HUBERT S. McGINLEY

Partner

hmcginley@schwedmcginley.com
Office (561) 694-0070
Facsimile (561) 694-0057

11376 North Jog Road
Suite 101
Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 33418

Position:

• Shareholder

Practice Areas:

• Construction Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Professional Liability
• Insurance Agent and Broker Litigation
• Securities Litigation and Arbitration

Admissions:

• Florida Bar, 1989
• United States District Courts, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, 2000

Clerkships:

• Student Law Clerk to The Honorable Edwin E. Naythons
  U.S. Magistrate Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1988

Education:

• University of Notre Dame
  School of Law
  South Bend, IN
  J.D., Cum Laude, 1989

• University of Notre Dame
  South Bend, IN
  B.A., 1985

• Universidad Complutense de
  Madrid, 1982-1983

Hubie McGinley's practice started at Carlton Fields in Tampa nearly 20 years ago. He joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach where he became an Equity Shareholder. He has extensive experience handling a wide variety of business litigation and insurance defense, including construction litigation, accountant malpractice defense, securities litigation and arbitration, insurance agent defense, wrongful death, product liability, automobile liability defense.

Mr. McGinley has successfully tried more than 100 jury trials and arbitrations across the state of Florida. He has achieved the prestigious AV® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying "very high" ethical standards, reliability and diligence and "very high to preeminent" legal ability.

Since 1989, Mr. McGinley has served as Approved Counsel for some of the world's largest insurance companies, including AIG, ACE, Arch, Allstate, Progressive, GEICO, Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Lloyd's of London, State Farm, St. Paul, Nationwide, and Zurich North American.

Mr. McGinley is a native of Philadelphia and a 1989 Honors Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. He competed on the prestigious National Trial Moot Court Team and was recipient of the Edward F. Barrett Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of Trial Advocacy. He has served on the Executive Board of the Gulfstream Council for Boy Scouts of America and was recognized by the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach for providing outstanding pro bono service in 2007.

Mr. McGinley is married to Lori. Hubie and Lori have four children: Claire, Caroline, Hugh and Jack. Hubie enjoys golf, watching his children's soccer matches, and Notre Dame Football tail-gating.

Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.