Richard Godfrey

Rick is a senior litigation partner who for over three decades has represented large publicly-held corporations at trial and on appeal in some of the nation’s largest, most high-profile complex litigation matters. He routinely advises senior management and corporate Boards regarding litigation risks and strategy. For example: Rick has represented BP in Deepwater Horizon; GM in the Ignition Switch and Vehicle Recalls products liability and economic loss class action litigation; Aon in the insurance brokerage antitrust litigation arising out of New York Attorney General Spitzer’s investigation; Windstream in its bond covenant litigation; a large insurance company for over a decade in age discrimination lawsuits brought by the EEOC and in ERISA and age discrimination suits brought by plaintiffs’ class action lawyers; Exxon in gasoline pricing class action litigation; Celanese in alleged defective piping class action litigation; an industrial conglomerate in asbestos litigation; General Motors Corporation in its retiree health care litigation; and BP in various environmental class action lawsuits, among others. · Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

United StatesComplex Litigation, Class Actions

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Senior litigation partner with over three decades of experience representing large publicly-held corporations in high-profile complex litigation at trial and on appeal. Advises senior management and corporate boards on litigation risks and strategy.

Practice areas

Complex LitigationClass ActionsProducts LiabilityAppellate LitigationEnvironmental LitigationInsurance LitigationAntitrust LitigationSecurities LitigationEmployment LitigationERISA LitigationCorporate GovernanceRisk Management

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United States

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP · Rick is a senior litigation partner who for over three decades has represented large publicly-held corporations at trial and on appeal in some of the nation’s largest, most high-profile complex litigation matters. He routinely advises senior management and corporate Boards regarding litigation risks and strategy. For example: Rick has represented BP in Deepwater Horizon; GM in the Ignition Switch and Vehicle Recalls products liability and economic loss class action litigation; Aon in the insurance brokerage antitrust litigation arising out of New York Attorney General Spitzer’s investigation; Windstream in its bond covenant litigation; a large insurance company for over a decade in age discrimination lawsuits brought by the EEOC and in ERISA and age discrimination suits brought by plaintiffs’ class action lawyers; Exxon in gasoline pricing class action litigation; Celanese in alleged defective piping class action litigation; an industrial conglomerate in asbestos litigation; General Motors Corporation in its retiree health care litigation; and BP in various environmental class action lawsuits, among others.

United States

Expertise

Deepwater Horizon representation for BPIgnition Switch and Vehicle Recalls products liability and economic loss class action litigation for GMInsurance brokerage antitrust litigation for AonBond covenant litigation for WindstreamAge discrimination and ERISA class actions for a large insurance companyGasoline pricing class action litigation for ExxonAlleged defective piping class action litigation for CelaneseAsbestos litigation for an industrial conglomerateRetiree health care litigation for General Motors CorporationEnvironmental class action lawsuits for BP

Education

Boston University School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude)