Thacher Proffitt Announces New Partner George R. Talarico

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP announced today that George Talarico has been admitted to the partnership in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group, resident in the Summit, New Jersey office. George, previously a counsel at the Firm, specializes in commercial litigation with a focus on toxic torts, products liability, environmental issues, and commercial disputes.

"We want to congratulate George on his promotion," said Paul Tvetenstrand, managing partner of the Firm. "He has already contributed enormously to the Firm and I look forward to his continued accomplishments within the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice Group."

In his seventeen year legal career, George has represented clients in a variety of civil litigations and arbitrations including actions arising from environmental contamination and clean-up associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center; a product defect dispute involving train door closing devices on the London Underground; asbestos, property, construction defect and personal injury defense matters; and allegations of an international conspiracy to defraud a foreign governmental entity. George also acted as national coordinating counsel for a Telecom systems company's product liability cases.

About George Talarico

George received his JD from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Fordham Law Review. He received his MS in civil engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and his BS from Lehigh University. He is admitted to the New Jersey and New York bars, as well as the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, and the U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

George is affiliated with several organizations, including the New York State Bar Association: Torts Section, Commercial Litigation Section, Environmental Law Section, and Construction Law Section; the American Bar Association: Dispute Resolution Section, Environment, Energy and Resources Section, and Litigation Section; the New Jersey State Bar Association: Environmental Law Section, Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section, Construction and Public Contact Law Section, and Dispute Resolution Section; DRI; Atlantic Health Care Systems, member of the Institutional Review Board; and Goryeb Children's Hospital, member of the Parents' Advisory Board.

About Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP

A 158-year-old law firm that focuses on the capital markets and financial services industries, Thacher Proffitt advises domestic and global clients in a wide range of areas, including corporate and financial institutions law, securities, structured finance, international trade matters, investment funds, swaps and derivatives, cross-border transactions, real estate, commercial lending, insurance, admiralty and ship finance, litigation and dispute resolution, technology and intellectual property, executive compensation and employee benefits, taxation, trusts and estates, bankruptcy, reorganizations and restructurings. The Firm has over 300 lawyers with five offices located in New York City, NY, Washington, DC, White Plains, NY, Summit, NJ and Mexico City, Mexico. The Firm was named "Best Legal Advisor for North America" by Global Finance magazine, and was ranked #1 for "Top 10 Growth Leaders" by The National Law Journal. It was named top issuers' counsel and #1 for securitizations (Thomson Financial, year-end 2005 rankings), and #1 in asset-backed securities for both issuer's and underwriter's counsel by The New York Law Journal. Thacher Proffitt is on the Web at http://www.tpw.com/.