Sean M. Reagan

Sean Reagan is triple board-certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Appellate Law, Civil Trial Law, and Consumer and Commercial Law. Sean has tried 48 cases in his career, including 37 as lead counsel. Sean also regularly appears before the Texas Supreme Court, arguing before the Supreme Court on five occasions and obtaining reversals from the Supreme Court on three other occasions. Sean also has argued before the Texas Intermediate Courts of appeals on thirteen occasions.

Sean is also involved in numerous bar activities, which include serving on the Pattern Jury Charge-General Negligence, Intentional Personal Torts & Worker’s Compensation Committee since 2017, serving as the managing editor of the Appellate Advocate, serving a three-year term on the State Bar of Texas Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee, and speaking at various continuing education seminars. Sean has also authored a variety of articles and delivered numerous presentations on subjects ranging from voir dire to damages.

Sean’s educational accomplishments include winning awards for appellate brief writing, interning for the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas, and serving as Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the South Texas Law Review.

Bar Admission

• Texas, 2004
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Education

• South Texas College of Law
  • Houston, Texas
    • J.D. 2004
    • Honors: Best Appellee Brief, 2004 Giles Sutherland Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition
    • Honors: Second Best Brief, 2002 Leroy Jeffers Memorial Moot Court Competition
    • Honors: Judicial Intern, First Court of Appeals
    • Law Review: South Texas Law Review, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
• University of Houston
  • Houston, Texas
    • B.A. 2000
    • Major: History

Honors

• Texas Super Lawyer
• Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star
• H Texas Magazine, Top Lawyers – Civil Litigation – 2011, 2013

Professional Associations

• State Bar of Texas, Member, State Bar of Texas Committee on Pattern Jury Charges, General Negligence & Intentional Torts, 2017 to 2023
• State Bar of Texas, Member, Committee on the Administration of Rules of Evidence, 2006 to 2009
• The Appellate Advocate, Managing Editor, 2012 to 2015
• The Appellate Advocate, Associate Editor, 2009 to 2012
• Litigation Update CLE Planning Committee, Member, 2013

Published Works

• Non-Medical (Associate Editor), Professional Liability Newsletter, Spring, 2005
• Non-Medical (Associate Editor), Professional Liability Newsletter, Fall, 2004
• Evidence Update (Contributing Author with Judge Migdalia Lopez and Harvey Brown), State Bar of Texas Annual Litigation Update Institute, 2004
• Texas Objections 2006 Supplement (Editor), Hon. Ken Curry & Harvey Brown, 2006
• Texas Objections 2005 Supplement (Editor), Hon. Ken Curry & Harvey Brown, 2005
• Texas Objections 2004 Supplement (Editor), Hon. Ken Curry & Harvey Brown, 2004

Classes & Seminars

• Speaker, The Interprofessional Drug Education Alliance (IDEA) Program, HBA
• Automobile and Trucking Liability, Lorman Education Services CLE, 2005 to 2005
• Determining Case Value: Plaintiff’s Perspective, Auto Insurance: Uninsured, Underinsured And Accident Litigation CLE, Lorman Education Services, 2006 to 2006
• Texas Tort Reform Update, Arch Insurance Group, Inc., 05/12/2006 to 05/15/2006
• Texas Liquor Liability and Tort Reform Updates, Arch Insurance Group, Inc., 05/12/2006 to 05/12/2006