Patrick W. Brophy leads McMahon, Martine & Gallagher's insurance coverage practice and its complex motions and appellate practice. He has handled a wide variety of civil litigation matters since joining McMahon, Martine & Gallagher in 1995, including admiralty actions, civil rights cases, corporate litigation, commercial disputes, and insurance coverage matters, as well as cases within the firm's traditional practice of insurance defense.  
 

EXPERIENCE

In addition to his litigation experience, Patrick has  presented New York CLE lectures on appellate practice at the New York County Lawyers Association and the Richmond County Bar Association, and has made other presentations on insurance coverage law and New York's Labor Law.  

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EDUCATION

Patrick received his law degree from Columbia University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review, in 1990. He graduated with highest honors from Lehigh University in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

 

BAR ADMISSIONS

United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits; U.S. Southern District of New York; U.S. Eastern District of New York; New York State Courts; U.S. District of New Jersey; New Jersey State Courts.  

 

MEMBERSHIPS

Patrick is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Defense Association of New York, the New York State Bar Association (currently active in the TICL Section); the New Jersey State Bar Association (currently active in the Insurance Defense Committee); and the New York County Lawyers Association (Past Chairman, Tort Law Section, 2000-03).