John Regan

Attorney Profile

John Regan is a founding partner of Regan Strom, P.C. and a five-time Super Lawyers Rising Star, a distinction awarded to only the top 2.5% of all eligible attorneys. He has a diverse complex litigation practice where he primarily represents individuals in a broad variety of disputes against larger corporations.

For more than a decade, John has focused his practice on complex business and employment litigation matters, with a particular focus litigating class actions on behalf of employees and consumers. John has successfully litigated class actions on behalf of tens of thousands of individuals for wage and hour and consumer protection violations, helping them to collectively recover millions of dollars.

In 2019, John was co-lead counsel on the landmark employment case Sullivan v. Sleepy’s, which clarified rules regarding the payment of inside sales employees in Massachusetts. Prior to the decision, a myriad of Massachusetts-based businesses — such as car dealerships and furniture stores — were improperly compensating their employees by withholding overtime payments. Sleepy’s ultimately led Massachusetts employers to return tens of millions of dollars to employees across the state.

Currently, he is class counsel for the Plaintiffs in a 27,000-member certified class-action in Massachusetts Superior Court involving allegations that a home heating oil supplier was diluting its fuel in ways that made it less valuable and harmful to customers’ equipment. John is simultaneously prosecuting claims on behalf of the Class in federal court alleging that the heating oil supplier’s insurance companies are unreasonably refusing to pay for the property damage the diluted heating oil caused.

In addition to his class action practice, John regularly brings cases on behalf of individuals for claims involving independent contractor misclassification, wage violations, workplace discrimination, harassment and retaliation, wrongful termination, fraud, breach of contract and more. He has secured numerous large settlements and judgments on behalf of his individual clients.

Since just 2018, John has successfully recovered over $20 million on behalf of his clients and the Class members they represent.

John is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts as well as the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In addition, he has successfully obtained awards for his clients in various arbitration settings, including with AAA (American Arbitration Association).

Before starting Regan Strom, P.C., John was a partner at a Boston-based boutique litigation firm that focused on plaintiff-side employment and business litigation matters. In 2024, he teamed up with his good friends and fellow attorneys, Jeffrey Strom and Jay Livingstone, to found Regan Strom.

John lives on the South Shore with his wife and young daughter.

Representative Cases

• Secured a multi-million dollar settlement for a class of over one hundred wait-staff workers at a state-wide chain of banquet facilities.
• Secured nearly $15 million in several class-action lawsuits against automobile dealers and retail stores who were not paying their sales people overtime or Sunday/holiday pay.
• Obtained class certification and a partial $5.6 million settlement (pending approval) on behalf of 27,000 customers of a heating oil distributor that allegedly diluted its fuel in ways that made it less valuable and unsafe.
• Won a six-figure jury verdict in federal court in fraud case involving hundreds of acres of Arizona farmland.
• Won a six-figure jury verdict in Suffolk Superior Court on behalf of two car salesmen who were not properly paid overtime.

In the News

“$5.6m settlement proposed for consumers in home heating oil suit against Peterson Oil,” Boston Globe

“Customers’ Class Action Suit Against Peterson Oil Certified by Superior Court – Company Attorney Denies Allegations, Plans to Appeal,” Telegram & Gazette

“Worcester-based Peterson Oil Under New Scrutiny from Attorney General,” Boston Globe

“Worcester Fuel Dealer Faces Class-Action Suit Over Home Heating Oil Mixture,” Boston Globe

“Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate shredded documents as he faced a lawsuit accusing him of wage theft,” Business Insider

“A GOP Senate Candidate Blames ‘Liberal’ Judges for His Labor Violations. Just One Problem With That.” Mother Jones