Professor of Law. A.B., University of Notre Dame; J.D., Cornell
University; LL.M., J.S.D., Columbia University.
Professor Cavanagh is a member of the Order of the Coif and also
a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to entering the teaching
field, he practiced law with two major New York City law
firms. Professor Cavanagh is currently chair of the ABA
Antitrust Section Committee on Ethics and Professionalism and a
member of Section's Antitrust Remedies Task Force. He served
as co-chair of the Antitrust Section's Civil Practice and Procedure
Committee from 2001-04 and as vice-chair from
1997-2001. He also served on the Section's Civil
Litigation Task Force in 2000-01.
Professor Cavanagh is a past chair of the New York State Bar
Association Antitrust Section and currently a member of its
Executive Committee. He is Reporter to the EDNY Committee on
Civil Litigation and served as a member of, and reporter to, the
Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group from 1991-97. He is
also am member of the SDNY/EDNY Committee on Joint Local
Rules.
Professor Cavanagh has lectured and published widely in the areas
of antitrust, federal procedure and practice and complex
litigation. He teaches Antitrust Law Civil Procedure, Federal
Practice and Law & Economics.