Honor Costello

Partner

Overview

Honor Costello is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s New York office. Her practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including class actions and multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. She represents clients in antitrust, product liability, mass tort, environmental, and commercial litigation in state and federal court. She has extensive experience representing clients in the insurance, energy, manufacturing, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

While in law school, she served as a managing editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. She also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Charles J. Siragusa, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. Honor has been recognized by the Legal Aid Society for protecting the rights of low-income workers.

Career & Education

|
    • Wellesley College, B.A., cum laude, 2003
    • Cornell Law School, J.D., 2011
    • Wellesley College, B.A., cum laude, 2003
    • Cornell Law School, J.D., 2011
    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Representative Matters

  • Defending health insurance companies in nationwide and statewide class actions asserting antitrust claims.
  • Representing major automobile manufacturer in nationwide class action alleging vehicle performance defects, breach of warranty, fraud, and consumer protection claims.
  • Representing a medical school in litigation relating to breach of a patent license agreement.
  • Defending health insurers in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigation.
  • Representing a U.S. reinsurance company in litigations relating to underlying asbestos and environmental losses.
  • Representing a leading marketing and communications agency in a dispute with former employees regarding violation of nonsolicitation covenants and misappropriation of trade secrets.