Georgene M. Vairo
Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow
Contact Information
Phone: (213) 736-8170
Fax: (213) 380-3769
E-mail: georgene.vairo@lls.edu
919 Albany St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Educational and Professional Background
BA, Sweet Briar College, Phi Beta Kappa
MEd, with distinction, University of Virginia
JD, cum laude, Fordham University
Georgene Vairo served as the first law clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. McLaughlin, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit when he served on the District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She also was an associate specializing in antitrust law at the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. From 1982-1995, she was a member of the faculty of Fordham Law School. During her tenure, she served as an associate dean (1987-1995) and was appointed to the Leonard F. Manning Distinguished Chair (1994). Vairo joined Loyola's faculty in 1995.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Member of the Board of Editors, Moore's Federal Practice
Member of the Board of Overseers, Rand Institute for Civil Justice
Chairperson of the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust (1987-2000)
Member, American Law Institute
Expert in several major mass tort litigations
Columnist on forum selection problems for the National Law Journal
Columnist for the Civil Discourse Column of the Los Angeles Daily Journal
Monthly Contributor of LexisNexis Expert Commentaries
Georgene M. Vairo, Symposium, Summary Judgment on the Rise: Is Justice Falling?, Defending Against Summary Justice: The Role Of The Appellate Courts (Pound Civil Justice Institute 2008 Forum for State Appellate Court Judges)
Georgene Vairo, Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Commentary and Analysis: Update, LexisNexis (forthcoming 2008)
Georgene Vairo, Antitrust Counseling and Litigation Techniques, Chap 23B Class Actions (2007)
Georgene M. Vairo, Foreword, Developments in the Law: California Complex Litigation, 41 Loyola L.A. L. Rev. XXX (forthcoming 2008)
Georgene M. Vairo, Foreword, Developments in the Law: International Litigation, 40 Loyola L.A. L. Rev. 1247 (2007)
Georgene M. Vairo, Supreme Court Reverses Seventh Circuit’s Standard for Pleading Scienter, Vol. 2007 Moore’s Federal Practice Update 177-181 (August 2007)
Georgene M. Vairo, Supreme Court Introduces a New Plausibility Standard, Vol. 2007 Moore’s Federal Practice Update 150-154. (July 2007)
Georgene M. Vairo, District Court Has Discretion to Dismiss on Forum Non Conveniens Grounds Without First Resolving Whether it Has Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Personal Jurisdiction, Vol. 2007 Moore’s Federal Practice Update 93-97 (May 2007)
"Why Me? The Role of Private Trustees in Complex Claims Resolution," The Civil Trial: Adaptations and Alternatives, 57 Stanford L. Rev. 1391 (2005)
Vairo, Georgene, Global Peace For Whom? Finality and Due Process (National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges November 2005)
Vairo, Georgene, ExxonMobil Corp. v. Allapattah Servs., Inc.: The Supreme Court Takes a Broad View of Supplemental Jurisdiction, 2005 Moore’s Federal Practice Update, Issue 8 at 1 (August 2005)
Vairo, Georgene, Is Forum Shopping Unethical?, Loyola Lawyer 4 (Fall 2005).
Vairo, Georgene, Foreword, Developments in the Law: Federal Jurisdiction and Forum Selection, 37 Loyola L. Rev. 1393 (2004).
Vairo, Georgene, Mass Tort Bankruptcies: The Who, The Why, and The How, 78 Amer. Bank. L.J. 93 (2004).
Vairo, Georgene M., Foreward, Happy (?) Birthday Rule 11, 37 Loy. L.A.L. Rev. 515 (2004) (Symposium ed.).
Vairo, Georgene M., Rule 11 Sanctions: Case Law Perspectives and Preventive Measures (3d ed. 2003).
Vairo, Georgene M., Remedies for Victims of Terrorism, 35 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 1265 (2002).
Vairo, Georgene M., Trends in Federalism and Their Implications for State Courts, Trial (November 2002).
Vairo, Georgene M., Thank You, John, 70 Fordham L. Rev. 2191 (2002).
Vairo, Georgene, Judicial v. Congressional Federalism: The Implications of the New Federalism Decisions on Mass Tort and Other Complex Litigation, 33 Loyola L. Rev. 1559 (2000)
Vairo, Georgene, Sanctions and Arbitration Proceedings, 5 ADR Currents 20 (Dec.-Feb. 2000-2001)
Vairo, Georgene, Problems in Federal Forum Selection and Concurrent Federal State Jurisdiction: Supplemental Jurisdiction; Diversity Jurisdiction; Removal; Preemption; Venue; Transfer of Venue; Personal Jurisdiction; Abstention and The All Writs Act, Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts (American Law Institute-American Bar Association 2000)
Vairo, Georgene, Classwide Arbitration: The Possibility of a Hybrid Procedure, ADR Currents (June 1999)
Linda Mullenix, Martin Redish & Georgene Vairo, Understanding Federal Courts and Federal Jurisdiction (Matthew Bender 1998)
Vairo, Georgene, Rule 11, The Profession and the Public Perception Thereof, 67 Fordham L. Rev. 589 (1998) (Special Issue, The Legal Profession: The Impact of Law and Legal Theory)
Vairo, Georgene, Introduction, Symposium on Mass Torts, 31 Loyola L.A.L. Rev. 353 (1998)
Vairo, Georgene, Georgine, The Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, and The Rhetoric of Mass Tort Claims Resolution, 31 Loyola L. Rev. 79 (1997)
Vairo, ADR and Mass Torts: The Dalkon Shield Experience, ADR Currents (June 1998)
Vairo, Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor: Where Will the Mass Tort Class Actions Go?, N.Y. Litigator (May 1998)
Moore's Federal Practice, Chapter 106 (Removal); Chapter 110 (Determination of Venue); Chapter 111 (Change of Venue); Chapter 112 (Multidistrict Litigation) (1997) & (Quarterly Releases)
39 Authors, The Jurisprudence of Yogi Berra, 46 Emory L.J. 697 (1997)
Vairo, High Court Facilitiates the Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements, ADR Currents (Fall 1996)
Vairo, Rule 11: Past as Prologue?, 28 Loyola of L.A. L. Rev. 39 (1994)
Vairo, Reinventing Civil Procedure: Will the New Procedural Regime Help Resolve Mass Torts?, 59 Brooklyn L. Rev. 1065 (1993) (Symposium)
Vairo, Rule ll Sanctions: Case Law Perspectives & Preventive Measures (l989; 2d Ed. l992 & Supps.)
Vairo, The Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust: Paradigm Lost (or Found), 61 Fordham L. Rev. 617 (1992)
Vairo, Rule ll: Where We Are and Where We Are Going, 60 Fordham L. Rev. 475 (l99l)
Vairo, Making Younger Civil: The Consequences of Federal Court Deference to State Court Proceedings, 58 Fordham L. Rev. l73 (l99l)
Vairo, Federal Civil Practice (1989 & Supps.) (Editor in Chief)
Vairo, Rule 11: A Critical Analysis, 118 F.R.D. 189 (1988)
Cochran & Vairo, "Rule 11: An Eventful Year," 4 Civil Rights Litigation and Attorneys Fees Annual Handbook (1988)
Vairo, "Rule 11: Paradise Lost?" 2 Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report 97 (1988)
Vairo, "Through the Prism: Summary Judgment and the Trilogy," Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts (2d-6th Eds. American Law Institute l988; l990; l992; 1994)
Vairo, Report to the Advisory Committee on Amended Rule 11 (October 1987)
Vairo, "Structural Changes and Sanctions: An Analysis of the August 1983 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," McLaughlin, Schreiber & Vairo I, Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts (American Law Institute 1987)
Vairo, Multi-Tort Cases: Cause For More Darkness On The Subject, Or A New Role For Federal Common Law?, 54 Fordham L. Rev. 167 (1985)
Vairo, "Analysis of Amended Rule 4 of the Fed. R. Civ. P.," McLaughlin, S. Schreiber & G. Vairo I, Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts (American Law Institute 1984, 1985 & 1987)
Vairo, "Analysis of August 1, 1983 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," J. McLaughlin, S. Schreiber & G. Vairo I, Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts (American Law Institute 1984, 1985)
Vairo, "Analysis of Proposed and 1985 Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," J. McLaughlin, S. Schreiber & G. Vairo I, Civil Practice and Litigation in Federal and State Courts (American Law Institute 1985 & 1987)
Vairo, Amended Rule 4 of Civil Procedure And Its Effects on Process Serving, Nat'l L.J., Dec. 17, 1984, at 32, col. 1
Vairo, Amended Rule 4: Acknowledgment and Statute of Limitations Problems, Nat'l L.J., Dec. 24, 1984, at 20, col. 1
Vairo, For Whom the Class Action Tolls: Problems in Statutes of Limitations, Nat'l L.J., Jan. 30, 1984, at 30, col. 1
Vairo, Issuing Stays in Diversity Cases: A Cure for Growing Congestion?, Nat'l L.J., Feb. 14, 1982, at 22, col. 1
Hawk & Vairo, International Patent Licensing Restrictions, 8 Revue Suisse Du Droit International De La Concurrence 1 (1980)
Note, The Unionization of Law Firms, 46 Fordham L. Rev. 1008 (1978)
Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation in Federal Courts, Mass Tort Litigation, Federal Courts, International Litigation