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Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accidents; Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Law Enforcement Liability; Criminal Law; Constitutional Law

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A lawyer's ability and performance is derived from his or her complete background, commitment and life experience. Mr. McGuinness grew up in a small town, Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He labored on farms, in factories, and on construction sites - he knows what hard work is all about. Mr. McGuinness was taught traditional values, which he employs in his practice.

Mr. McGuinness attended college on an academic scholarship from the North Carolina Veterans Commission, which led to his graduation cum laude with honors in economics. As a research associate at the University of North Carolina, and as a mill and construction worker, Mr. McGuinness worked his way through college.

Mr. McGuinness has received several awards for academic achievements, for excellence in teaching, and in the representation of clients. He received the Wall Street Journal Award in economics from the Dow Jones Company and the University of North Carolina. He subsequently received an Alumnus Award from the University of North Carolina.

Mr. McGuinness worked his way through law school by serving in the Office of General Counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the United States Department of Treasury, and a Washington, D.C. litigation firm. Mr. McGuinness was a Dean's List law student and was a published author in a university law journal while a law student. Following graduation from law school, he completed post-graduate legal study at the National Law Center of George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1984 and 1985.

Mr. McGuinness began his legal career with the United States Department of the Interior in 1984. He subsequently returned to North Carolina and served as a criminal prosecutor. Mr. McGuinness represented the State of North Carolina in a wide variety of cases, including complex felony prosecutions. He prosecuted many jury trials, which came to be his favorite forum.

Mr. McGuinness initially entered the private practice of law with a distinguished firm in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He represented a diverse client base which included matters from routine to complex - automobile accidents to constitutional litigation before federal trial and appellate courts.

In 1989, Mr. McGuinness relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, home of the original McGuinness immigrants from Ireland. He joined a national litigation firm with a specialty in products liability and major personal injury litigation. There, Mr. McGuinness litigated and managed a docket of complex personal injury cases in several states.

Mr. McGuinness learned trial and appellate advocacy through working with prestigious counsel in Washington, Boston, and North Carolina. In 1991, Mr. McGuinness began his own firm and has since successfully handled hundreds of client matters.

Mr. McGuinness often undertakes complex cases involving difficult issues of law. He also handles simple and routine cases - automobile accidents, contract disputes, and routine employment and business related matters. Mr. McGuinness serves as a consultant for other lawyers who need special expertise in the fields of employment law, law enforcement liability, and civil rights litigation.

Special Counsel, Appellate Litigation, National Troopers Coalition. Litigation Counsel, Southern States Police Benevolent Association. Board of Editors: National Trial Lawyer Magazine, N.C. and Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers. Former Adjunct Professor of Law, Instructor: Labor Relations Information Systems; National Association of Police Organizations; Georgetown University Law Center; Williams College; Practising Law Institute; N.C. Bar Association; Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; National Troopers Coalition. Former Assistant District Attorney and Counsel for the U.S. Government.