Cornelius J. Callahan

Partner

Modesto Office
1104 12th Street
Modesto, California 95354
Telephone: (209) 576-1701
Facsimile: (209) 527-9753
E-mail: ccallahan@bortonpetrini.com

Cornelius J. “Neil” Callahan is a Partner in Borton Petrini, LLP’s Modesto office, which covers Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, Mariposa, Calaveras, and Tuolumne counties. Neil earned his undergraduate degree at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and then went on to receive his J.D., cum laude, at Pace University School of Law in White Plains, New York. He specializes in civil litigation involving construction defect, business, trucking, toxic tort defense, and products liability.

Neil has had a varied background, which has provided him with a broad base of experience he applies to his legal practice. He was a special education teacher for five years, prior thereto he was a legislative intern for a U.S. Congressman and the New York State Attorney General. While in the Attorney General’s Office, Neil worked in the areas of civil rights and consumer fraud.

As an associate attorney in a New York law firm, Neil was a member of the litigation team serving as counsel to a Fortune 500 computer company in a nationwide repetitive stress injury litigation. He was responsible for defending lawsuits filed in both state and federal court in Connecticut and New York. He also supervised local counsel in California, Michigan, Illinois, Texas and Colorado. Neil has acted as national counsel for a major bottled water corporation in toxic tort matters.

Neil is affiliated with several professional organizations. In addition to the State Bar of California, he is a member of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut bars, and the Stanislaus County Bar Association.

Prior to coming to the Firm, Neil had been a trial attorney practicing in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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Education:

• George Washington University, Washington, D.C., B.A., 1989
• Pace University School of Law, White Plains, J.D., 1995

Admitted:

• State Bar of New Jersey, 1995
• State Bar of New York, 1996
• U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1996
• State Bar of Connecticut, 1997
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and District of Connecticut, 1997
• State Bar of California, 1999

Business and Professional Associations:

• American Red Cross, Board of Directors
• Connecticut Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• Stanislaus County Bar Association
• Wray Ladine American Inn of Court

Publications:

• Editor, Pace International Law Review, 1994-1995
• “Liability for Delivering Your Goods by Truck,” California Defense Magazine, Fall 1999
• “The Admissibility of Expert Scientific Evidence,” California Defense Magazine, Summer 2004
• “Slipping through the Cracks (or tripping over the crack): Liability for Uneven & Broken Sidewalks in Front of Your Property,” California Defense Magazine, Summer 2004

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