Kevin Dugan, Member of Abramson, Brown & Dugan
Membership: The Florida Bar; New Hampshire Bar Association; The Florida Justice Association; The American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member, Professional Negligence Section, Birth Trauma Litigation Group); New Hampshire Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1995-present; Secretary, 1996-1997; Treasurer, 1997-1998; President-Elect, 1998-1999; President, 1999-2000; Chairman, CLE Committee, 1996-1999; Chairman, Legislative Committee, 2000-; Recipient, Board of Governors, Award, 1997 and 2003); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Plaintiff's Personal Injury
Admissions: 1985, Florida; 1986, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, New Hampshire and U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire
Kevin was born in Kingston, New York in 1959 and grew up in Florida. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University in 1981 and law degree from Stetson College of Law in 1985. He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1985 and was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1986. In 1987, he was admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and before the bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1990. Kevin moved to New Hampshire and joined the firm in 1990. He is admitted to practice in the State Courts of New Hampshire and in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Kevin is a former President of the New Hampshire Association for Justice formerly known as the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association, and has served as a member of its Board of Governors since 1995. He is the Chairman of the Association's Legislative Committee and formerly chaired the Continuing Legal Education Committee. He was awarded the Board of Governor's Award in 1997 and the President's Award in 2003. Kevin is also a Sustaining Member of the American Association for Justice formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, actively involved with the Association's Birth Trauma Litigation Group, and is a member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Kevin also remains an active member of the Florida Bar and the Florida Association for Justice, and is of counsel to the Masterson Law Group in St. Petersburg.
Kevin was listed on the Power List 2003 (Bartlett Report) compiled by PoliticsNH.com, which identifies New Hampshire's 30 most politically influential personalities. He appears frequently before the legislature on civil justice and medical malpractice issues. Kevin has been recognized as one of New Hampshire’s Top Attorneys in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Law by New Hampshire Magazine in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Kevin is also listed by Woodward and White as one of the Best Lawyers in America in Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation, and received this honor in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Kevin has an ‘AV’ rating, the highest rating available, in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, a publication which independently rates lawyers on the basis of their peers' opinions. He is also listed in Who's Who in American Law, which recognizes the country's most distinguished legal professionals. In 2007, Best of the US.com, a publishing, consulting, and research firm named Kevin to its list of professionals devoted to excellence in the field of personal injury. Kevin was also named as one of New England’s Super Lawyers in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Kevin's twenty-four years of practicing law have been devoted to representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice and personal injury cases in New Hampshire and in Florida.
