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A Few Words About Tom Eagan
Tom Eagan joined the firm in October, 1997. He received a Bachelor
of Arts in Politics from Fairfield University, and his law degree
from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. While attending
law school, Tom clerked for the U.S. Coast Guard, Division of Maritime
and International Law, and handled a variety of water pollution
and marine safety matters.
Tom first practiced law, eventually becoming a partner, with Mooney
& Eagan in New York. In his seventeen years of practice Tom
gained substantial experience in many aspects of international law,
including vessel purchase, finance and registration; representing
foreign fishing vessel owners before the U.S. Government; representing
vessel owners and cargo interests in charter party disputes in court
and in New York and London arbitration; representing marine suppliers
and ships’ agents in enforcement of maritime liens in the U.S.
and abroad; bankruptcy and maritime personal injury. Some of the
cases Tom has handled (by himself or part of a team):
- establishing the right of cargo claimants to seek a jury trial.
Sea-Land Service v. J&W Import, 976 F. Supp. 327 (DNJ 1997);
- successfully arbitrating claim for over $400,000 on behalf of
vessel owner against charterer for wrongful cancellation of a
charter party. Tove Cob, 1992 SMA 2935;
- prosecuting grain cargo claims on behalf of foreign governments
and obtaining arbitration awards in excess of $2.5 million and
$1.5 million. American Gulf I, 1991 SMA 2781; Hermenia, 1987 SMA;
- litigating wrongful termination of marine insurance commissions
and obtaining a judgment in excess of $1 million against a brokerage
company. Nestor v. John P. Tilden, 175 AD2d 43, lv dismissed 79
NY2d 849 (1992);
- litigating medical malpractice, wrongful death, and personal
injury matters (including a recent jury verdict, following a three-week
trial, against a leading New York ophthalmologist);
- successfully prosecuting an international claim against grain
company for breach of contract, and obtaining a substantial judgment.
Jamaica Commodity v. Connell Rice, 766 F. Supp. 138 (SDNY 1991);
- prosecuting a breach of contract claim against vessel repair
company, and obtaining a substantial settlement following court
ordered production of documents
Tom is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. He is a
member of the Zoning Board in Maplewood, New Jersey, where he resides
with his wife Mary, and their two sons. He is an active Boy Scout
leader and Little League coach. |