Meet The Team

Brian Davey is married, has two children and resides in Huntington, New York.

He received a B.S. in May of l979 from the University of Rhode Island.  In order to pay off his undergraduate loans, he accepted a position with the National Rail Passenger Corporation and thereafter entered St. John’s University School of Law, Evening Division, in September of l983.  He received his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and was admitted to practice in New York State in December of l987.  During that last two years of law school Brian was employed full-time by this firm as a legal assistant.

From December of l987 to December 1997, he was associated with Mulholland Minion & Roe, the predecessor to our firm, Mulholland Minion Davey McNiff & Beyrer.  Brian became a partner in the firm in January 1998 and became managing partner in September 2000.

Approximately 85% of Brian’s focus involves defending construction and NY Labor Law suits, sex abuse claims, medical and professional malpractice and general liability lawsuits. The balance of his practice is devoted to insurance coverage issues and appeals.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and the American Association for Justice. He is on the Board of Directors of the Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association and the Defense Association of New York (DANY).

Brian was an adjunct professor of law at Touro Law School where he has taught Products Liability and Insurance Law courses.

John Beyrer resides with his wife and three sons in Rockville Centre, New York.

He received his B.S. in Business Administration from Fordham University in June, 1988.  He received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in June of 1994.  He was admitted to practice by the Second Department in February of 1995.  In May of 1995, he was admitted to practice before the Federal Courts for the Eastern District of New York and is now also admitted to practice before the Federal Courts for the Southern District of New York.  He is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar. He is also admitted and has argued appeals in the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

After graduation, he was appointed a Deputy County Attorney for the County of Nassau, where he was assigned to the Bureau of Torts and Civil Rights Litigation.  As a Deputy County Attorney, he engaged in all areas of litigation from inception through appeal.

In July of 1996, he became associated with the firm, where he has been actively involved in all phases of the firm’s practice. John was made a partner in the firm in May of 2003. He has tried numerous cases for the firm.

John primarily handles the defense of construction injury lawsuits, products liability, municipal liability matters, defense of transportation entities, and legal malpractice suits; and, employment claims. 

He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Nassau Bar Association, Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association and the Defense Associates of New York (DANY).

He is a 35-year member of the Rockville Centre Volunteer Fire Department.  He is President of his Fire Department Company.  John is currently serving as General Counsel to the Rockville Centre St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Mr. McNiff graduated cum laude with honors in his major from Queens College in 1992.  He thereafter graduated cum laude from Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 1995. 

Kevin was admitted to practice by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in February, 1996.  Additionally, he is admitted to practice in Connecticut.

He became an associate with the firm in June of 1997. Kevin was made a partner in the firm in May of 2003.  Approximately 85% of his practice is devoted to defending owners and contractors in New York State Labor Law actions, trucking, and automobile actions and as trial counsel in catastrophic injury cases. Many of these cases have gone to verdict. The remainder of this practice focuses on coverage issues that arise out of the cases he handles.

Kevin is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Nassau County Bar Association, New York County Bar Association and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association.

Robert Ryan graduated in 1980 with a B.S. in Political Science and Masters of Public Administration from Long Island University, CW Post College. In 1984 he achieved a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law and was admitted to practice law in 1985.

From 1984 to 1991, Bob worked as a legal assistant and associate attorney at Mulholland Minion & Roe, the predecessor to our firm. He subsequently left to start his own practice.

Bob was a founding member of Ryan & Henderson PC, a litigation firm he started in 1991. For over 20 years, his firm established a track record of successfully defending cases in Nassau, Suffolk Counties and the boroughs of New York City. The firm reorganized as Helwig, Henderson, Ryan, LaMagna & Spinola, LLP where Bob continued taking to trial complex medical malpractice, automobile and other personal injury related cases, many of which went to verdict.

In 2015, Bob had the privilege of re- joining Mulholland Minion Davey McNiff & Beyrer where he continues to devote his time to the defense of medical malpractice, automobile, trucking, premises and other personal injury related cases, resulting in several recent verdicts. 

In his 30 plus years of litigating cases, he has also perfected and argued numerous appeals before the Appellate Division.

Bob is admitted to practice law in the courts of state of New York including the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts. He is a member of the New York State and Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers Associations as well as the New York State Bar Association and Nassau County Bar Association, where he has been a member of several Committees.

He is active in his Community serving as a Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, and Church Vestry and has coached youth sports. He resides with his wife in Levittown, New York and has two grown children.

Morgann McCarthy currently resides in Merrick, New York. Morgann graduated from Siena College in 2013, earning her BAs in American Studies and Spanish. While at Siena, Morgann was a Scholar Athlete with Academic Honors, and a member of the Mock Trial Team. Morgann graduated from Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in 2016, earning her JD. While attending Hofstra University she was a member of the Moot Court Board and Trial Advocacy Association. Morgann was admitted to practice by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, in the Second Judicial Department, in 2019.

Morgann became an Associate with the firm in 2019. Her practice consists of construction and general tort litigation including labor law, personal injury, premises liability, and property damage. Morgann also assists trial counsel in catastrophic injury cases.

Prior to joining Mulholland, Minion, Davey, McNiff & Beyrer, Morgann was a law clerk at an international law firm concentrating on complex and technical industries, with a focus on underwriting areas including general liability and third party defense, and providing commercial insurers and reinsurers with coverage opinions and insurance coverage defense.

Morgann is a member of the New York State Bar Association.