Timothy E. Corriston

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

tcorriston@connellfoley.com

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Representative Experience

Timothy E. Corriston is a partner with Connell Foley. He focuses his practice on environmental law, mass torts, product liability, land use, and commercial disputes. He has extensive trial experience and has handled cases for the firm's clients in courtrooms throughout the United States and in various alternative dispute resolution forums.

 

Mr. Corriston is an active participant in his community. He is a member of the Ho-Ho-Kus Planning Board and a member of the Board of Trustees for the Highlands Lacrosse Association. In addition, Mr. Corriston  serves as Pro bono counsel to New Jersey After 3, a nonprofit  organization that was created in 2004 to fund afterschool programs for children.

 

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Corriston was Law Secretary to the Honorable William C. Meehan, J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County.

He is admitted to practice in all of the state and federal courts in New Jersey and New York, as well as to the United States Supreme Court.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Areas:

Business Litigation

Environmental Law

Mass Tort and Toxic Tort Litigation

Product Liability and Tort Law

Subrogation

 

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

State of New York

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Supreme Court

 

Education:

Hobart College (B.A., Economics, 1983)

Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1986)

Pace University School of Law (LL.M., Environmental Law, 1992)

 

Affiliations:

New Jersey State Bar Association

Bergen County Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

News:

Timothy Corriston Succeeds on Appeal Vindicating Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (August)

Timothy Corriston Attains Noteworthy Win for Hexion Specialty Chemicals in Civil Conspiracy Case (March 2011)

Timothy Corriston Successfully Defeats Claim Seeking to Hold Corporate Secretary Personally Liable (March 2011)

National Law Journal and New Jersey Law Journal Quote Corriston on "Take-Home" Asbestos Suits (September, 2007)

CF Obtains Dismissal of Claims Against County Prosecutor's Office


Publications

Author, "Complex Issues Arising From Vapor Intrusion" published in the New Jersey Law Journal (December 2008) 

Co-Author, "Across the Hudson, a Different View of 'Take-Home' Liability" published in the New Jersey Law Journal (2006)

Co-Author (with Angela A. Iuso), "New Jersey Supreme Court Expands Application of Flexible Standard for Admission of Scientific Evidence on Causation" (2002)

Professional Activities

Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI)

Member, National Association of Subrogation Professionals

Member of Ho-Ho-Kus Planning Board

Pro bono counsel to New Jersey After 3, Inc.

Member of Highlands Lacrosse Association Board of Trustees

Board Member of Fordham Law School Alumni Association, New Jersey Chapter

Representative Experience

National counsel to consumer products manufacturer in products liability matters;
Representation of insures in subrogation matters

Representation of owners, operators and generators in major environmental remediation cases;

Regional counsel for large chemical manufacturer in class action, environmental and products liability suits;

Counsel for several suppliers and manufacturers in asbestos suits filed in New York and New Jersey;

Representation of developers seeking land use approvals;

Representation of environmental engineers in professional malpractice actions;

Representation of many mid-to-large businesses in commercial disputes.