Firm Partners

DESMOND T. BARRY, founder - deceased April 18, 1975.

ROGER P. McTIERNAN, SR., Admitted to bar, 1958, New York; admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Preparatory Education, Fordham University (B.S., 1955); Legal Education, Fordham University (LL.B., 1958). Member: New York County Lawyers' Association; New York State Bar Association; Metropolitan Trial Lawyers' Association; Defense Association of New York, Member of the Court Techniques and Procedures Committee; Defense Research Institute; Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association; Federal Arbitrator for the United States Eastern District; Past President and Chairman of the Board of Brooklyn-Manhattan Trial Lawyers' Association; State for DRI; Past President and Chairman of Board of The Defense Association of New York; Guest Lecturer, Medical Malpractice-Expert Cross Examination, New York County Lawyers' Association. Professor, Defense Research Institute. Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Selected by New York Magazine as one of the best attorneys in New York. Selected in The Best Lawyers in America 1999-2000 ed. (pub. Woodward/White) and New York State Medical Defense Bar Association.
RMcTiernan@bmmfirm.com

JOHN J. MOORE, Admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Preparatory Education, Jersey City State College (B.S., 1956); Legal Education, New York Law School (LL.B, 1961), New York University, (LL.M., 1970). Member of New York County Lawyers Association; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Defense Association of New York, Past President and Chairman of the Board; Editor of The Defendant; Author of Discovery and Inspection; Editor and Author of OF LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE; Regional Vice President of DRI; Guest Lecturer for DRI, DANY, DANJ, New York Law School and Fordham Law School; Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association; Catholic Insurance Guild, Past President and Chairman of the Board; From 1961 to 1971, associated with the Continental Insurance Companies as Executive Managing Attorney with countrywide responsibilities; Author, West Desktop Practice Systems/Fast (West Publishing Co. 1993); Member of Board of Higher Education of New Jersey 1985 to 1987: Member of Governing Board of State Colleges 1985-1990, Chairman of the Board 1985 to1987; Member of Development Fund of Jersey City State College, 1973 to 1982, Vice Chairman of Board from 1980 to 1982; Member of Board of Trustees of Jersey City State College, now New Jersey University, 1982 to Present, Chairman of the Board from 1989 to Present. Member and Chairman of Civilian Review Complaint Board, 1992 to Present.

ROGER P. McTIERNAN, JR., Senior Managing Partner. Admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia; 1981, New York; admitted to practice United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Preparatory Education, Long Island University (B.A., 1974); Legal Education, George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: New York State Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); New York County Lawyers Association; Defense Association of New York; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute and American Bar Association. Past President of the Brooklyn/Manhattan Trial Lawyers' Association (2000-2001). Board Member, Defense Association of New York. Guest lecturer, Trial practice involving Labor Law section 200, 240(1) and 241(6) claims. Guest lecturer, trial practice series: defending Labor Law section 200, 240(1) and 261(6) claims.
PMcTiernan@bmmfirm.com

SUZANNE M. HALBARDIER, Managing Partner. Admitted to bar, 1984, New York; admitted to practice United States District Court, Southern District of New York and United States District Court, Eastern District of New York 1984; United States District Court, Northern District of New York and United States District Court, Western District of New York, 1989; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1990. Preparatory Education: University of Maryland (B.S., cum laude, 1980); Legal Education: Georgetown University (J.D., 1983). Lecturer: Toxic and Mass Torts in New York. Author: Asbestos Litigation in New York (continuing series) Defendant - a quarterly legal publication. New York City Small Claims Court Arbitrator. Former Chair, Habitat for Humanity-NYC (1995-2000); Member: New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association; New York County Lawyers' Association.
SHalbardier@bmmfirm.com

GARY A. ROME, Managing Partner. Admitted to practice United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts 1983. Preparatory Education, University of Maryland (B.A., Provost List, 1977); Legal Education, Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Law Review Member 1978-1979; Law Review Associate Editor, 1979-1980, Author: Appealability and Finality in the Third Circuit, 25 Villanova Law Review (1980). Senior Attorney as Staff Counsel to Insurance Company of North America/Cigna 1981 to 1996; Co-Attorney of Record, Cigna Insurance Company January, 1996 to November, 1999. Member: New York State Trial Lawyers Association; Brooklyn Bar Association. Board Member, Defense Association of New York. Frequent lecturer on indemnity provisions involving Labor Law Sections 200, 240(1) and 241(6) and their enforceability.
GRome@bmmfirm.com

JAMES BURBAGE, Admitted to New York Bar 1990; New Jersey 1989; admitted to practice in the United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of New Jersey; Preparatory Education: Manhattan College (B.A., 1978; M.A., 1981); Legal Education: Fordham University (J.D., 1989); Past Member: Committee on Civil Practice, Laws and Rules; New Jersey Managing Attorney for Reliance Insurance Company, 1996 through 2000.
JBurbage@bmmfirm.com

WILLIAM A. COONEY, Admitted to practice United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts. Preparatory Education: Fordham University (B.S., 1987); Legal Education: Pace University School of Law (J.D. and Certificate in Environmental Law, 1990). Research and Writing Editor, Pace Environmental Law Review, 1989-1990. Author: A Victory for Freshwater Wetlands 7 Pace Environmental Law Review 357 (1990). Assistant District Attorney, Kings County , 1991 to 1994. Member: New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section; Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Science and Law).
WCooney@bmmfirm.com

WILLIAM D. JOYCE, III, Admitted to bar 1996, New York, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey 1996; and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; Preparatory Education, Rutgers College (B.A., 1992); Legal Education, Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1995) Moot Court Honor Society.
WJoyce@bmmfirm.com

EDWIN F. LAMBERT, JR., Admitted to the bar, 1976, New York Southern and Eastern Districts, 1976, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1986 United States Supreme Court; Preparatory Education: Fordham College (B.A., Sociology, 1971); Legal Education: Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1975); Member, New York County Lawyers Association; Nassau County Bar Association; International Foundation for Art Research; Maritime Law Association of the United States: Associate in Risk Management, Insurance Institute of America; Former Lecturer World Trade Institute, Maritime Law; Current Lecturer Hofstra University (Insurance Agents and Brokers and Art Law).
ELambert@bmmfirm.com

THOMAS J. LEONARD, Admitted to New York Bar 1985, New Jersey 1994; admitted to practice United States District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of New Jersey; Preparatory Education: Fordham University (B.A. 1981); Legal Education: New York Law School (J.D. 1984); Member: New York State Bar Association, Bronx Bar Association; Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County, New York, 1984-1988; Attorney of Record, St. Paul Travelers Insurance, White Plains, New York, 1996-2005.
TLeonard@bmmfirm.com

KEVIN GERARD MAGUIRE, Admitted to bar, 1988, New York. Preparatory Education: Boston College (B.S., cum laude, 1979); Legal Education: St. John's University (J.D., 1987). Member: New York State Bar Association.
KMaguire@bmmfirm.com

ALEX R. MALINO, Admitted to New Jersey Bar and New York Bar, 2001, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000. Preparatory Education: William Paterson University (B.A. Political Science, 1997). Member, Alpha Phi Delta National Fraternity. Legal Education: New York Law School (J.D. 2000). Moot Court Honor Society. Member: American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New Jersey State Bar Association, Council on Litigation Managemet, Defense Association of New York. Former Trustee, William Paterson University. Former Board Member, Disabled Independent Awareness & Living (DIAL).
AlexMalino@bmmfirm.com

JAMES L. MORAN, Admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey; 1981, Florida; 1982, New York; Preparatory Education, United States Military Academy (B.S., 1972); Legal Education, Seton Hall University (J.D., 1980). Member: Florida Bar, New Jersey Bar, New York State Bar Association, Defense Association of New York, Defense Research Institute.
JMoran@bmmfirm.com

PATRICIA A. SULLIVAN, Admitted to bar, 1981, New York; admitted to practice United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Preparatory Education: Convent of the Sacred Heart (1974), Manhattanville College (B.A., 1977); Legal Education, Fordham University (J.D., 1980). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: American Bar Association, New York County Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and New York State Medical Defense Bar Association.
PSullivan@bmmfirm.com

JOHN V. WYNNE, Admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1987, admitted to practice in the United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1990. Preparatory Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1984); Legal Education: Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1987). Member: American Bar Association. Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County 1987 to 1991 (Investigations Bureau, prosecuting "white-collar" crime and misconduct of elected and appointed officials).
JWynne@bmmfirm.com