- Compliance and Investigations
- Political Law
- Litigation
- Business Disputes / Commercial
- Securities / Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Litigation
- Employment
- Product Liability and Toxic Torts
- Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs
- Government Affairs
- Economic Development
- Privatization
- Political Law
- J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1973
- A.B., Dartmouth College, 1970, cum laude
- District of Columbia, 1977
- New York, 1975
- Pennsylvania, 1974
- Chair, Hudson River Park Trust
- Vice Chair, Empire State Development Corporation and related authorities
- Director, New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority
- Trustee, The New-York Historical Society
- Trustee, Historic Hudson Valley
- Director, New York Parks and Conservation Association
- Director, National Chamber Foundation/U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, New York State Bar Association
- Director, The New York Bar Foundation
CHARLES E. "TRIP" DORKEY III
Partner, New York
230 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10169
TEL: 212.905.8330
FAX: 212.922.1819
EMAIL: cdorkey@mckennalong.com
PROFILE
Charles “Trip” Dorkey is a prominent litigator in the New York office of McKenna Long & Aldridge. Trip joined from Torys LLP, where he was the head of their U.S. Litigation department, and brings over 30 years of business litigation experience. Throughout his career, Trip has served as lead counsel in significant cases nationwide involving securities, reinsurance, construction, real estate, employment, and a broad range of commercial and other business disputes, many of which have arisen out of mergers and acquisition activities.
Trip has handled a variety of transnational cases dealing with non-U.S. legal proceedings and issues in many countries including Brazil, China, Nigeria, Turkey, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and many European countries. Much of his work has involved matters at the intersection between private and public activity. Most recently, his practice has involved disputes over financial sector acquisitions, tax shelter transactions, distributions from failed hedge funds, and insurance coverage.