John Joseph McInerney, Jr.

JOHN J. McINERNEY, Partner, is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (B.A.) and DePaul College of Law (J.D.). John specializes in arson and fraud matters, coverage litigation, warehouse legal liability, construction defect, workers' compensation, general liability and large loss subrogation cases. John has tried cases in many jurisdictions including Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Arkansas, and Alabama. He has given presentations to various insurance companies and industry groups, including the Wisconsin Fire Loss Association, National and Illinois Associations of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Chicagoland Property Adjusters Association, the Chicago Casualty Adjusters Association, and the Western Loss Association. He is a member of the Illinois Bar, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Federal Trial Bar and the Appellate Bar for United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Reported Decisions

- Evangelical Benefit Trust v. Lloyd's Underwriters Syndicate Nos. 2987, 1607, 1183 and 2001, 2010 WL 2927404 (N.D.Ill. July 19, 2010)

- Baxter Intern., Inc. v. American Guarantee and Liability Ins. Co., 861 N.E.2d 263 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. December 26, 2006)

- Comdisco, Inc. v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 2005 WL 946887 (N.D.Ill. March 24, 2005)

- U.S. v. All Meat and Poultry Products Stored at Lagrou Cold Storage, 2003 WL 22956394 (N.D.Ill. December 12, 2003)

- Singleton v. Singleton, 290 F.Supp.2d 767 (W.D.Ky. November 12, 2003)

- Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. Hanjin Shipping Co., 206 F.Supp.2d 927 (N.D.Ill. June 14, 2002)

- K & T Enterprises, Inc. v. Zurich Ins. Co., 97 F.3d 171 (6th Cir.(Mich.) October 09, 1996)

- Dunlap v. Illinois Founders Ins. Co., 621 N.E.2d 102 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. July 26, 1993)

- Mack v. County of Cook, 827 F.Supp. 1381 (N.D.Ill. July 21, 1993)

- Connelly v. Robert J. Riordan and Co., 617 N.E.2d 76 (Ill.App. 1 Dist. April 29, 1993)

- American Pfauter, Ltd. v. Freeman Decorating Co./Freeman Co., 772 F.Supp. 1071 (N.D.Ill. September 10, 1991)

- W.A. Taylor & Co. v. Griswold & Bateman Warehouse Co., 754 F.Supp. 1260 (N.D.Ill. December 19, 1990)

- Central Mutual Ins. Co. v. Useong Int’l, Ltd., 394 F. Supp. 2d 1043 (N.D. Ill. October 3, 2005)

- Sompo Japan Ins. Inc. v. Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25931 (N.D. Ill. December 15, 2004)

- Nieman Marcus Group, Inc. v. Quast Transfer, Inc., 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9564 (N.D. Ill. June 14, 2002)