Areas of Practice

Mr. Drennan has been a trial lawyer since 1981, and provides legal services principally in the following areas:

- Appeals in Federal and State (District of Columbia and Virginia) Civil and Criminal Cases;

Alien Tort Claims Act Litigation (Defense and Prosecution)

Appellate Litigation

Bankruptcy Law

Civil Litigation

Civil Rights

Constitutional Law

Criminal Law

Intellectual Property (Copyright and Trademark Infringement Litigation)

- Immigration Law

- Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act

Libel and Slander Litigation

Litigation on behalf of American Nationals who are Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism (under the provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act ("The Antiterrorism Act")(codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1605A (2008)). The Antiterrorism Act, as amended, provides, in part, that U.S. nationals may bring suit against foreign sovereigns for personal injury resulting from "torture, extrajudicial killing, aircraft sabotage, hostage taking or the provision of material support or resources . . . for such an act" if the foreign state is designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. 28 U.S.C. § 1605A

- LItigation on behalf of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks upon the United States under the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (Pub. L. 114-222)

- Torture Victims Protection Act (Defense)

Representative Matters