Publications & Speeches

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Mr. McHugh has been invited more than 75 times to lecture on law and trial advocacy, by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Trial Advocacy Foundation of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel; Temple University Law School Graduate Program; University of Pennsylvania Law School; Dickinson School of Law; Pennsylvania State Conference of Trial Judges; and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Civil Division.

He has been asked to give several major addresses. Upon induction to the American College of Trial Lawyers, he was selected by the President to deliver the acceptance speech on behalf of more than 100 new fellows from the United States and Canada. He was invited to London to lecture on public service by the National Solicitors Pro Bono Conference of England. He also lectured to the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association as part of its annual panel of “Top Ten” litigators in the United States. On several occasions, he has presented an acclaimed seminar on persuasion, entitled “The Power of Ideas.”

Click here to read his address upon receiving the Justice Musmanno Award.

PUBLICATIONS

Books
Pennsylvania Torts:  Law & Advocacy (St. Paul:  West Publishing, 1996)
         
Christian Faith & Criminal Justice-Toward a Christian Response to Crime and Punishment, (New York/Toronto:  Paulist Press, 1978)  227 pp.

Decision-Making and Self Awareness Skills - A Curriculum for the Residents of Correctional Institutions, (Philadelphia/Cambridge:  The Threshold Program, 1977)

Reports
"Access to Justice Act," legislative proposal prepared for Community Legal Services, (co-author), enacted into law October 2, 2002, codified at 42 Pa. Stat. Ann. §3733

"Physician Volunteer Immunity, " legislative proposal prepared for Health Link Medical Services, amending Senate Bill 1017, enacted into law June 19, 2002, codified at 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. §449.41 et seq.

"Medical  Malpractice - An Analysis of House Bill 1802," white paper and legislative amendments prepared for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, partially enacted into law March 20, 2002, codified at 42 Pa. Stat. Ann. §1301.101 et seq.

"Helping Doctors Without Hurting Patients - An Analysis of Malpractice Insurance Reform," white paper and legislative amendments, prepared for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1996, partially enacted into law November 26, 1996, codified at 40 Pa. Stat. Ann. §1301.101 et seq.

"Pennsylvania Wrongful Death Procedure - The Need for Reform," white paper and legislative proposal prepared for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1994, enacted into law July 6, 1995, codified at 42 Pa. Con. Stat. Ann. §8301

"Rights of Minors - Tolling the Statute of Limitations,"  white paper and legislative proposal prepared for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1983, enacted into law May 30, 1984, codified at 42 Pa. Con. Stat. Ann. §5533

"Post Judgment Interest," white paper and legislative proposal prepared for Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, 1982

"The Fair Consideration Act - A Proposal to Reduce Nominal Bidding at Judicial Sales," legislative proposal drafted for Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, 1978, subsequently introduced as Senate Bill No. 329, 1979 session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

"The Church's Role in Socio-Legal Service," a chapter of the Report of the Archdiocesan Conference on Youth, (Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1972)

Articles
"Informed Consent - Doors Closed, Doors Opened," The Legal Intelligencer, Medical Malpractice Supplement, October 21, 2002

"An Interpretive Analysis of Medical Malpractice Reform," Pennsylvania Law Weekly, 25 PLW 344 (March 2002)

"Beware of this Legal 'Reform'", The Philadelphia Daily News,   May 14, 2002

"Forecasting Value in a Plaintiff's Case," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Winter 2000)

"Rights of International Air Crash Victims," Pennsylvania LawWeekly, Vol. 21, p. 13 (August, 1998)

"The Credibility Factor," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 60, No. 2 (Summer 1997)

"Of Trials, Forests and Trees," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 59, No. 3 (Fall, 1996)

"Consumer Protection and Prescription Drugs," Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Vol. XVII, No. 18, (May, 1994)

"The Statute of Limitations and the Discovery Rule:  Variations on a Theme of Fairness,"  Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, Vol. LXIV, No. 4, October, 1993.

"Techniques in Taking Depositions," The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 55, No. 2 (Summer, 1992)

"Perspectives on Ministry in Criminal Justice", Proceedings of the Theology Institute of Villanova University, Francis Eigo, Editor, (Villanova University Press, 1992)

"Joint Tortfeasor Releases:  Negotiating the Maze," Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, Vol. LXII, No. 4, October, 1991.

"Amended Rule 238:  Its Scope and Application,"  The Barrister, Vol. XXI, Number 1, (Spring 1990)

"Protection of the Rights of Pregnant Women in Prisons and Detention Facilities," New England Journal on Prison Law, Vol. 6, No. 2 (1980)

"Penology in America:  A Theological Perspective,"  The Law Alumni Journal, University of Pennsylvania, Vol. XIV, Number 2, Spring 1979

A Theological Perspective on the Problems of Criminal Justice, paper prepared for "Seventy Time Seven" Program, Diocese of Kansas City (1980)

"Models for Church Involvement in Prisons," Service, Fall, 1978, No. 4, subsequently reprinted as a chapter of Parish Ministry Resources, M. Bruck, ed., (New York:  Paulist Press, 1979)

"'Smart Money Counseling Style' - Appeal to Power Motivation," in Imaginal Education:  A Teacher's Manual, (rev. ed.) (Bucks County Association for Corrections and Rehabilitation, 1974)

Reviews
"The Deposition Handbook", by Dennis Suplee and Diana Donaldson, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, November, 2002

"Covering Accident Costs: Insurance, Liability and Tort Reform", by Mark Rahdert, Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Vol 23, No. 19, (November, l996)

"After Punishment What?", by Parker Rossman, St. Anthony's Messenger, (July, 1980)

"Discipline and Punish - The Origin of the Prison", by Michael Foucault, New Catholic World, Vol. 221  (Nov/Dec 1978)