James A. McGuire

Equity Partner

New York

Telephone:

212-261-8222

E-Mail:

James.McGuire@mendes.com

Practice Area(s)

• Reinsurance

Admission(s)

• 1976, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Education

• Boston College, A.B., cum laude, 1971

• Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 1975

Publications

• Book Reviewer, Reinsurance Contract Wording. Lecturer on Professional Liability Insurance, Practicing Law Institute, New York and San Francisco, 1986. Co-author: "Bad Faith, Excess Liability and Extra contractual Damages: Counsel for the Excess Carrier Looks at the Issues," 72 University of Detroit - Mercy Law Review 49 (Fall, 1994); "Issues for Excess Insurer councils in Bad Faith and Excess Liability Cases," 62 Defense Counsel Journal 337 (July 1995); "Issues for Excess Insurer Counsel in Bad Faith and Excess Liability Cases. "8 National Insurance Law Review 49 (1996). Speaker: "Medical Professional Liability" Is There a Map Through the Minefield?" (P.L.U.S. International Conference, Chicago, November 2001; "Is the Reinsurance Market Hardening," Crittenden Medical Insurance Conference, Washington, DC., May 2001; "Industry Overview - Are Temperatures Rising in Medical Professional Liability," Professional Liability Underwriting Society Symposium, Chicago, March 2001; "Punitive Damages," Euro Forums - U.S. Insurance Law & Practice, April 1999; "Errors and Omissions and General Liability Insurance" An Update for Schools, "National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys Law Seminar, New Orleans, LA, 1998; "Claims-made Coverage Challenge Overview, "Physicians Insurers Association of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1997; "Business and Medicine: Insurance Industry Response to Managed Care Exposures and Practice Environment, "Physicians Insurers Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1997;  "Reinsurance and the Claims Department,  "Physicians Insurers Association of America, Claims Section Interim Workshop, Scottsdale, AZ, 1995; "Physicians & Surgeons, "Professional Liability Underwriting Society (P.L.U.S.) Malpractice Symposium, Chicago, March 2003; "Bad Faith Claims, " Physicians Insurers Association of America (P.I.A.A.) Claims Committee, Washington, D.C., October 2003.