Georgene M. Vairo
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-8170
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: georgene.vairo@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BA, Sweet Briar College, Phi Beta Kappa
MEd, with distinction, University of Virginia
JD, cum laude, Fordham University
Georgene Vairo served as the first law clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. McLaughlin, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She also was an associate specializing in antitrust law at the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. From 1982-1995, she was a member of the faculty of Fordham Law School. During her tenure, she served as an associate dean (1987-1995) and was appointed to the Leonard F. Manning Distinguished Chair (1994). Vairo joined Loyola's faculty in 1995.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member of the Board of Editors, Moore's Federal Practice
Chairperson of the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust (1987-2000)
Member, American Law Institute
Expert in several major mass tort litigations
Faculty Member, ALI-ABA Advanced Federal Practice Course
"Why Me? The Role of Private Trustees in Complex Claims Resolution," The Civil Trial: Adaptations and Alternatives, 57 Stanford L. Rev. 1391 (2005)
"Global Peace For Whom? Finality and Due Process" (National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges November 2005)
Foreword, "Developments in the Law: Electronic Discovery," 38 Loyola L. Rev. 1529 (2005). "ExxonMobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs., Inc.: The Supreme Court Takes a Broad View of Supplemental Jurisdiction," 2005 Moore's Federal Practice Update, Issue 8 at 1 (August 2005)
Commentary and Analysis, "Class Action Fairness Act of 2005" (Moore 's Federal Practice, LexisNexis 2005)
"Is Forum Shopping Unethical?," Loyola Lawyer 4 (Fall 2005).
"Mass Tort Bankruptcies: The Who, The Why and the How" 78 Amer. Bank. L.J. 93 (2004)
"Happy (?) Birthday Rule 11," 37 Loyola of Los Angeles L. Rev. 515 (2004)
Rule 11 Sanctions (2004)
"Forum Selection Development Symposium;" Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (2004)
"Through the Prism: Summary Judgment And The Trilogies," Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts Volume II, January 2003
"Problems in Federal Forum Selection and Concurrent Federal and State Jurisdiction," Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts Volume II, January 2003
28 U.S.C. § 1651: Modern Uses of the All Writs Act, NITA (online; Spring 2003)
"Remedies for Victims of Terrorism," 35 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1265 (2002)
"Remedies for Victims of Terrorism," Loyola Lawyer (Fall 2002)
"Trends in Federalism and What They Mean for State Courts," ATLA Trial Journal (Fall 2002)
"Thank You, John," 70 Fordham L. Rev. 2191 (2002)
"Civil Practice and Litigation Techniques in Federal and State Courts," SF42 ALI-ABA 367 (Feb. 28, 2001)
"Judicial v. Congressional Federalism: The Implications of the New Federalism Decisions on Mass Tort Cases and Other Complex Litigation," 33 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1559 (2000)
"Sanctions and Arbitration Proceedings," ADR Quarterly, (Sept-Nov. 2000)
2000 Supplement, Civil Practice in NY Federal Courts (NY State Bar Assn.)(Editor-in-Chief/Author of 4 of 31 chapters)
Moore’s Federal Practice, Chapters 107, 110-112 (2000)
"Problems in Federal Forum Selection and Concurrent Federal State Jurisdiction: Supplemental Jurisdiction; Diversity Jurisdiction; Removal; Preemption; Venue; Transfer of Venue; Personal Jurisdiction; Abstention and the All Writs Act, Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts" (American Law Institute-American Bar Association 2000)
"Classwide Arbitration: The Possibility of a Hybrid Procedure," ADR Currents (June 1999)
"Rule 11 and the Profession," 67 Fordham Law Review 589 (1998)
"Mullenix, Redish and Vairo, Understanding Federal Courts and Jurisdiction" (Matthew Bender, 1998)
Moore's Federal Practice, Chapter 106 (Removal); Chapter 110 (Determination of Venue); Chapter 111 (Change of Venue); Chapter 112 (Multidistrict Litigation) (and biannual releases)
"Georgine, The Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, and the Rhetoric of Mass Tort Claims Resolution," 31 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 75 (1997)
Bi-Monthly columnist on Forum Selection Problems, National Law Journal
Federal Civil Practice (1997 and 1998-2001 supplements) (Editor-in-Chief)
Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation in Federal Courts, Mass Tort Litigation, Federal Courts, International Litigation