Mr. Danaher is a graduate of Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences and Georgetown University Law Center. He was a founding principal of Danaher Lagnese, PC, was a co-managing principal for more than 40 years and is currently Of Counsel.
Mr. Danaher’s practice has encompassed various areas of significant litigation including insurance coverage disputes, commercial claims, construction claims, medical malpractice cases and medical device/product liability actions. He has extensive federal and state court experience and has argued before the 2nd and 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
The concentration of Mr. Danaher’s practice has been complex litigation. His most recent focus has been with medical malpractice cases, insurance coverage matters and medical device cases. He has coordinated nationally the defense of a company which was a defendant in hundreds of thousands of toxic material cases. In that capacity, he has managed annual litigation budgets of between $150 to $200 million. Mr. Danaher has successfully litigated cases in the multiple areas described above. He has also represented clients in numerous arbitration and mediation proceedings. Over the past thirty years, he has tried scores of cases. The overwhelming majority of those matters have resulted in defense verdicts. In the few cases where there were plaintiffs’ verdicts, the results were less than the pre-litigation demands. While other cases were resolved during discovery, the majority of those cases resulted in withdrawals of the claims without the· payment of any monies on behalf of his clients. He has also been consistently successful in representing healthcare providers in licensing matters before the Connecticut Department of Health. Mr. Danaher recognizes that litigation is emotionally draining on clients and believes that they should receive solid and constant support throughout the pendency of a case. Aside from maintaining close • client communications, Mr. Danaher’s primary goals in handling cases are assuring a thorough workup of each case and insisting on creative strategies.
Mr. Danaher has taken an active role in risk mitigation as a frequent lecturer to medical professionals in both medical group and hospital settings regarding litigation prevention, risk management and best practices.
Mr. Danaher has been asked to and has joined NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) as a Hearing Officer. NAM is one of the nations’ leading full-service providers of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) services and as a member of their esteemed panel, he will be available to arbitrate and mediate cases throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Mr. Danaher was named by The Boston Globe in March 2015 as one of the Top-Rated Lawyers in Boston.
