Brooks Magratten

Personal

J.D., Dickinson School of Law; M.B.A, Bryant College; B.A., Hamilton College.

Practice Areas

Brooks Magratten has more than 30 years of experience in insurance and commercial litigation. He is the former Northeast Regional Director of DRI and former chair of its Life, Health & Disability Insurance Committee. He has defended over 200 ERISA benefit and breach of fiduciary cases in 12 states.

Brooks is a frequent author, instructor and lecturer on ERISA issues and trial skills. He has represented commercial interests in litigation throughout the northeastern U.S. He is a former adjunct professor of the Roger Williams Law School, teaching federal practice and procedure.

Professional Memberships

Chair, DRI Center for Law and Public Policy State Legislation and Rules Task Force; Chair, American Bar Association Commission on the American Jury.

Publications

Editor, ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits, American Bar Association.

Career

Brooks has been included in The Best Lawyers in America® for Health Care Law since 2011, and was recognized "Lawyer of the Year" in Providence for Health Care Law in 2022.