AWARDS AND HONORS

1991 Recipient of the Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award.  This award is voted on anonymously by the judiciary and is given annually to a trial attorney, age 36 or younger, in recognition of outstanding achievement in trial practice.  It is considered the most prestigious award presented to trial lawyers in the State of Missouri since 1955.

Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2006 edition to the Present.  This book has been published every other year since 1985 by two Harvard law graduates.  It recognizes, upon confidential peer-review surveys, the best attorneys in their fields in the United States.  Mr. Regan was designated the Kansas City Criminal Lawyer of the Year, Non-White Collar, by this organization in 2011.

Voted as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Missouri by the American Trial Lawyers Association, 2008-Present

Kansas City Magazine’s Super Lawyers of Kansas and Missouri Top 50.  Regan has annually been selected to an elite group of 50 attorneys that were recognized by their peers as the Top 50 attorneys presently practicing in the states of Kansas and Missouri.  This designation was not limited to a particular specialty.

Kansas City Business Journal, Best of the Bar 2000-2016

Ingram’s Magazine, Best Lawyers in Kansas City, 2008-Present

Inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2010, which is comprised of the top one percent (1%) of trial lawyers in North America. This is reputed to be the most elite group of trial lawyers in North America. Membership is only by invitation after a lengthy nomination and investigative process. Only 1% of all trial lawyers in North America are invited.

Who’s Who in International Law. Mr. Regan was one of only eight Missouri attorneys selected for this honor in 2019 and 2020.

Charlie Regan has been recognized as a “Top 40 Under 40” attorney in Missouri by The National Trial Lawyers organization. Membership is extended solely to the select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile measured by objective and uniformly applied standards in compliance with state bar and national Rule 4-7.

BAR ADMISSIONS
Kansas Bar
Missouri Bar
United States Supreme Court
Federal Court, Western District of Missouri
Federal Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Federal Court, District of Kansas
Pro Hac Vice Admissions:
Federal Court, Tampa, Florida
Federal Court, Los Angeles, California
State Court, Texas
State Court, Florida