E-mail: MChafe@CornellGollub.com
Tel: (617) 912-6530 Fax : (617) 482-3917

Marie E. Chafe has concentrated her practice in the defense of complex product liability, commercial litigation, and toxic tort matters in Boston since joining Cornell & Gollub in 1991. She became a partner of Cornell & Gollub in 2001, and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Ms. Chafe represents numerous local, national, and international corporations in the state and federal courts throughout the New England.

Concentration

•	Product Litigation (automotive, truck, personal watercraft, industrial machinery, consumer appliances)

•	Automobile dealer franchise disputes and litigation

•	General Litigation/Personal injury

•	Commercial Litigation

Professional & Community Involvement

•	Women’s Bar Association - Member, Business Development Committee

•	American Bar Association - Section of Litigation - Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section - Woman Advocate Committee

•	Defense Research Institute

•	Massachusetts Bar Association - Civil Litigation Section)

•	Connecticut Bar Association

Publications

When the Plaintiff Knew (or should have known) the Risks – Application of the Sophisticated User Defense, Defense Research Institute, Trucking Law Committee, In Transit Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 1, April 2010
Understanding Time Limits on Removing Multiparty Cases to Federal Court, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Mass Torts Litigation Committee Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 3, Summer 2009
- reprinted, Appellate Practice Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, Winter 2010
- reprinted, Committee on Pretrial Practice & Discovery Newsletter, Vol. 18, No. 2, Winter 2010

Awards

Paul Perez Prize for Meritorious Achievement in Psychology

Named a 2005 Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Star in the area of Civil Litigation Defense (as published in Boston Magazine)

Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America

Education

J.D., George Washington University National Law Center, 1990
B.A., Colby College, 1987

Admitted to Practice

1990 Massachusetts
1991 Connecticut
1991 U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
1991 U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
1999 U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut