Tegan Blackburn

Tegan Blackburn

5.0
Rating: 9.7

Licensed for 34 years

Business Lawyer at Simsbury, CT
Practice Areas: Business, Estate Planning, Health Care

573 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury, CT

About Tegan

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Business 70%

Over 2 decades of expertise as outside General Counsel and problem-solving corporate generalist advising a diverse group of privately-held companies on a full range of legal issues impacting important business and financial goals.

31 years

70%
Estate Planning 20%

Assisting individuals and families with personal transactions, estate planning and probate matters.

20%
Health Care 10%

As Compliance Officer to healthcare, IT, and other highly-regulated organizations, frequently provide compliance assessments, training and advise on HIPAA/HITECH laws. Successfully resolved several data breach incidents involving retail customers.

10%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check

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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 34 years

State: New York

Acquired: 1991

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Licensed in Connecticut for 34 years

State: Connecticut

Acquired: 1991

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Tegan Blackburn LLC

573 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury, CT, 06070-2462

Tegan Blackburn LLC

49 W MAIN ST, Avon, CT, 06001

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Tegan Blackburn's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

15 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 4 of 4 reviews | General Knowledge

Posted by Steve | February 23, 2015 | Business

Corporate legal services

For more than a decade, Tegan Blackburn has been our trusted, go-to legal counsel handling a wide range of our company’s day to day business and compliance needs. As President of Global Help Desk Services, Inc., doing business with other large, nationally-known corporations, I know Tegan has the ...depth of knowledge, professionalism and experience I can count on to close important deals and help us stay ahead of problems. She’s also taken on the role of Compliance Officer providing our organization with critical training, assessments and guidance to ensure we meet or exceed regulations impacting our operations with important healthcare, financial and other customers.

Posted by Heidi | February 20, 2015 | Mergers & Acquisitions

Lawyer instrumental in growth for clients' businesses

As President of a Hartford area healthcare organization, our company’s corporate counsel, Tegan Blackburn, was instrumental in completing an important acquisition for us. The purchase was a game-changer and we are poised for the next level of growth! We continue to call on her regularly for guidanc...e on a wide range of business and compliance issues impacting our company. Tegan provides wide-ranging guidance from compliance to contracts to strategic counsel and has made a difference in the present and future of our company.

Posted by Antonietta | November 17, 2014 | Real Estate

An Accomplished Professional

While using Attorney Blackburn for our real estate investment closings, Attorney Blackburn was extremely conscientious, knowledgeable and professional. Her level of expertise and efficiency is remarkable, and we would not hesitate to recommend Attorney Blackburn to others.

Posted by Karen | November 12, 2014 | Real Estate

Knowledgeable and Thorough

Over several years my husband and I have purchased investment properties seeking legal services and advice from Attorney Blackburn. She was considerably helpful and great to work with. An attribute of Attorney Blackburn is her personal attention to detail and extensive knowledge within her professi...on.

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Tegan Blackburn's Lawyer Endorsements

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Donna Buttler

Business lawyer | Jun 03

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I'm thrilled to endorse Attorney Tegan Blackburn. She's by far one of the best business attorneys I've worked with in the community. She skillfully negotiated settlements on several, complex matters involving the division and ultimate sale of family-owned business interests - avoiding costly, time-consuming public proceedings for her clients."

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John Bashaw

Business lawyer | Mar 04

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I had the pleasure of working with Attorney Tegan Blackburn on a number of large Connecticut real estate development projects and am thrilled to endorse her. She engaged my services to handle the environmental remediation aspects of several important acquisitions she was responsible for. In her roles as general counsel & compliance officer to a variety of small and mid-cap, closely-held companies, she’s recognized as a highly-skilled business attorney with broad “can-do” capabilities."

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Scott Schaffer

Business lawyer | Feb 28

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I'm very pleased to endorse Attorney Tegan Blackburn. She's an exceptionally strong business attorney handling a wide range of transactions for healthcare, IT and other highly regulated industry clients. Her experience includes compliance counseling for HIPAA/HITECH, PCI, SOX and data breach response. Her articles on best practices for cyber security are well respected in the business and legal community."

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Jeffrey McChristian

General practice lawyer | Feb 11

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I unqualifiedly endorse this lawyer. I have had the pleasure not only of working with Attorney Blackburn in real estate and foreclosure matters, but also in connection with her service as a fact-finder (hearing officer) for the Judicial Department. In all of my dealings with her she has impressed me as being extremely professional, knowledgeable, competent and responsive."

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L Wilson

Business lawyer | Nov 18

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Tegan Blackburn is the real deal and is a tremendously knowledgeable business lawyer. I have consulted with her many times and she has always known the answer to my questions, some quite complex, immediately. Tegan is a lawyer's lawyer."

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Helen Walker

Business lawyer | Nov 05

Relationship: Opposing Counsel on matter

"I had the opportunity to work with Tegan last year on a deal between our two clients. Tegan was knowledgeable, accessible, reasonable and helped speed the transaction along by understanding and clearly communicating her client's business, needs and wants within the context of the transaction. She was a real pleasure to work with and I look forward to working with her again."

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John Bashaw

Environmental and natural resources lawyer

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Scott Schaffer

Employment and labor lawyer

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Jeffrey McChristian

Litigation lawyer

Experience

Rating:  9.7 (Superb)

Honors

2017

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

1990

Environmental Certificate, Pace University School of Law

1988

Best Brief, International Moot Court Award Recipient, University of the Pacifice, McGeorge School of Law

Work Experience

2003 - Present

Founder, Outside General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Tegan Blackburn LLC

2000 - Present

Vice President & Assoc. General Counsel, Developers Realty, Inc.

2017 - 2017

Advisory Board Member, Foxfield F.A.R.M. Corporation

2009 - 2015

President & Chairman of the Board, Simsbury Community Television

2006 - 2017

Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Simsbury

2006 - 2017

HIPAA/HITECH Training & Compliance Specialist, Tegan Blackburn LLC

2006 - 2017

Factfinder & Non-judicial officer, Hartford Superior Court State Of Connecticut Judicial Branch

2005 - 2015

Special Master, U.S. District Court New Haven

2005 - 2010

Outside Counsel, Hartford Economic Development Commission

2005 - 2017

Arbitrator & Special Master, Superior Court Hartford

2005 - 2017

Chief Compliance Officer, Tegan Blackburn LLC

2005 - 2017

Outside Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

2004 - 2010

Adjunct Professor, University Of Hartford/Hartford College For Women

2004 - 2017

Mediator, United States Postal Service

1990 - 1994

Attorney Trust Dept., Day Berry & Howard

Associations

2016 - Present

American Bar Association, Science and Technology Law Section

Committee Member

2015 - Present

American Land Title Association

2014 - Present

Connecticut Bar Association

Health Law Section

2013 - Present

American Bar Association

Business Law Section Committee Member

2013 - Present

American Bar Association

Health Law Section Comittee Member

2006 - Present

Connecticut Bar Association

Estate Planning & Probate Section

2005 - Present

U.S. District Court New Haven

Special Master

2005 - Present

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Approved Outside Counsel

2005 - Present

ADR Center

Mediator Commercial & Construction Panels

2005 - Present

Connecticut Bar Association

Business Law Section

2004 - Present

Hartford Superior Court

Fact-finder - Arbitrator

2004 - Present

U.S.P.S

Mediator

2004 - Present

Hartford Economic Development Corp.

Apprroved Outside Counsel

2010 - 2015

Zoning Board of Appeals

Chairman

2009 - 2014

SCTV (501-3(c) non-profit

President

2004 - 2011

University of Hartford

Adjunct Professor - Commercial Real Estate

1995 - 1998

SIPRAC Legislative Advisory Committee

Co-Chair

Sample of Legal Cases

Lewis v Frazao Building Corporation

upheld on appeal

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Education

1990

Pace University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1990

Pace University School of Law

post-doctorate

1984

Sacred Heart University

BA - Bachelor of Arts, cum laude

N/A

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific

Attended first year of law school

Speaking Engagements

2018

Connecticut Bar Association Annual Legal Conference

Cybersecurity. It's a changing world, what every business needs to know.

2017

The Ethical Duty of Technology - What Every Lawyer Needs to Know

Technology & Ethics

2016

Protecting Assets & Avoiding Risks

A Business Attorney's Inside Perspective

2016

Important New Legislative Updates

The Most Important Estate Planning Documents

2015

Estate Planning Primer

Why Everyone Needs Estate Planning

2012

Win-Win Negotiations in the Workplace

Negotiating for Success

2012

In-Service Training to Healthcare Personnel

A Mediator's Guide to Resolving Conflicts

2012

Business Succession Panelist

Planning for Success - Business Succession Primer

2012

Business Leaders Roundtable

Avoiding Business Disputes

1999

Emissions trading under the new clean air act

New Clean Act Requirements

Publications

2014

2012

2012

2012

Hartford Business Journal Succession Planning - Avoiding Costly Headaches

2012

Connecticut Law Tribune Magazine Firms should heed data breach statute

1995

Environmental Law Quarterly Environmental Law

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