Lewis Johs Partner Receives ‘40 Under 40’ Recognition

Attorney Thomas J. Dargan Receives Award
Recognizing Professionals Under 40 Years Old

(Melville, NY January 29, 2009)…Attorney Thomas J. Dargan, a partner at the Melville-based law firm Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP, was named one of Long Island’s “40 Under 40” by Long Island Business News at a gala event attended by over 700 of the region’s most prominent business and not-for-profit leaders.  Mr. Dargan is a resident of East Setauket.

The annual program recognizes the “best and brightest” young professionals on Long Island.  “I am truly honored to be in the company of such distinguished Long Islanders who have been recognized for their achievements and their leadership roles,” said Mr. Dargan, who joined Lewis Johs in 1999 and has been a partner of the firm since July 2005.  In 2008, Mr. Dargan was elected a member of the firm, becoming the firm’s fifth current equity partner.

Since 1998, the “40 Under “40” Awards program has recognized the significant contributions and leadership potential of 40 of the region’s “rising stars” in government, education, law, banking, not-for-profits, high-tech industry and other areas.  This year’s dinner was held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.

Mr. Dargan's practice focuses mainly on representing commercial clients in complex civil litigation.  He defends numerous corporate and commercial clients in state and federal courts, involving casualty defense litigation, including catastrophic trucking accidents, construction accidents, products liability, dram shop actions and premises liability.

He was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1997 and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 1998.  His articles have been published both in the Nassau Lawyer, Suffolk Lawyer, and other publications and he is a frequent lecturer.

In 1996, Mr. Dargan received his Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra University School of Law, where he served as the research editor of the Hofstra Labor Law Journal.  In 1993, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in English Literature from Providence College.
He is active with the Three Village Chamber of Commerce, and performs pro bono work on behalf of the Baldwin Union Free School District and the New York School Bus Contractors Association.

Founded in 1993, Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP has steadily grown its reputation as a skilled and dynamic full-service law firm capable of managing the most complex litigation, trial, transactional, corporate, trusts and estates, coverage and insurance, and appellate work.  With offices in New York City, and in Melville and Riverhead on Long Island, the firm’s 60 attorneys are dedicated to continuing to build on the firm’s record of success and to broaden its scope of services and expertise to respond to emerging client needs.

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