Patrick J. Hughes represents businesses in
diverse industries with commercial, product
liability, mass tort, construction and
insurance coverage litigation. He has tried more than fifty
cases in state and federal courts, including
several professional liability cases. Based
upon his experience as a litigator, the
Board of Trial Attorney Certification of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey has designated
Mr. Hughes a Certified Civil Trial Attorney.
Mr. Hughes
also drafts, reviews and negotiates
commercial transactions. He is adept at
complex negotiations and assists clients in
the chemical and energy industries in all
phases of commercial contracts.
In addition
to his trial and negotiation skills, Mr.
Hughes is well-versed in compliance issues,
providing counsel to health care clients
subject to increasingly complex regulatory
constraints and governmental scrutiny. In
that capacity, Mr. Hughes has developed
compliance programs for physicians’
practices which address anti-referral,
anti-kickback, privacy and other state and
federal statutes and regulations. He also
counsels health care practices regarding
general corporate matters.
He began his career as a Captain in the
United States Army Judge Advocate General’s
Corps, where Mr. Hughes was assigned to the
82d Airborne Division as a prosecutor and
international law officer.
Defended a medical center and its staff in a wrongful death, medical
malpractice claim, where the Supreme Court upheld
the trial court’s denial of an ultimate outcome
instruction requested by the plaintiff to inform the
jury that any judgment against the hospital would be
limited by statute.
Represents a specialty
chemical manufacturer in toxic exposure
cases brought in state courts by employees
of various manufacturers;
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Represents a chemical
manufacture in disputes regarding
multiple complex long term contracts;
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Represents several manufactures in
disputes regarding domestic and
international sales;
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Represented a chemical manufacturer in
various, periodic contract negotiations
with major tire manufacturers;
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Represents manufactures, distributors
and facility owners in state and federal
asbestos actions, including trial of a
mesothelioma death case in federal
court;
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Represented a flavor manufacturer in a
commercial claim brought by a beverage
manufacturer located in Central America, where much of the discovery occurred, to
a successful resolution;
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Represented a construction chemicals
manufacturer in an insurance coverage
dispute, which resolved satisfactorily
without the necessity of filing an action;
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Represented a construction company that
prefabricated concrete for a bridge, seeking
commercial damages from a general contractor
in a federal court action, which resolved
satisfactorily on the second trial day.
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Represents physician’s practices in all
phases of business, compliance and corporate
matters.
