Martin E. Regan, Jr.
A
native Louisianan, Mr. Regan earned his Bachelor of Arts degree majoring
in Political Science at the University of Southwest Louisiana in 1973.
After receiving his law degree at Louisiana State University, Mr. Regan
was admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1975. He began active duty as a Judge
Advocate General (JAG) Captain in the United States Air Force in 1975,
serving as Area Defense Counsel for the military forces in the United
Kingdom, trying cases in England, Spain, Germany, and Turkey.
During his military service, Mr. Regan served as Administrative Law Judge, prosecutor, and senior defense counsel. Evenings, he taught business law for the City College of Chicago, and criminal law for the University of Hartford, at their extension campuses in the U.K. Upon honorable separation of service from the U.S. Air Force in 1980, Mr. Regan returned to the United States, opening his criminal defense practice in New Orleans.
Year after year, Mr. Regan's tireless efforts on behalf of the accused results in wins for clients that a less determined advocate would have thought hopeless. Mr. Regan's ability to tackle and win tough criminal cases resulted in verdicts of acquittal in many highly publicized trials.
An experienced litigator, Mr. Regan expanded his defense victories beyond Louisiana state and federal courts to federal courts in Mississippi, Texas, Colorado and California. He is a member in good standing in the Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal, the United States Court of Military Appeals, the United States Claims Court, and the United States Supreme Court.
A skilled negotiator, Mr. Regan has obtained post conviction relief for clients based on illegal sentences, defective constitutional waivers, and reversals of convictions on appeal. Aggressive and determined, Mr. Regan appealed and won a groundbreaking case in the United States Supreme Court, Foucha v. Louisiana 504 U.S. 71 (1992). He represented Curtis Lee Kyles at Kyles' first two trials, establishing the defense that eventually resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Kyles' conviction and sentence in 1994, in Kyles v. Whitley, 514 U.S. 419. Kyles serves as a national standard for pre-trial discovery in criminal cases.
Mr. Regan continues to volunteer his services as educator and speaker. He has taught at Loyola University School of Law, and appeared as a panel speaker discussing trial tactics and post conviction remedies on numerous occasions.
COURTS OF ADMISSION
Martin E. Regan, Jr. has practiced law both nationally and internationally. He is in good standing with all courts. Courts of admission have included:
Federal Courts and dates of admission
Full Admission to practice
Supreme Court of the United States October 1, 1990
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | January 16, 1981 |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | December 7, 1998 |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | December 5, 1989 |
| United States Court of Appeals | April 15, 1993 |
| United States Court of Claims | April 23,1992 |
| United States Court of Military Appeals | May 13,1976 |
| Captain U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate | 1975 -1980 |
| United States District Court for Colorado | August 19, 1998 |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | August 27, 1997 |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | September 9,1997 |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of California | March 4,1987 |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | March 4,1992 |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | November 19, 1980 |
| United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana | August 31, 1990 |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | November 23, 1993 |
| Federal Courts Pro hoc vice admissions | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of New York - Buffalo | |
| United States District Court for the District of Nevada - Reno | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Tennessee - Chattanooga | |
| United States District Court for the District of Texas - Beaumont | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - Alexandria | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District Texas - Dallas | |
| United States Immigration Courts | |
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| Foreign Courts | |
| Pro hoc vice | |
| Her Majesty's Crown Court of England, Suffolk, Bury St. Edmunds, U.K. | |
| Her Majesty's Crown Court of England, London, U.K. | |
| Mildenhall Magistrates Court-Suffolk, U.K | |
