Denise A. Brogna

Attorney

Practice Areas:
General Civil Litigation
Real Estate Dev. & Land Use Permitting & Appeals
Appellate Law
Title Litigation and Title Insurance Defense
Construction Litigation

Phone:
978-475-4488 x227

Legal Assistant: Maria B. Fraser

Born: Whittier, CA

Education/Special Degrees:

California Polytechnic University A.A., Pomona, CA
University of CA, Berkeley, CA, B.A., with honors, 1985
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, J.D., 1989

Date Admitted to Bar:

1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California
1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
1998, US. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Ninth Circuits
2002, U.S. Supreme Court
2005, Massachusetts
2006, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts

Professional Associations/Memberships:

Massachusetts Bar Association
American Bar Association
State Bar of California
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
Lawrence Bar Association
Essex County Bar Association

Year Joined Firm:

2005

Representative Cases:

Ventura Packers v. Ingman (9th Cir. 2005) 419.3d 933
Ventura Packers v. Ingman (9th Cir. 2002) 305 F.3d 913
In Re Marriage of Garcia (2003) 111 Cal.App.4th 140
In Re Marriage of Egedi (2001) 88 Cal.App.4th 17
Arnold v. Lamanna, 72 Mass.App.Ct. 1107 (2008)
Castricone v. Mical, 74 Mass.App.Ct. 591 (2009)

Professional Activities:

Adjunct Professor "Civil Litigation I," University of California at Santa Barbara Extension Program, Summer Quarter 2004
Adjunct Professor "Civil Litigation II," University of California at Santa Barbara Extension Program, Winter Quarter 2004 and 2005
Instructor, "Art History/Imitating the Masters" Holy Cross School, 2004-2005
Instructor, "Fundamentals of Drawing," Holy Cross School, 2002-2003
Lecturer "Americans with Disabilities Act," Employers and Human Resource Administrators of the Tri-Counties, Summer 1991 and 1992

Published Works:

Co-Author, "Pillow Talk is Back: Post marital Agreements in a Postmodern World," Family Law News, winter 2003-2004, vol. 26, No.1. p9.
Author, numerous articles for "CITATIONS" (Ventura County Bar Magazine), 1992-2005

Community Activities & Interests

Member, Boxford Trials Association/Boxford Open Land Trust
Member, Trustees of Reservations
Member, New England Dressage Association
Member, Curly Sport Horse International
Member, American Baskir Curly Registry
Member, Essex County Horse Organization
Member, United States Equestrian Federation
Soccer Coach, Boxford Athletic Association