Workers' Compensation Attorneys - Lynn, Massachusetts

Office Autobiography

Attorney Mark S. Horrigan, Seasoned, Versatile Trial Lawyer

Mark passed the bar in 1982. He has over 26 years of active, in-depth litigation experience. He spent eleven years as an in-house trial counsel to a major insurer. During that time he defended business policyholders against personal injury and workers' compensation claims. For six of those years he specialized in the defense of construction site injury claims. Although his practice is now limited to representing plaintiffs, Mark's experience with the insurer was invaluable. It thoroughly grounded him on how to effectively evaluate and resolve claims with insurers. Mark has tried a wide array of cases to a jury verdict. For instance, they have included fall down accidents, construction site accidents, auto accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful termination/defamation claims, negligent security, products liability, murder, armed robbery, drunk driving, etc. The number of cases Mark has tried a jury verdict roughly places him in the top 3% of practicing Massachusetts lawyers in terms of the extent of his experience. Mark also has had very substantial workers' compensation litigation experience. This has run the full gamut of workers’ compensation claims, including permanent and total disability, death, toxic exposure and heart attack claims. Attorney Horrigan continues to litigate, review and evaluate medical malpractice cases. He also collaborates on medical malpractice cases with a loosely associated attorney, outside of the office with over 30 years of malpractice experience. Finally, he handles immigration matters, often on a collaborative basis with his wife and associate, Attorney Nancy B. Norman-Horrigan, an immigration specialist.

Career Highlights - Mark S. Horrigan, ESQ.

$ 930,000 construction site personal injury settlement, April , 2007; $ 500,000 wrongful conviction settlement (Co-Counsel) 2006; $ 550,000 settlement of a defamation case in 2005 after a jury verdict of $ 425,000 in 2004; $675,000 jury verdict in a construction site personal injury case in October, 1998 subsequently settled for $725,000; won three permanent and total disability judgments on behalf of claimants at DIA; first degree murder case tried to a conviction on 10/10/96 and subsequently vacated by agreement with the entry of a not guilty finding; conducted many direct and cross examinations of physicians; approximately 50 jury trials to a verdict and over 75 bench trials to a judgment; defense verdicts in approximately 85% of insurance defense trials; and a 1984, $150,000 defamation jury verdict against a university.

Attorney Nancy B. Norman-Horrigan, Seasoned Immigration Lawyer

Nancy passed the bar in 1985. She has been practicing the full gamut of immigration law, including family based, employment based and professional petitions since then. She limits her practice to immigration matters and regularly appears before the U.S. Immigration Court on removal cases. Her office is now also located at 154 Lynnway, Unit # 1C, Lynn, MA, 01902, 781.592.4666. She is of counsel to her husband, Mark.