Bryan A. McGann

Bryan McGann practices civil litigation with a focus on corporate and banking issues as well as medical malpractice defense matters.

Bryan joined Smith Anderson in 2001 and has more than 40 years of business, banking and legal experience including prior positions as vice president of a commercial bank and chief operating officer of a medical and pharmaceutical technology company. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of Banking sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers Association and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bryan was the leader of the founding team of the Carolina Angel Network at UNC Chapel Hill.

In addition to his role as Of Counsel to the firm, Bryan is the creator of the Pill Pockets® brand pet treats, the world’s leading medicine delivery aid that, following acquisition, is now sold around the world by Mars Pet Care. He is the owner of Sundial Homes, a residential building and development company at Lake Gaston, and has been granted a United States patent on a medical device to aid in the rehabilitation and recovery of orthopedic surgical patients.  

Since 2016, Bryan has been the Director of the Start-Up Ventures Clinic at the Duke University School of Law where he also serves as Director of the Dual Degree Program in Law and Entrepreneurship. As Clinical Professor of Law, Bryan also teaches courses in law related to startup and early-stage companies.

Recognition

• Duke University School of Law, Governing Faculty
• Order of Barristers
• Chief Justice, Holderness Moot Court, University of North Carolina School of Law
• James William Morrow, III Award, University of North Carolina School of Law
• Member, Cardinal Gibbons High School Athletics Hall of Fame
• Member, Cardinal Gibbons High School Alumni Hall of Fame

Education

Duke University School of Law, LL.M. Law and Entrepreneurship, magna cum laude, 2015

Walden University, Ph.D, Decision Science, 2004

University of North Carolina, J.D., with honors, 2001

Campbell University, M.B.A., 1990

East Carolina University, B.S., 1983

Bar & Court Admissions

• Director, Start-Up Ventures Clinic, Duke University School of Law
• Director, Dual Degree Program in Law and Entrepreneurship, Duke University School of Law
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University (2014-Present)
• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Wake County Bar Association
• Board of Directors, North Raleigh Athletic Association, Past Member
• Alumni Fund, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Past Chair
• Reaccreditation Committee, The Franciscan School, Raleigh, N.C., (2007-2008)
• School Advisory Council, The Franciscan School, Raleigh, N.C., Past Chair
• Pastoral Council, St. Francis of Assisi, Raleigh, N.C. (2008)
• Reaccreditation Committee, University of North Carolina School of Law (2006-2007)
• Student Services Committee, University of North Carolina School of Law (2008-2015)
• James E. and Carolyn B. Davis Society, University of North Carolina School of Law
• Speaker's Roundtable, Wake Technical Community College

• Represented numerous hospitals in a wide variety of cases alleging medical malpractice.
• Successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of a hospital following allegations of improper monitoring of a patient in the operating room.
• Successfully represented and obtained dismissals for a surgical monitoring company and its personnel against allegations related to medical negligence.
• Represented assisted living/nursing home facilities in matters alleging negligence.
• Represented a home health care company in a case of a failed patient lift causing death.
• Multiple representations of banks in various matters related to bank operations and customer suits.
• Multiple representations against allegations of defective products and/or state lemon law cases.