Georgene Vairo is a Professor of Law and William M. Rains Fellow at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Professor Vairo received her B.A. from Sweet Briar College, was awarded a M.Ed., with Distinction, in Social Studies from the University of Virginia, and graduated first in her class from Fordham University School of Law. She served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph M. McLaughlin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, when he sat with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York; practiced antitrust law with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom; and joined the faculty of the Fordham University School of Law in 1982, where she also served as Associate Dean from 1987 until 1995.

She has written numerous articles on forum selection problems, mass tort litigation, federal practice, and jurisdiction, and has written and edited several books, including Rule 11 Sanctions and the chapters on removal jurisdiction, venue, change of venue, and multidistrict litigation in Moore’s Federal Practice.

From November 1988 until its closing in April 2000, Professor Vairo served on the Board of Trustees of the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, and since 1989 as the Chairperson. She serves on the editorial boards of several litigation and dispute resolution journals, including Moore's Federal Practice. Professor Vairo also is a member of the Rand Corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice Board of Overseers.

She is a member of the American Law Institute, has participated in numerous academic conferences, and has lectured widely to the bench and bar at programs various national and local associations and institutes.