Our Team

Attorneys

Our objective is to help our clients receive complete and timely compensation for their injuries and losses. Our team works meticulously to provide effective and aggressive representation for our clients. We have earned a reputation for tirelessly fighting on behalf of our clients and the ability to obtain record-breaking case results.

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James B. McHugh

For nearly 20 years, Jim McHugh has practiced law with a particular focus on nursing home abuse and neglect. His success in representing the wrongfully injured is the result of his extensive knowledge and experience in the field of personal injury law.

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Michael J. Fuller

Mike Fuller has extensive experience in nursing home, medical malpractice, and criminal prosecutions and trials. He has worked with a top national law firm and the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office in Florida. Part of his educational process was spent working in the White House as an intern involved with Presidential Correspondence, providing a wealth of experience with citizens, legislators, and diplomats across the United States.

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D. Bryant Chaffin

Bryant Chaffin received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Millsaps College in 1998 and his Juris Doctorate degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 2001. Prior to joining McHugh Fuller Law Group, Mr. Chaffin worked at a personal injury law firm and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge James E. Thomas in the Mississippi Court of Appeals.

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Katherine Gavagan Diaz

Katie Gavagan Diaz Katie Gavagan Diaz received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University, magna cum laude, in 2003. She received a Juris Doctor from University at Buffalo Law School State University of New York in 2007.

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Paul Farrell, Jr., Of Counsel

Paul Farrell, Jr. serves as of counsel for the McHugh Fuller Law Group's opiate litigation practice. Mr. Farrell is co-lead of MDL2804, National Prescription Opiate Litigation, and represents 700+ communities across the United States in the largest and most complex case in history.

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Kathleen Knight

Kathleen Knight received her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her Juris Doctor cum laude from Stetson University College of Law. Prior to joining McHugh Fuller Law Group, Kathleen was an attorney with Wilkes & McHugh, PA; a partner at James Hoyer Newcomer & Smiljanich, PA and an Assistant Public Defender in Hillsborough County. 

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Sean McGrail

Sean McGrail received his undergraduate degree in Finance from Saint Louis University.  He received his Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University.  He received his Juris Doctorate degree from Saint Louis University School of Law.

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Angela Mirabole

Angela Mirabole received her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida, with honors, in 1999. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, with honors, in 2003.

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Melina Pinilla

Melina Pinilla received her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri – St. Louis, summa cum laude, in 2005. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from St. Louis University, College of Law, cum laude, in 2010.

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Amy Quezon

Amy Quezon received her undergraduate degree from Furman University in 1989. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from Stetson University, College of Law, cum laude, in 1992. Prior to joining McHugh Fuller Law Group, Ms. Quezon was an associate with the law firm of Jacobs & Goodman. Prior to that she was with the law firm of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A. where she practiced nursing home abuse and neglect litigation. Ms. Quezon also spent part of her career as a prosecutor with the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office. 

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Richard Smreker

Richard Smreker has practiced law in Missouri since 1993.  Since 2007, he has worked primarily in complex class action and multi-district litigation cases involving the pharmaceutical industry.  He has also maintained a solo practice, handling personal injury litigation, criminal defense, estate planning and probate matters.  

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David M. Torsiello

David M. Torsiello received his undergraduate degree from Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA), cum laude, in 2005. He received his Juris Doctorate from Charlotte School of Law, magna cum laude, in 2014. Mr. Torsiello served as an editor for Charlotte Law Review.

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