John P. Margand

John P. Margand has been practicing personal injury law since 1990. He is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. He has been successful in securing millions of dollars in awards and settlements for his clients.

Mr. Margand is a featured speaker in the area of health education and is a founding board member of Program Reach, a New York-based charity whose character-based abstinence education program, Healthy Respect, has received national recognition for its role in establishing best practices in the rapidly growing field of sexual health education.

Mr. Margand’s legal practice is devoted primarily to personal injury and wrongful death cases, including accidents and injuries caused by medical malpractice, defective products, unsafe premises and motor vehicle accidents.

Captain Margand served two years under the command of General Norman Schwarzkopf during desert maneuvers. He directed a 90-person intelligence network in field operations, and managed training for 420 personnel in twelve distinct military specialties. He qualified as a parachutist with the U.S. Army Airborne School.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Personal Injury — Plaintiff
• Medical Malpractice
• Products Liability Law
• Municipal Liability
• Premises Liability
• Litigation & Appeals

EDUCATION

• Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York
  Juris Doctor
• University of London, London, United Kingdom
  Master of Arts – 1981
  Major: Francophone West Africa
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  Bachelor of Arts – 1980
  Major: French

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York, 1990
• New Jersey, 1990
• District of Columbia, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1991
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1991