Senior LeadershipShareholders
John P. Gardella
Shareholder and Chair of Complex Litigation
Overview
John Gardella is a Shareholder and nationally recognized thought leader at CMBG³ Law, licensed to practice in Massachusetts and Tennessee. He chairs the firm’s Emerging Markets Practice which includes PFAS, Environmental, Employment, Commercial Disputes and General Litigation practice areas— areas where legal mastery, scientific depth, and business foresight converge.
Accreditations
Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Tennessee
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Education
- 2000: Vanderbilt University, magna cum laude, B.A. Economics, minor Japanese
- 2003: Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D. (Associate Editor of the Vanderbilt Transnational Law Journal)
Honors
- 2020-2021: Only attorney in the country named a National Thought Leader on PFAS by the National Law Review
- 2017 - 2021: Selected to Super Lawyers:
- and legal experience., Rated “AV-Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying the highest level of legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability
- 2016: including. Only 2.5% of the attorneys in Massachusetts are selected as “Rising Star” Super Lawyers., Named to the “Rising Stars” list in New England Super Lawyers for five years
In the Media
Corporate, insurer, private equity, and investment world speaking engagements on chemicals of concern and the impacts on industrial, manufacturing and consumer goods verticals.
Speaking Engagements
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2022: “PFAS Science In the Courtroom: Admissibility Issues For Emerging Contaminants”, Judicial Symposium On Scientific Methodology and the Admissibility of Expert Testimony, March
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2022: “The Environmental Justice Movement: Turning Concepts Into Actions”, Antea Group Webinar, February
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2022: “Navigating the Complexities of Today’s M&A Environment”, Smart Business Dealmakers Conference, January
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2022: “PFAS: 2022 and Beyond – Changes Coming and Impacts On Insureds”, Perrin’s Impact of PFAS On Environmental Litigation Conference, January
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2021: “Impact of PFAS On Environmental Litigation”, Perrin’s Environmental Risk & Litigation Conference, October
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2021: “PFAS Impacts On Equity World Deal Considerations”, ACG’s Manufacturing & Industrial DealSource, April
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2021: “PFAS Science In the Courtroom: Admissibility Issues For Emerging Contaminants”, Judicial Symposium On Scientific Methodology and the Admissibility of Expert Testimony, March
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-: Corporate, insurer, private equity and investment world speaking engagements on chemicals of concern and the impacts on industrial, manufacturing and consumer goods verticals, -
