PATRICK M. REGAN
PATRICK M. Regan is president and senior partner at Regan Zambri Long, PLLC in Washington, D.C. He focuses on handling complex cases such as those involving catastrophic injuries, product liability, medical malpractice, traumatic brain injury and wrongful death. He also has extensive experience with cases involving Metro subway and Metro bus accident claims against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Regan is board certified in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Throughout his extensive legal career, he has recovered verdicts and settlements valued at more than $250 million.
With more than three decades of civil trial experience, Regan’s work has resulted in precedent-setting appellate decisions that include a landmark decision establishing dram shop liability in restaurants regarding serving alcohol to minors.
He has also obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the history of Washington, D.C. These include a $77 million settlement in a wrongful death case; a settlement of $17 million for a defective product; an $11.5 million settlement for a young child injured in a race; an $11.3 million settlement for a woman severely burned as a result of a defectively designed automobile; a $7.3 million verdict for medical malpractice; and a $6.5 million verdict for a customer who was severely injured in a Walmart.
Regan is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has also served for more than 20 years on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice. He has been named one of the Top Ten Power Lawyers in Washington, and is annually recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers. He maintains an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Regan earned a BA from Hamilton College, and a JD from The Catholic University of America.
Married with three children, Regan traces his Irish ancestry to counties Clare, Kilkenny and Cork four generations back.