Joseph McGill |
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC
JMcGill@fbmjlaw.com
(734) 742-1825
38777 Six Mile Rd
Suite 300
Livonia,
MI
48152
Joseph McGill | Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC
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Firm Summary
Joe is a Member at the firm. He has extensive litigation and transactional experience in commercial disputes, probate, estate planning, corporate and real estate matters. He has extensive experience providing insurance coverage analysis for carriers. He is national trial counsel in the defense of product liability claims in the gas fired heating industry. He advises clients on complex disputes in multiple industries in state and federal courts across the country. Joe also has advanced training and certifications in Family Law, Probate and Estate Planning.
Joe’s practice includes complex litigated matters such as business torts, construction litigation, real property disputes, tax appeals, ground water contamination claims and business to business disputes. His environmental experience also includes defense of mold related injury claims, lead contamination litigation and municipal sewage defect claims. His product liability experience includes defense of carbon monoxide catastrophic injury and death claims.
McGill serves as an elected member of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan. He has been elected by his fellow board members to serve as Treasurer, Secretary and Vice President of the State Bar of Michigan. As Treasurer, he chaired the Finance Committee and Audit Committee which oversees the financial operations and long-term planning of the State Bar of Michigan. As Secretary he presently chairs the Professional Standards Committee which oversees the Bar’s efforts in the following areas: Character & Fitness, Client Protection Fund, Judicial Ethics, Judicial Qualifications, Lawyers & Judges Assistance, Professional Ethics and the Unauthorized Practice of Law.
During his term as Vice President, he will chair the Communications & Member Services Committee which is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations regarding all current and proposed new programs, services, bar activities and make recommendations regarding the Bar’s relationship with local and special interest bar associations and the sections of the Bar. The Committee also oversees: Awards; Michigan Bar Journal; Public Outreach & Education. He also serves on the SBM Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee both of which work with SBM staff to provide leadership and vision for the future.
He has served as the Chair of the Representative Assembly for the State Bar of Michigan and was a member of the State Bar’s 21st Century Practice Task Force. He serves as Emeritus Director and past President of the Catholic Lawyers Society of Detroit, past President of the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers and Past President and founder of the Michigan Irish American Chamber of Commerce, n/k/a Irish Network Detroit. Joe carries Martindale Hubbell’s “AV” rating, is a Michigan Super Lawyer and is rated “Superb” by Avvo. He was the 2013 recipient of the Michigan Irish American Chamber of Commerce’s Business Lawyer Award.
COURT ADMISSIONS
State of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
U.S. Supreme Court
United States Tax Court
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Author, “‘Welcoming the Twenty-First Century: The Rebranding of the Representative Assembly”
The Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 97, No. 10, October 2018
Author, “‘Civil Discovery Rules and Beyond: Reimagining the Representative Assembly”
The Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 97, No. 5, May 2018
Co-Author, “‘Defending Carbon Monoxide Exposure Claims”
CLM Magazine, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, May 2018
Author, “‘The Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers, Lawyers and Judges Committed to Administration of Justice”
The Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 96, No. 3, March 2017
Co-Author, “‘Departure of Key Employees, Capital Raising Activities, and the Risks Involved with Form S-8 Registration”
The Michigan Business Law Journal, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2017
Madonna University Foundation Board
Spring and Fall Meetings 2013, Charitable Giving
Author, “‘Only If’ I Had Named the Correct Debtor: The Overhaul of MCL 440.9503”
The Michigan Business Law Journal, Volume 33, Issue 1, Spring 2013
Author, “Medicare Liability Set Asides”
Michigan Defense Quarterly, January, 2010
Co-author, “Court Rejects Environmental Plaintiffs’ Efforts at ‘Windfall’ Damages”
Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Opinion Letter, January, 2007
Fall Conference, Michigan Self Insurers’ Association, October 2006, Medicare Set-Aside Compliance and Enforcement
Spring Rehabilitation Conference, May 2006, sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Wright & Fillipis, Medicare Set-Aside Compliance and Enforcement
State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section, Commercial Litigation Committee, Mid-Year Meeting, 1994, Enforcement of Non-Compete Agreements
“Enforcement of Shrink-Wrap and Click-Wrap Agreements Under the USS: Mutual Assent is Pivotal”
The Michigan Business Law Journal, Summer, 2006
“Franchisor Franchisee Relationships Under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act”
The Michigan Business Law Journal, May 1997
“Corporate Directors and Officers Duties and Other Common Law Bases for Liability”
The General Practitioner, September 1993
“Equitable Subordination of Claims in Bankruptcy: An Overview”
The Michigan Business Law Journal, August 1993
“Private Actions Under the False Claims Act”
The Michigan Business Law Journal, May 1991
“Limitation of Remedies in the Commercial Context”
The General Practitioner, December 1991