Bryan P. Couch practices primarily in the areas of business litigation, product liability and tort law.  During his career at Connell Foley, Mr. Couch has handled a wide variety of litigated matters including complex commercial, product liability, professional liability, and insurance defense.  He has extensive experience representing large franchisors in commercial disputes and trademark litigation venued primarily in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York.  Mr. Couch is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including initial case assessment; discovery drafting; fact, expert and corporate designee depositions; trial preparation; motion practice; and trial and appellate practice.  Mr. Couch has also counseled clients in transactional matters arising from a franchise or distribution relationship.    

Mr. Couch is a 2006 graduate from the prestigious International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (IADC) at Stanford University.  He is currently a member of the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) Young Lawyers Steering Committee and a member of the DRI Franchise and Business Torts Special Litigation Groups.  He is also a member of the US Law Business Litigation Practice Group.  He is actively involved with the ABA Forum on Franchising and the International Franchise Association (IFA).  He has twice served as a roundtable moderator at the IFA’s Annual Legal Symposium. 

In law school, Mr. Couch was the Notes and Comments Editor of the Seton Hall University Journal of Sport Law. He served as an intern to the Hon. Peter Boggia, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division; and the Hon. Gerald Escala, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.