Jeffrey T. McGuire Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
| Shareholder, since
1998 | |
| phone | (717) 232-7661 (877) 490-6665 (Toll Free) |
| fax | 717-232-2766 |
| Email Me | |
Jeffrey T. McGuire, Esquire specializes in Civil Litigation. He is certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Accredited Agency. He is honored to have been selected in 2006 and 2007 as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Law Politics and Philadelphia Magazine for civil litigation and to have been selected as a 2003 lawyer on the Fast Tract by the American Lawyer Media and as one of Central Pennsylvania's Forty Under 40 award winners in 2002 by the Central Penn Business Journal.
Mr. McGuire was educated at the Pennsylvania State University and Temple School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania as well as the United States Supreme Court and in the federal district court for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals where he handles construction litigation, professional negligence, insurance defense, personal injury, subrogation, veterans' disability claims, as well as other general civil litigation matters.
Mr. McGuire worked as an actuary at two different insurance companies before deciding to go to law school. He uses his actuarial knowledge and skills in many aspects of his practice including his insurance defense practice and any case involving future losses.
Mr. McGuire is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations. Within the Pennsylvania Bar Association, he is also a member of the Civil Litigation Section and the Professional Liability Committee. Within the Dauphin County Bar Association, he is a member of the Court Relations Committee, as well as the Continuing Legal Education Committee. He is a Hearing Committee member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Further, he is a member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute.
He assists with the Widener Law School's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program at the Harrisburg campus. He has presented several seminars to lawyers and/or paralegals in Dauphin County and the surrounding counties in the central Pennsylvania area. He serves on the Speakers Panel for the Professional Liability Committee and has presented several seminars on avoiding legal malpractice. In addition, Mr. McGuire has participated in the Pennsylvania Bar Association's leadership Institute Program.
Mr. McGuire is a former elected member of the Central Dauphin School Board. He is a past-president and former board member of the Harrisburg East Shore Kiwanis Club. He is a former board member of the Clinton County United Way and the Clinton County Kiwanis Club.
- Areas of Practice:
- Insurance Defense
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Professional Negligence
- Association Law
- Construction Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Accountants Liability
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- General Litigation
- Professional License Defense
- Certification/Specialties:
- Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 2005
- Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1994
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1999
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1999
- U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, 2006
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2000
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2000
- Education:
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1994
Juris Doctor - Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
B.S.
- Published Works:
- Lie to a CPA, Go to Jail, Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Volume 76, No. 1, 2005
- Removing Fear from the Candid Employee Appraisal, Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Volume 76, No. 4, 2006
- Lobbying Law may Affect CPAs with Government Contacts, Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Volume 78, No. 3, 2007
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Legal Malpractice Implications of Y2K, Dauphin County Bar Association
- Legal Malpractice Avoidance, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Risky Business: How to Avoid the Perils of the Practice of Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Top 10 Legal Malpractice Landmarks, Dauphin County Bar Association
- Auto Law Practice Tips (Top 10 Legal Landmines), Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- The Automobile Injury Case for Paralegals, Pennsylvania, IPE
- Auto Law, New Twists in Preparing, Settling & Trying Your Case
- Faculty, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Widener University School of Law
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Dauphin County Bar Association
- Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, Civil Litigation Section
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Supreme Court of PA Disciplinary Board, 2008 - Present
- Hearing Committee Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- Roberts, Miceli & Boileau, Associate, 1995 - 1998
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Pro Bono Volunteer, Dauphin County Bar Association
