Nicholas P Vari is a partner at K&L Gates LLP, where he has over 25 years of experience defending asbestos personal injury and product liability claims in trial-level and appellate courts across the United States. He also counsels clients on strategic and case management aspects of defending mass tort and repetitive tort claims across multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Vari has appeared on clients' behalf in courtrooms across the country, including those in California, New York, Illinois, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. He has represented clients in nine federal circuit courts of appeal, and has argued before various state supreme courts and intermediate-level courts of appeal. Mr. Vari's courtroom work has ranged from conducting discovery through trying cases before judges, jurors, and arbitration panels, arguing appeals, and negotiating settlements involving thousands of claims. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Akron and her J.D degree, summa cum laude, from University of Akron School of Law.
Nicholas P Vari's Courses
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