrophy and mass tort cases including a refinery fire in Northern Alberta, Canada, and two school bus accidents involving over 50 deaths and serious injuries in Texas and Kentucky.

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    Education

    • Fordham University School of Law, L.L.B., 1964
    • Villanova University, B.Ch.E., 1957

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    • New York Supreme Court
    • U.S. District Court -- Eastern District of New York
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    • U.S. District Court -- Southern District of New York
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