Attorneys serving Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Robert J. O'Regan

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3650
Location: Boston, MA
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Practice:

Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Experience:

Mr. O'Regan has successfully represented clients involving commercial and employment matters, fiduciary duties of corporate officers and directors, trustees, and guardians. He also represents clients in complex divorce cases in which the valuation and division of business or trust assets are a primary issue.

Mr. O'Regan's expertise in civil and commercial litigation includes directors' and officers' liability, fidelity bond claims, real estate title issues, and discharges from employment. He has successfully represented businesses and individuals before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. His practice also includes representing professionals before licensing and disciplinary authorities.

Memberships:

Boston Bar Association, Fiduciary Litigation Committee, Co-Chairman
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Council for Public Justice

Additional Information:

Mr. O'Regan was appointed to serve a 5-year term on his local Zoning Board of Appeals on June 7, 2005.
While at the Georgetown University Law Center, Bob served as managing editor of the American Criminal Law Review.

Education:

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
M.A., Economics, Tufts University
B.A., magna cum laude, Tufts University

Awards:

Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2004. The selection of attorneys is based on a poll and internal research done by Law & Politics Magazine and reviewed by an independent blue ribbon panel of their peers. Listed attorneys and finalists consist of the top 5% of attorneys in Massachusetts. The listing appeared in the November issue of Boston Magazine and in New England Super Lawyers Magazine.

Quotes:

6/19/2009, Boston Herald - Court eyes seniors’ trust for health bills
Robert O'Regan was quoted in this article by Jay Fitzgerald.
1/6/2009, FOX Business News - NYU's Case Against Merkin
Robert O'Regan discusses the Madoff case regarding the NYU lawsuit. Watch Interview
12/29/2008, www.endowmentforum.com - Due Diligence After Madoff
Robert O'Regan was quoted in this blog, discussing the due diligence that is required of those who oversee how endowment funds are invested.
9/28/2006, NECN - Elder Fraud
Bob O'Regan was interviewed by Mont Fennel on September 28, 2006 regarding an elder fraud case.
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4/13/2005, Channel 2 WGBH - Interview: "Greater Boston with Emily Rooney"
Robert O'Regan was interviewed.
8/4/2003, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - "Home Companion Has Lawyer Rewrite Invalid's Will"
Robert O'Regan and the Casoni vs. Pagliarani case were featured in the Verdicts & Settlements section.
4/16/2001, Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly (p. 29, M.L.W. 1851, pages B1, B3) - "Boston Lawyer Robert J. O'Regan Discusses a Case That Seeks to Have the Issue of State Funding for Private Schools Placed on the Ballot"
Robert O'Regan was interviewed by Wendy Pfaffenbach in the Esq. section about the Anti-Initiative Amendment.

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Recent Articles and Publications:

The Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual
Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (MCLE), 2008
Co-editors: Phyllis E. Federico, Peter F. Zupcofska, et al. Other Burns & Levinson contributing authors: Brian Bixby, Barbra Black, Lisa Cukier, Dianne Frade, Marshal Grant, Robert O'Regan, Jeffrey Soilson, Susan Stenger & Nancy Van Tine

Preventing Elder Fraud: Don't Let Good Intentions Go Bad
Focus, Fall 2007

Trustees: Don't Get Stuck with the Bill
Focus, June 2001

Speaking Engagements:

After King: Fees and Costs in Probate Litigation, 2.11.2010
Location: Boston Bar Association
Role: Speaker

How to Know Your Assets Serving as a Trustee in the Age of Madoff, 10.5.2009
Location: Boston Bar Association CLE Program
Role: Moderator

Easing the Pain of Divorce with Insurance, Annuities, Trusts and Estate Planning, 1.13.2009
Location: Boston, MA
Role: Panelist
Discussion of how to deal with existing insurance and realted products, as well as which ones to consider adding to the financial plans of the divorcing parties.

Massachusetts Bar Association, Probate Section, 12.10.2007
Location: Boston, MA
Role: Presenter
Topic: A top 10 list of reasons from Estate of Moretti: When good intentions go bad

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