Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman announced the hires of Michael F. McKenna, Christopher M. Galusha and Anthony J. Tavormina to the Newark office.
McKenna is a partner and Tavormina is an associate, both in the firm’s construction group. Galusha joins as a partner in the firm’s labor and employment and internal investigations groups.
Michael F. McKenna
[Photo Credit: Copyright 2018, Gittings Photography.] McKenna has decades of construction litigation experience, and has participated in more than 200 trials, mediations and arbitrations in the U.S. and internationally. Such projects handled by him have included the construction of tunnels, subways, bridges, highways, airports, sewer, foundations, marine, sub-aqueous and other heavy construction. He was a founding Partner of Lewis & McKenna, where he practiced for 38 years. Before earning his law degree, he worked in the construction and engineering design industry for a number of years as a project manager and design engineer. He also previously owned a private residence construction company. McKenna received his J.D. from Pace University School of Law and his B.S.C.E from Manhattan College.
Christopher M. Galusha
[Photo Credit: Copyright 2018, Gittings Photography.] Galusha focuses on employment law, commercial litigation, municipal law and sports law. He has experience in employment-related disputes at the administrative, federal and state court levels, and before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the American Arbitration Association and JAMS. Galusha represents companies of various sizes across many industries in wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment matters. He was previously of counsel at McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter. He earned his J.D. from Widener University School of Law, his M.B.A. from Niagara University and his B.S. from the University of Buffalo.
Anthony J. Tavormina
[Photo Credit: Copyright 2018, Gittings Photography.] Tavormina represents contractors throughout all stages of construction disputes and litigation. He also has experience as an engineer in construction, which includes estimating, field engineering, cost engineering and contract administration. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York. Tavormina previously was a senior associate at Lewis & McKenna and worked as a field engineer for several major contractors, including Skanska Koch, Inc. and Dragados USA. He received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law and his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from The Cooper Union.
