Roy L. Reardon is a member of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Litigation Department.  His trial and litigation experience covers a wide gamut of areas, including jury trials in state and federal trial courts around the country and arguing numerous appeals, including argument in the U.S. Supreme Court.  His areas of particular specialty include commercial law, antitrust, product liability, professional responsibility, securities law, arbitration and mediation.

Mr. Reardon is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and is active in a number of bar associations.  He serves as an arbitrator and mediator in domestic and international arbitrations and has lectured widely on a variety of litigation topics.  He is the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, First Department and a Special Master in the Appellate Division, First Department.

Mr. Reardon joined Simpson Thacher in 1954 after receiving his J.D. from St. John’s University Law School.  He has been a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee for many years, as well as Chairman of the Litigation Department.

Honors/Associations

•	American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Treasurer, 1987-1991
•	New York State Bar Association
•	American Bar Association
•	Nassau County Bar Association
•	First Department, Disciplinary Committee, Appellate Division, Special Counsel

Publications

•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Rent Abatement Requires Demonstrated Damages or Non-Trivial Loss of Use
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: 'Occupy the Field' Preemption, 'Serious Injury' under No-Fault Law
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Decides Numerous Criminal Appeals and Discusses FOIL Requests
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Litigation and Governmental Immunity
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Unusual World Trade Center Argument, Choice-of-Law, Tainted Marital Property
•	Second Circuit Affirms Madoff Trustee’s Use of “Net Investment Method” to Calculate Net Equity Under SIPA
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Internet Service Provider Immunity, Challenge to Insurer Transaction
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Defective Design, HIPAA, 'Brady,' and Implied Consent to Mistrial
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Improper Solicitation, Post-Release Supervision, Stabilized Rent Increases
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Long-Arm Jurisdiction Over Copyright Infringement Via The Internet
•	The Supreme Court Considers Implied Preemption of Failure-to-Warn Claims Against Generic Drug Manufacturers
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Issues Two Insurance Decisions
•	The Supreme Court Finds No Conflict Pre-emption Based on Federal Seatbelt Regulation
•	The Supreme Court Finds Design Defect Claims Preempted under the Vaccine Act
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Standard for Relief from Conditional Orders of Preclusion
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Resolves Issues Arising out of ‘Batson’ Challenges
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Limits of ‘Gatekeeper’ Professionals’ Liability
•	The Supreme Court Considers Conflict Preemption Case Concerning Federal Seatbelt Regulation
•	The Supreme Court Hears Express Preemption Case Relating to Alleged Vaccine Design Defect
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Condemnation, Canine Sniff Searches, Privity for Legal Malpractice
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Legitimacy of Domestic Violence Parts and Bronx Criminal Division
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Right to Counsel, Same-Sex Parents, Support, Equitable Distribution
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Cost-Sharing in Arbitration Agreements, Assumption of Risk, Special Education
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Judicial Compensation, Foreign Adoption, Garnishment, Constitutional Issues
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Eminent Domain, Same-Sex Benefits, Environmental Challenges
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Rent Stabilization, Champerty, Lieutenant Governor Appointment
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Duty of Examining Physician, UCC Meets Bankruptcy Code, City Subpoenas
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Absent Class Member Access to Counsel Files, Benefits for Aliens, Youth Curfew
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: GPS Tracking as Illegal Search, Ruling on Optional Safety Feature
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Attorney’s Attempted Deceit, Attorney as Unsworn Witness, Blood Sample Seizure and Testing
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Preemption, Pothole Law Notice and Double Jeopardy
•	Supreme Court Finds in a “Lights” Cigarettes Case That Claims for Violation of a State Statutory Duty Not to Deceive Are Not Preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Internal Investigation Issues, Ecclesiastical and Church Property Dispute
•	Supreme Court Hears Its Second Significant Preemption Case This Term
•	The Supreme Court Revisits the Preemption of State Law Consumer Protection Claims
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: On Federal Preemption, Grasso Compensation Litigation
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Executives as “Employees” for Labor Law, Forfeiture of Peremptories, and Attorney’s Fees
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Standard for Pleading Fraud, Discovery Sanctions, and Imposing Post-Release Supervision
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Buyer’s Agent’s Duties, Limited Liability Company Derivative Actions, and Damages for AIDS Exposure
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Products Liability, Body Cavity Searches, and Dog Bites
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Consequential Damages, Employment-at-Will, Fingerprint and DNA Test Results
•	Supreme Court Bars State Common Law Claims Challenging Medical Devices with FDA Pre-Market Approval
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Unfair Competition and the "Famous Marks" Doctrine, Waiver of Right to 12 Jurors, and Long-Arm Jurisdiction
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: LLP Provides No Shield in Partnership Disputes, No Suppression for Violation of Physician-Patient Privilege, Religious Disputes
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Compelled Production of HIPPA-Compliant Authorizations, Absence of Tort Duty, and Disorderly Conduct
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Non-Waiver of Right of Compel Arbitration, Negligent Spoliation of Evidence, and the Death Penalty (Again)
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Statutory Grace Period of CPLR 205(a), Power of Comptroller to Conduct an Audit, and Collateral Estoppel
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Additional Insured's Right to Defense, High-Low Agreements, Driving While Intoxicated, and the Confrontation Clause
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: "Continuous Representation" Doctrine, Comptroller's Authority, and Specificity of Criminal Charges
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Interviewing Former Employees, Amending Law Firm Partnership Withdrawal Provisions, Punitive Damages, and Videotaped Inconsistent Statements
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Conversion of Electronic Data, Tortious Interference With Contract, and Legal Malpractice
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Expert Testimony on Eyewitness ID, Absolute Immunity for Statements to NASD, Grandparent Visitation, Court of Claims Requirements
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Single vs. Multiple Insurance “Occurrences,” Class Actions Seeking Treble Damages Under the Donnelly Act, and Notice of Photo Array Identification
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Municipal (Non)Liability for Breach of Duty, Equitable Estoppel and the Statute of Limitations, and the Confrontation Clause
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Addresses Sex Offender Commitment, Lemon Law and “Deceptive” Trade Practices
•	School Funding III, Religion Clauses and Harmless Sandoval Error
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Expert Evidence on Toxic Tort Causation
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Opens New Term and Is Joined by Judge Pigott
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Addresses Same-Sex Marriage and Depraved Indifference (Again)
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Personal Jurisdiction Based Upon ‘Instant Messaging‘, Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Products Liability and Judicial Misconduct
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Evidentiary Issues in Medical Malpractice, Res Ipsa, and Expert Testimony on Eyewitness Identification
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Harmless Deprivation of the Right to Counsel and Sole Legal Cause of Injury
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Tort Reform Impact on Common Law Indemnification, Collective Bargaining and the Superfund Tax.
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Decides Clergy Sexual Abuse, Domestic Partner Benefits and Felony Murder Cases
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Confrontation Clause, Depraved Indifference Murder, and Res Judicata
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Underwriter Liability, Duty of Care, and Destructive Searches Addressed by the Court
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: The Court of Appeals Rules on Banking, Zoning and Workers' Compensation Issues with Broad Impact
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court Affirms No Court TV In New York and Decides Criminal Cases
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Underwriters May Owe Fiduciary Duty: Blue Cross For-Profit Conversion Upheld
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: No-Fault, Indian Gaming, In Utero Injury
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Movement Away From the “No Prejudice” Rule For Late Notice of Insurance Claims?
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: 9/11 Material Under FOIL; Taxing Telecommuters; Federal Arbitration Act
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court of Appeals Again Tackles Adequacy of Education Opportunities
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Court of Appeals Decides Two Insurance Cases and When the Non-Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitation Applies
•	The Governor's Budget Powers Under the New York Constitution; Death Benefits Distribution; Self-Defense Against Domestic Violence
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Witnessing Domestic Abuse Not Neglect; Political Party Imbalance; "Grave" Brain Injury
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Fair Elections, Tortious Interference with Prospective Economic Relations, and Criminal Procedure
•	Death Penalty Statute Invalidated, Discrimination in Disability Coverage Upheld
•	Equitable Distribution, Summary Judgment and Grand Juries
•	Developer §1983 Claims, City Bailout Bonds, Pothole Law
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Recovery for Emotional Distress from Loss of Fetus
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Federal Statutes and Local Control
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: On the Excited-Utterance Exception and Salvaged-Airbags Sales
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: On Late Denial of Insurance Coverage and Car Forfeiture Statute
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Death Penalty, Taxing the Non-Resident Employee
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Shareholder Derivative Action, Criminal Cases
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Family and Insurance Law and the Stalking Statute
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Indian Casinos / Separation of Powers, Unemployment Benefits and Toxic Torts
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: School Funding and Judicial Misconduct Decisions
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Malpractice, Co-op Eviction and Foreign Judgment Enforcement
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Judicial Code of Conduct, Personal Injury Actions
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Post-Verdict Juror Issues, Labor Law Section 2401(1), Attorneys' Fees
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: On Ineffective Counsel, At-Will Employment, Surveillance Tapes
•	New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Fourth Amendment, Batson and Grievance Arbitration

Admissions

•	New York 1954
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1955
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1955
•	U.S. District Court Northern District of New York 1970
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 1954
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit 1986
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit 1993
•	U.S. Supreme Court 1987

Education

•	St. John's University School of Law, 1954 J.D.
•	St. Francis College, 1951 B.A.