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Mr. Regan is a partner in the Firm’s Tort Defense Group. He focuses his practice on the defense of corporate entities against claims of serious and catastrophic injury including product liability and negligence. His clients have ranged from multinational Fortune 500 companies to closely held companies. Mr. Regan’s practice also includes work on insurance and reinsurance coverage disputes. Legal Experience LeClairRyan, Newark, New Jersey, January 2008-Present Day Pitney LLP, Morristown, New Jersey, 1999-2007 Hurley & Vasios, P.A., Short Hills, New Jersey, 1996-1999 Law Clerk, The Honorable Stephen F. Smith, Jr., J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Morris County, New Jersey, 1995-1996 Education Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1995 University of Richmond, B.A., Psychology, 1992 Extended Information Representative Matters Defended a case alleging that a space heater caused a fire that destroyed a home in Orange, New Jersey, killing three adults and six children, and injuring five other adults, three of whom were forced to jump from a third story window. One of them also had burns because his clothes were on fire. The husband had a claim for emotional distress because his wife was on the phone with him when the fire ignited, and he arrived at the home to find the entire building engulfed in flame. The cause and origin was the thrust of the defense because the v patterns did not support the plaintiffs' claim. Personal injury and property damage Defended a U.S. manufacturer of automatic doors in a product liability/negligence claim. Procured a voluntary dismissal of all claims against the company after the deposition of the plaintiff’s expert. Defended a Taiwanese manufacturer of rubber milling machines in two catastrophic injury matters on the grounds that there was no personal jurisdiction over the manufacturer in New Jersey. Manufacturer was granted summary judgment prior to answering the complaint. Represented a U.S. manufacturer of hand tools in products liability litigation involving scleroderma and hand-arm vibration syndrome. Obtained summary judgment at the close of discovery. Represented an equipment finance company in the issuance of an ex parte writ and order of replevin and repossession of a 55,000 pound milling machine. Rivers v. LSC Partnership, 378 N.J. Super. 68 (App. Div. 2005) Callahan v. The Stanley Works, 306 N.J. Super. 488 (Law Div. 1997) Speaking Engagements Warnings: For Adults Only? Defense Research Institute Conference, Children’s Products Subgroup, February 2008 Top 10 Cases, Defense Research Institute Conference, ACMIE Subgroup, February 2007 Published Works New Jersey Supreme Court Gives Res Ipsa New Life in Negligence Claims DRI Products Liability Committee, December 2005, with Seamus M. Morley Deluding the Unwary: The Revised Medicare Secondary Payer Act For the Defense, January 2005, with Seamus M. Morley What’s the Diehl? Third Circuit Rules of Evidence of Subsequent Remedial Measures Admissible, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Volume 12, No. 7, July 2000 Products Litigation: Design and Manufacture a Winning Strategy For The Defense, January 2004 Foul! Assessing the Liability for Co-Participants in Sporting Activity, The Trial Lawyer, Volume 24, Number 1, page 32, January/February 2001, with Paul J. Halasz Honors and Awards AV rated by Martindale-Hubbel Selected as a New Jersey Super Lawyer Rising Star by Law & Politics magazine in 2006 and 2007 Professional Memberships CASA of Morris and Sussex Counties: Board of Trustees, 2006-Present Defense Research Institute: ACMIE Subgroup Steering Committee; Atlantic Regional Chair, Large Law Firm Initiative American Bar Association: Member Morris County Bar Association: Member New Jersey State Bar Association Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court: Barrister, 2003-2005 Fraternity/Sorority Memberships Kappa Sigma Fraternity Admissions New Jersey Pennsylvania U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Place of Birth Morristown, New Jersey. |
