McIntire School Advisory Board

Gardner G. Courson

Gardner Courson, previously Tyco International’s Deputy General Counsel, Litigation, is Vice President and General Counsel of Tyco Fire & Security. Gardner assumed the title of Vice President and Deputy General Counsel/Special Litigation for Tyco International (US).

Mr. Courson practiced as a trial lawyer for 29 years and is admitted to six of the United States Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is the former Managing Partner of the Atlanta office of McGuireWoods and was a member of the firm’s Board of Partners before leaving the firm to join Tyco. Mr. Courson has successfully handled hundreds of lawsuits across the United States, focusing on complex employment, labor relations, and related business tort issues. He has acted as employers’ legal adviser in numerous individual and class actions and is widely viewed as an authority on litigation management, alternative fees, and the use of technology.

Mr. Courson graduated from the University of Virginia and earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. He is a Fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, recipient of the General Counsel’s Award for Achievement in Diversity from the DuPont Legal Department, and a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
 

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