Christopher J. Regan, Attorney
Christopher J. Regan
Complex Litigation, Mental Health, Elder Law, Bad Faith Insurance, General Practice
- Law Office: Bordas & Bordas, PLLC
- Pittsburgh Law Firms
- Law School: Notre Dame Law School
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CHRIS REGAN'S practice focuses on Bordas & Bordas, PLLC's complex litigation matters, including cases of insurance bad faith , class actions, consumer fraud, wrongful death, medical malpractice and nursing home negligence . Chris has obtained jury verdicts and negotiated settlements on behalf of his clients in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania and he has handled appellate matters in the Supreme Court of the United States of America , the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia , the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Karpas v. Murthy and Boggs v. Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital , both tried with Geoff Brown, as well as Meredith v. Heartland of Clarksburg , tried with Jim Bordas . In 2006, in Belmont County Ohio, a major nursing home wrongful death suit, McCartney v. Crestview , settled confidentially during jury deliberations. Chris has also argued frequently before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in cases that made new law for West Virginia such as State ex rel. Allstate v. Madden , Boggs v. Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital and State ex rel. Erie Property and Casualty Co. v. Mazzone . In 2007, Chris authored an amicus curiae brief for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on behalf of the Petitioner in Riggs v. WVU Hospital.
Chris' case styled Mary Jo Stefanakis v. Office of Personnel Management resulted in an order that the federal government reconsider its decision to deny a life-saving allogeneic bone marrow transplant to a Pittsburgh woman. Chris represented Mrs. Stefanakis and her husband at the preliminary injunction hearing in 2003 that resulted in the reversal of the coverage denial on Good Friday of that year. Mrs. Stefanakis, who had been given six months to live by her doctors, subsequently received a successful transplant.
Chris, along with Jim Bordas and Patty Fisher, has developed a series of digital video presentations for many of Bordas & Bordas' complex cases. Ask us to view clips of the video presentations prepared for Stemple v. Allegheny Energy Inc, Miller v. American Electric Power , Evans v. Allied Waste or other complex litigation matters. He has also been selected to speak at the popular West Virginia Bar Association's Litigation seminar, held annually in Davis, West Virginia.
While attending Notre Dame Law School , Chris was twice Notre Dame's appellate moot court champion. Chris earned Notre Dame's Kirby Award for excellence in oral advocacy and also received the Weber Award for brief writing. As a member of the Notre Dame Law Review , Chris served as the Production Editor. He published an article entitled A Whole Lot of Nothing Going On: The Civil Rights "Remedy" of the Violence Against Women Act, 75 NOTRE DAME L.R. 797 (1999), in the Law Review during his third year of law school. Chris also served as a coach for the Notre Dame undergraduate mock trial team. Before joining Bordas & Bordas, Chris worked as a summer law clerk for the Honorable Judge Michael A. Telesca in the Western District of New York and with White & Case LLP in New York City.
Chris received his bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Notre Dame in 1997. Offered Appointment to the United States Naval Academy in 1993, Chris elected to perform his military service in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Notre Dame . He served for four years as a midshipman, including brief sea tours aboard the USS Port Royal (CG-73) and the USS John Hancock (DDG-981). Click here to see Chris at sea aboard the Port Royal , with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the background.
Chris is a 1993 graduate of Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester, New York. In high school, Chris was the 1993 Catholic National Champion in debate. He was the 1992 and 1993 New York State Champion . Chris was selected to serve as captain of the United States National Debate Team in 1993. Chris was then invited to travel abroad to lecture Israeli students in Tel Aviv, Israel, in the summer of 1993. He continued to educate foreign students in debate in 1994 when he traveled to Scotland to lecture and perform in exhibitions.
Chris is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States of America, as well as in West Virginia, Ohio and Fourth Circuit . He also belongs to the West Virginia State Bar Association , the Ohio Association for Justice , the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association , and the West Virginia Association for Justice .
Chris' wife Paige operates an equestrian boarding facility at their farm in Triadelphia, West Virginia. Chris and Paige belong to St. Michael's parish in Wheeling.
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Pennsylvania | 2002 |
Ohio | 2001 |
West Virginia | 2000 |
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