McGivney joins Plunkett Cooney’s Flint office
July 18, 2008Plunkett Cooney, one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest law firms, continued the expansion of its Flint regional office with the recent addition of attorney Jessica A. McGivney.
A member of Plunkett Cooney’s Litigation Practice Group, McGivney concentrates her practice primarily on matters involving governmental and medical liability. She represents municipalities in police pursuits, excessive force, civil rights, whistleblower, labor and employment (discipline, discharge and contract related issues), zoning and personal injury claims. She also routinely defends physicians and hospitals in medical liability cases.
Prior to joining the firm, McGivney worked as an associate attorney for a Southfield-based law firm where she gained experience in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance coverage disputes, personal injury, no fault, employment law and ERISA. Prior to entering private practice, she clerked for the Office of the General Counsel for DaimlerChrysler Financial Services in Southfield, where she researched various consumer finance programs and drafted finance and lease agreements in accordance with Article 9.
A cum laude graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, McGivney is a member of the Livingston and Genesee County bar associations and the State Bar of Michigan. She is licensed to practice in Michigan ’s state and federal courts.
Plunkett Cooney's Flint office features the collective talents of attorneys who focus on title insurance, insurance coverage law and the defense of all manner of civil litigation, including construction disputes, motor vehicle negligence, medical malpractice, municipal liability, liquor liability, product liability, toxic torts, commercial litigation, labor and employment law, trucking and transportation law, professional liability and premises liability. The addition of McGivney brings to seven the number of attorneys in the firm’s Flint office.
Established in 1913, Plunkett Cooney employs 150 attorneys in nine Michigan cities, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana. The firm has achieved the highest rating (AV) awarded by Martindale-Hubbell, a leading, international directory of law firms.
For more information regarding Jessica A. McGivney joining Plunkett Cooney, contact the firm’s Practice Development Manager, John Cornwell at (248) 901-4008.
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