Chauvron S. Regis practices in the area of litigation with concentrations in products liability, cosmetic beauty products, toxic torts and insurance defense representing corporate entities at the state and federal level in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, with a particular emphasis on mass tort, products liability and toxic tort litigation.
Ms. Regis assists with all aspects of the defense of asbestos litigation cases, which includes: filing of initial pleadings, propounding and responding to discovery, conducting depositions, preparing and responding to pretrial motions and memoranda, strategizing on legal positions, trial preparation and attendance at trial.
In addition to her trial work, Ms. Regis assists clients in a variety of beauty products-related litigation and transactional matters, including structuring, drafting, negotiating, implementing, reviewing and/or providing legal advice regarding the industry and toxic torts.
Ms. Regis has extensive litigation and courtroom experience and has tried a variety of criminal matters to verdict in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Prior to entering private practice, she served as an assistant deputy public defender for the Office of the Public Defender in Monmouth and Mercer County, New Jersey.
Ms. Regis is actively involved in handling several pro bono matters, and is the co-chair of Duane Morris' 2012 Community Service Project. In the community, Ms. Regis serves on the Board of Directors for the Enterprise Center, a nonprofit organization that provides access to capital, building capacity, business education and economic development opportunities to high-potential, minority entrepreneurs in Philadelphia.
Ms. Regis is a former judicial law clerk to the Honorable Terence P. Flynn, Superior Court of New Jersey, and she is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. She is a 2004 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law and a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
Areas of Practice
ˇ Products Liability and Toxic Torts
ˇ Beauty Products Industry
ˇ Insurance Defense
ˇ White Collar Criminal Defense
ˇ Immigration
Professional Activities
ˇ Barristers' Association of Philadelphia
ˇ Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel
ˇ Pennsylvania Bar Association
ˇ Philadelphia Bar Association
- Young Lawyers Division
Experience
ˇ Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2011-present
ˇ Office of the Public Defender, Mercer County, New Jersey
- Assistant Deputy Public Defender - Trial Attorney, 2005-2011
ˇ Mercer County Community College
- Adjunct Professor, 2009-2011
ˇ Superior Court of New Jersey
- Law Clerk to the Hon. Terence P. Flynn, J.S.C., Family Division (Essex and Monmouth County), 2004-2005
Board Memberships
ˇ The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation
- Member, September 2011
Civic and Charitable Activities
ˇ Pro Bono Attorney, Support Center for Child Advocate
ˇ Pro Bono Attorney, HIAS Pennsylvania Citizenship Day
ˇ Pro Bono Attorney, Violence Against Women Act (Immigration)
ˇ 2012 Philadelphia Office of Duane Morris' City Year Community Service Project, Co-Chair
ˇ Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Mentor
ˇ Spring 2012 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Group Mentorship Program Co-Chair
Honors and Awards
ˇ Syracuse University, Student Support & Retention Graduate Assistantship Recipient
ˇ Best Advocate in Trial Advocacy
ˇ Highest Honors in Children's Rights and Family Law Clinic
ˇ Black Women's Pioneer, Scholarship Recipient
ˇ Canadian House of Commons Leadership Award Recipient