PIERCE DAVIS & PERRITANO - Key Persons
Mr. Simms' current practice is centered on municipal civil rights litigation in defense of individuals and Massachusetts towns and agencies in both State and Federal court. He also represents public employers in defense of charges of discrimination before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Mr. Simms came to the firm with fifteen years of legal experience in all facets of litigation. He started his legal career in New York, where his work focused on directors and officers liability, professional liability and insurance coverage. Thereafter, he relocated to Massachusetts and spent seven years in the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, where his primary responsibilities included representing Commonwealth officials and agencies in State and Federal courts. While at the Attorney General's office, Mr. Simms developed expertise in administrative law, civil rights, and constitutional law.
Ms. Bengston's practice focuses on litigation defending cities, towns, and other public employers in Massachusetts against claims of negligence and premises liability. Her experience encompasses various phases of litigation and trial preparation, including discovery and motion practice.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Bengston was an associate attorney at a domestic relations and criminal defense firm where she handled high value divorce cases which included issues of child custody, support, alimony, and asset division.
Ms. Bengston received her Juris Doctor from New England Law Boston in 2021. While in law school, Ms. Bengston worked at a risk management consulting firm where she drafted and revised contract provisions related to risk transfer and insurance requirements. In addition, Ms. Bengston has experience working in a university setting under a Title IX coordinator where she assisted in document management and participated in large-scale incident investigations and Title IX training on campus.
Prior to beginning her legal career Ms. Bengston's work experience included underwriting commercial business for a large insurance carrier which involved evaluating risk and pricing of multi-line policies including property, general liability, workman's compensation, and automobile liability insurance.
Ms. Bengston received her undergraduate degree from Bryant University in 2013, where she majored in Business Management with minors in Communications and Legal Studies.
In his practice, Mr. Russell represents clients in all phases of litigation including discovery, motion practice, mediations, trial preparation, and appearances at court hearings. His experience includes the nationwide defense of equipment manufacturers in product liability actions, defending health care providers, advising small businesses, and representing municipalities and law enforcement personnel in personal injury, wrongful deaths, civil rights, and class actions.
Mr. Russell works closely with in-house counsel and national coordinating counsel in a wide variety of toxic tort civil actions. He is responsible for day-to-day case management, written discovery, fact and expert witness depositions, and motion practice. Additionally, Mr. Russell assists national and local counsel with trials pending in state and federal courts. While in law school, Mr. Russell was a member of the Pepperdine University's Interschool Appellate Advocacy Team and completed a fellowship with the Geoffrey H. Palmer Center for Entrepreneurship and the Law. Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano, Mr. Russell was an attorney in a Southern California law firm, where he managed numerous toxic tort, product liability, commercial, professional negligence, and civil litigation cases in the State of California and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Anne T. Khirallah is Of Counsel to Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.
Her practice focuses primarily on the defense of asbestos-related toxic tort actions. As a member of the firm's national coordinating counsel team representing an equipment manufacturer in asbestos litigation, Ms. Khirallah assists with trial preparation in federal and state cases across the United States. She reviews complex personal injury cases to assist with settlement strategy and the analysis of nuances in state laws regarding joint and several liability and apportionment.
Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, Mrs. Khirallah practiced law as an associate attorney in Rockville, MD primarily focused on the defense of the criminally accused in various counties throughout Maryland. She successfully defended cases ranging from misdemeanors to felonies from arraignment to appeal. She was a member of the Maryland Association for Justice and the Maryland State Bar Association.
Mrs. Khirallah received her law degree from the Catholic University of America, where she was Co-President of the Innocence Project Student Group. She was selected as a competition member for her law school's Society of Trial Advocates and competed across the country. She continued as a coach for various CUA Trial Advocate teams for two years post-graduation. During law school Mrs. Khirallah spent a year working in the Innocence Project Clinic investigating claims of innocence which required extensive due diligence in reviewing case files, investigating new leads, and consulting with experts in cutting edge scientific fields in criminal justice. In her third year of law school Mrs. Khirallah was a certified student attorney for D.C. Law Students in Court, where she tirelessly represented indigent clients before the D.C. Superior Court. She was a member of the Thurgood Marshall American Inn of Court as a student and as an alumni. Additionally Mrs. Khirallah clerked at the Alexandria, Virginia Public Defender's Office as well as the Montgomery County, Maryland, Office of the Public Defender. Mrs. Khirallah graduated with the Certificate for Exceptional Pro Bono Service Honors.
Mrs. Khirallah attended the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where she was a member of the National Scholars Honors Society, the Business and Law Society, and a founding member of UConn's Mock Trial Society.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate / Employment Law
- Associate With
Ms. Seigal has spent her career litigating complex toxic tort and product liability claims. She is involved in all phases of litigation, including discovery and depositions, dispositive and pre-trial motions, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation. Ms. Seigal is results-oriented and has been consistently successful in obtaining favorable outcomes for her clients.
Ms. Seigal has extensive experience defending clients in both state and federal courts in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Her experience ranges from representation of small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, including those involved in solar power and renewable energy, automotive industry, aviation industry, construction, manufacturing industry, and members of the cosmetic talc and industrial talc industry.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Seigal worked as a law clerk at a large Boston law firm while in law school, where she gained significant experience in the areas of general liability and insurance defense litigation. She also worked as a law clerk at a boutique litigation firm specializing in the defense of workers' compensation claims.
Ms. Seigal received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School, where she served as Executive Editor of the Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy, and staff member of the Moot Court Honor Board. Ms. Seigal received her Bachelor of Arts from Union College, where she was a member of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate With Pierce Davis
Ms. Howard's practice focuses on litigation defending cities, towns, and other public employers against claims of civil rights violations, wrongful death, negligence premises liability, and personal injury actions. Her experience encompasses various phases of litigation and trial preparation, including discovery, motion practice.
Prior to joining the firm as an attorney, Ms. Howard experience as a paralegal and law clerk. While working as a paralegal, Ms. Howard volunteered for the Volunteer Legal Clinic in connection with Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition, Ms. Howard worked in legal research, analyzing state and federal statutes and case law for use by national firms.
Ms. Howard received her Juris Doctorate from New England Law Boston in 2021. While in law school, Ms. Howard worked for the firm as a law clerk, where she drafted pleadings, analyzed client records, and conducted legal research. Ms. Howard obtained a Paralegal Certificate in 2015 from North Hennepin Community college, where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa.
Prior to beginning her legal career, Ms. Howard worked in retail management and volunteered for Kaboom, building children's playground in lower income communities in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Mr. Hunter has successfully tried cases to verdict in both Superior and District Courts throughout Massachusetts. In addition, as a practical advocate, he has successfully worked with his clients to favorably obtain the desired result through mediation and other alternative resolution mechanisms.
His practice is centered on the defense and litigation of a wide variety of civil actions in State court, including products liability, toxic torts, and municipal liability. Mr. Hunter also has experience representing corporations in breach of contract actions, and has represented insurance companies in subrogation claims.
Mr. Hunter also acts as National Coordinating Counsel for an equipment manufacturer. In this role, he is responsible for developing litigation strategies for cases nationwide. He supervises and manages cases, and is responsible for expert development and trial related activities in both State and Federal courts around the country.
He has also offered his time representing indigent plaintiffs through the volunteer Lawyer's Program and is an active volunteer for his children's youth sports organizations. (Baseball, Basketball, Football, Softball).
His practice focuses on the defense of asbestos, toxic tort, and products liability actions. Mr. Bertrand primarily assists in the nationwide defense of an equipment manufacturer in asbestos litigation. His work involves all phases of litigation, from work with expert witnesses and deposition attendance, to preparation of dispositive motions and trial preparation.
As a law student, Mr. Bertrand worked as a law clerk at two Boston general practice litigation firms, for a judge in Suffolk Superior Court, and for the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also participated in the Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Moot Court Competition in New York City.Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, Mr. Bertrand earned a fellowship with a professor at Northeastern University School of Law where he studied the public financing of private sports stadiums.
His practice is focused on litigation and trial advocacy in defense of corporations, individuals, governmental subdivisions, and agencies in the Massachusetts State and Federal Courts. Mr. Crotty is also a Mediator, certified in compliance with Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court requirements. Mr. Crotty also serves as an independent investigator into complaints of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. He has completed MCAD certified training in conducting internal discrimination complaint investigations.
Jeff Trapani is Of Counsel to Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.
Jeff concentrates in civil litigation, including insurance defense, employment law, municipal liability, business litigation and professional malpractice. He also represents landlords in summary process action and housing discrimination claims and insurance companies in unfair settlement claims and coverage issues.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner / Retired Partner
- Retired
- Retired Partner
- Retired Partner / Partner
Joel F. Pierce retired as a partner from Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP in June 2018 after more than four decades of practicing law. He now serves as of counsel to PDP, working on selected research projects.
Mr. Pierce began practicing law in 1976 with the Boston firm of Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, where he became a senior partner. In 1998, he joined John Davis, Judith Perritano, and the Honorable Elizabeth Fahey in founding Pierce, Davis, Fahey & Perritano LLP, now Pierce Davis & Perritano.
During his career, Mr. Pierce litigated cases in both state and federal courts throughout New England. Skilled in all phases of litigation from discovery, through trial and appeals, his experience spanned a broad spectrum of product liability and toxic tort cases, including consumer and recreational products, industrial products, aviation and transportation, chemicals and other toxic substances. In addition to product liability and toxic tort cases, Mr. Pierce also tried a number of cases in the areas of negligent security, liquor liability, police "excessive force", construction, motor vehicle, premises liability, employment discrimination and commercial disputes. These trials included such issues as "pure warnings" cases, defect and causation, consumer protection violations, compensatory damages for brain damage and severe disability, and punitive damages for wrongful death.
Recognized for his accomplishments by his peers and clients, Mr. Pierce has consistently received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed in Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers.
Mr. Pierce also fostered a spirit of giving at the firm through activities such as the annual AIDS Walk team and the Legal Food Frenzy to support the Greater Boston Food Bank. In honor of Mr. Pierce's commitment to serving his community and mentoring those around him, PDP sponsored a Greater Boston Legal Services summer law student in Mr. Pierce's name.
His practice is focused on litigation and trial advocacy in defense of individuals, corporations, and governmental subdivisions and agencies in federal court and in the state courts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Mr. Cloherty represents public and private employers in defense of charges of discrimination before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. He is also a frequent lecturer for Continuing Legal Education seminars for fellow lawyers as well as for client seminars.
Mr. Cloherty has represented numerous individuals, corporations, municipalities, schools and school districts, and other governmental agencies in defense of negligence, motor vehicle torts, products liability, premises liability, negligent security, medical malpractice, civil rights, discrimination, zoning and licensing disputes, and intentional tort claims. He has represented individuals and public employers under the Civil Rights laws of the United States and Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as the state and federal anti-discrimination laws. His trial experience includes diverse cases such as First Amendment claims, police misconduct, motor vehicle torts, breach of contract claims, property nuisance, accounting malpractice, and employment discrimination.
Mr. Cloherty also has experience representing individual property owners and municipalities in claims brought under the Federal Telecommunications Act (TCA) concerning the permitting, site selection, and construction of cellular communications towers. Mr. Cloherty has defended product manufacturers in claims of liability alleging defective construction equipment and truck campers. Mr. Cloherty has an active practice representing elevator maintenance and installation companies in personal injury lawsuits. He has also represented higher education institutions in tort, contract, and employment claims.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Cloherty served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston for three years. He also garnered substantial trial experience in criminal law while serving as a Rhode Island State Assistant Public Defender for two years. Attorney Cloherty began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Donald F. Shea of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Prior to law school, Mr. Cloherty gained business experience as a Trust Accountant at a large Boston bank. He also served as an officer in the U.S. Army, obtaining the rank of Captain and achieving distinctions of Airborne and Ranger qualifications.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner
- Partner
- Independent Investigator
- Partner With
He is head of the firm's Governmental Liability and Civil Rights Practice Group.
His primary practice focuses on the defense of cities, towns, and other public employers and public officials in suits alleging civil rights violations, discrimination, harassment, negligence, and educators' and school board liability.
Mr. Davis has successfully defended police officers sued for wrongful death and civil rights violations in connection with fatal shootings, high speed pursuits, and suicides by pre-trial detainees; school officials accused of harassment; sexual assault or unlawful discipline of students; and other public officials against allegations of defamation, abuse of process, unlawful license revocation, and wrongful termination.
Mr. Davis also serves as an independent investigator into complaints of harassment and discrimination in the workplace and Title IX violations. He has completed MCAD certified training in conducting internal employment discrimination complaint investigations.
Mr. Davis has been practicing in Boston since 1981. In 1998, he joined in co-founding Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner
- Managing Partner
- Partner
Judith A. Perritano is a Founding Partner of Pierce Davis & Perritano, a Boston- based full service civil litigation and trial firm founded in 1998.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Adjunct Professor at New England Law
- Associate With
His practice primarily focuses on litigation, trial, and appellate advocacy in defense of cities, towns, and other public employers in Massachusetts State and Federal Court. He routinely handles claims of negligence, premises liability, civil rights, discrimination, First Amendment, defamation, and employment matters. He has substantial experience handling all aspects of civil litigation at both the trial and appellate level. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of Vermont, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, Mr. Amos was an associate at a Boston-based defense litigation firm handling complex medical malpractice, professional liability, premise liability, and consumer-protection class actions. He also has experience defending financial institutions, businesses, and insurance companies in a wide range of complex civil litigation and commercial disputes. He began his legal career as a term law-clerk for the Honorable Arianne D. Vuono of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. While in law school, he interned for the Honorable Serge Georges, Jr., then of the Boston Municipal Court, and the Honorable Robert J. Cordy (ret.) of the Supreme Judicial Court.
Mr. Amos is also an Adjunct Professor at New England Law|Boston, where he teaches legal research and writing.
Mr. Callanan's practice focuses on the defense of asbestos, toxic tort, and product liability actions.
Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano, Mr. Callanan worked as an Assistant State Attorney at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, litigating dispositive motions, bench, and jury trials.
Mr. Callanan received his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School in 2021, where he participated in the Wendell F. Grimes Moot Court Competition and the Boston College Innocence Program. Mr. Callanan received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Siena College, cum laude, in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Discovery Counsel
In her practice, Ms. DeLuzio has represented corporations, small businesses, individuals, municipalities, and a government authority in all phases of litigation in numerous courts in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. She has also represented clients before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and has argued cases before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Appeals Court.
Her specific areas of practice include:
Products Liability
Asbestos Litigation
Tort and Contract Claims
Business Disputes
Legal Malpractice
Civil Fraud
Insurance Coverage
Employment Issues
Municipal Law
Ms. DeLuzio serves as lead defense discovery counsel in the Massachusetts asbestos litigation group for cases on each trial list. In this role, Ms. DeLuzio has conducted the depositions of hundreds of plaintiffs, including many plaintiffs whose cases are advanced for trial. Through this work, she has built strong working relationships with both the defense group and the plaintiffs' bar.
Ms. DeLuzio also supports the firm's asbestos litigation practice in the other jurisdictions by representing clients at depositions and working with the firm's junior attorneys to develop case handling strategies. Clients often call on her to represent them at depositions throughout New England for cases from jurisdictions around the country.
Ms. DeLuzio represents a wide variety of clients in the Massachusetts asbestos litigation. She handles cases from inception through the discovery process, and to the final stages of litigation including settlement discussions, mediations, and trial preparation. She advises clients on discovery issues and settlement strategies and works closely with in-house counsel and national coordinating counsel to carry out each client's global strategies. Ms. DeLuzio has an excellent command of the firm's clients' varied products and corporate histories, as well as a clear understanding of the legal issues involved in defending asbestos litigation claims in Massachusetts.
Ms. DeLuzio has practiced law in the Boston area since 1988. She is an accomplished litigator who has conducted numerous bench and jury trials in the courts of the Commonwealth, including the Superior Court, Land Court, and various District Courts.
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- of Counsel
- Member of the James
Mark J. Hoover is Of Counsel to Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.
His practice focuses on the defense of asbestos, toxic tort, and product liability actions.
With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Hoover has defended hundreds of cases and served as local, regional and national counsel. He works closely with in-house counsel and local counsel across the country and Europe in defending asbestos, toxic tort and product liability claims. Mr. Hoover is experienced in all phases of litigation including discovery, motion practice, mediations, trial preparation and arguing before state and federal courts. He has tried cases in numerous jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, Georgia and Florida.
Mr. Hoover has presented continuing legal education programs at the American Bar Association (ABA) on emerging issues in motor vehicle product liability and has attended the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy.
Mr. Hoover is a member of the James D. St. Clair Court Education program where he serves as a docent at the U.S. Federal Court in Massachusetts, providing educational tours and lectures for local school children.
Job Titles:
- Chief of Police of Wilmington & Another, 63 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 ( 2005 )
His practice primarily focuses on litigation, trial, and appellate advocacy in defense of cities, towns, and other public employers in Massachusetts State and Federal Court against claims of negligence, premises liability, civil rights, discrimination, First Amendment, defamation, and employment matters. Additionally, he represents cities, towns, and other public employers before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, Mr. Hamel was an Assistant Chief Counsel with the United States Department of Homeland Security, where he litigated complex immigration cases before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and represented the government in appellate matters before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Mr. Hamel began his legal career as a term law-clerk for the Honorable Kathryn E. Hand of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Mr. Hamel also has prior experience as a Sergeant with a Federal Law Enforcement Agency, as well as extensive experience conducting healthcare fraud investigations.
Maureen Pomeroy is Of Counsel to Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.
Ms. Pomeroy represents municipalities, business and non-profit clients in a variety of matters in Massachusetts and New Hampshire state and federal courts. Ms. Pomeroy also counsels businesses in employment matters. Her background includes preparing employment policies; separation agreements; wage and hour audits and conducting internal investigations in discrimination and harassment cases. Ms. Pomeroy also represents clients in product liability and other tort defense matters. She is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Ms. Pomeroy served as a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1999-2000.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Defendants' Discovery Committee for the Massachusetts Asbestos Litigation
- Partner With
Ms. Riordan is highly experienced in a variety of civil litigation areas, including product liability, premises liability, general liability. She has defended numerous corporations in occupational exposure cases, including a substantial number of asbestos lawsuits, throughout her legal career. Ms. Riordan has participated in all phases of the defense of these matters, from initial discovery through dispositive motions, expert discovery, settlement negotiations, and trial. Ms. Riordan regularly litigates cases in both state and federal courts in Massachusetts and has been consistently successful in obtaining favorable outcomes for her clients. She represents a broad range of manufacturers and suppliers of various types of products and equipment, including those involved in the construction trade, HVAC, automotive industry, aviation industry, talc industry, marine applications, and various manufacturing facilities. Ms. Riordan has been named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list and the Top 50 Women Massachusetts Super Lawyers list.
Ms. Riordan serves as a member of the Defendants' Discovery Committee for the Massachusetts Asbestos Litigation, which meets monthly or more to discuss and develop strategy to address various discovery issues in the litigation. She also regularly serves as lead discovery counsel in individual cases where she coordinates defense efforts, is lead examiner at depositions (both fact and expert witness) and serves as point person for case-specific discussions and negotiations with plaintiffs' firms in Massachusetts.
Ms. Riordan began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Essex County. Ms. Riordan spent over four years prosecuting serious felony cases at the District Court and Superior Court level. Ms. Riordan was the supervisor of the District Attorney's Domestic Violence Unit, and ultimately supervised the District Attorney's office at a large and busy District Court.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Riordan was an associate with a large Boston law firm, where her practice focused on general liability and insurance defense litigation, with a concentration on medical malpractice, premise liability, and products liability.
Partner Meghan Riordan Named as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA)
Her practice focuses primarily on the defense of asbestos-related toxic tort actions. She primarily assists in the nationwide defense of an equipment manufacturer in the asbestos litigation. Her work includes the investigation of key facts, the development of expert strategy, the preparation of dispositive and pre-trial motions and appellate briefs, and trial preparation and appellate support for federal and state cases filed in jurisdictions across the United States. Ms. Malloy also has experience in the area of consumer protection, including claims involving Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A and Chapter 90 § 7N¼.
After law school and immediately prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP, Ms. Malloy served three terms as an appellate law clerk to the Honorable Rhys S. Hodge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands. During her judicial clerkship, she gained valuable experience analyzing, researching, and writing on precise points of civil, criminal, and administrative law. As the Supreme Court of the U.S. Virgin Islands was a young appellate court at the time of her clerkship, she had the unparalleled opportunity to examine novel issues of law on a routine basis. As a consequence, she acquired extensive skills researching and analyzing substantive and procedural law from across numerous state and federal jurisdictions, which has been especially beneficial to her practice at the firm.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate With Pierce Davis
Ms. Phelan's practice primarily focuses on the defense of asbestos, toxic tort, and product liability actions. She has been involved in all phases of litigation and trial preparation for these matters, including depositions, discovery, and motion practice.
Prior to joining Pierce Davis & Perritano as an associate, Ms. Phelan worked as a paralegal at the firm for five years, gaining experience in asbestos litigation.
Ms. Phelan received her Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 2018,where she served as a member and editor of the Journal of High Technology Law. Ms. Phelan also participated in the inaugural year of the Suffolk Innocence Clinic. Ms. Phelan received a Bachelor of Arts in English, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 2015 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she was a member of the Commonwealth Honors College.
Job Titles:
- Superintendent of Schools of Concord & Carlisle, 465 Mass. 305 ( 2013 )
Stephen Corcoran is Of Counsel with Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP.
Mr. Corcoran's practice for the past decade has focused on asbestos product liability. During his career, he has defended manufacturers of automobiles, pumps, boilers, valves, and other equipment in refineries, steel mills, mines, processing plants, assembly plants and ships in cases involving asbestos containing products and premises liability. Mr. Corcoran has also represented manufacturers of chemical products in toxic tort litigation.
Mr. Corcoran brings a wealth of real life experience to his practice by virtue of his significant pre-law "civilian" experience in industrial and commercial construction, serving as an engineer with experience in piping design, hydraulic flow calculations and hands-on experience as a pipe fitter. He also has several years of legal experience representing premises owners, general contractors and subcontractors in construction site accident and defect claims.
Mr. Corcoran has successfully tried cases in California Superior Courts, including participation in multiple asbestos trials in Los Angeles Superior Court in the past fifteen years.