Aidan M. McCormack
Partner
Insurance & Reinsurance Practice Leader

Practice Areas

Experience

Mr. McCormack is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department and also the leader of the Insurance & Reinsurance group. He is a commercial litigator with a particular concentration on insurance and reinsurance issues. He serves as regional and national counsel for a wide range of companies.

Mr. McCormack’s practice includes litigation, appellate work, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, regional and national coordinating counsel, advice on coverage issues, assisting with the drafting wordings and the issuance of new products. Mr. McCormack’s cases include matters involving fraud, asbestos, catastrophic first-party losses, environmental, pharmaceutical, technology, product liability, employment, construction, professional liability, fiduciary liability, directors and officer liability, advertising liability, entertainment, and toxic and mass tort claims.

Mr. McCormack is a member of ARIAS-U.S., the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, and the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC).

Presentations/Articles

Mr. McCormack has made numerous presentations to clients and general audiences, and published many articles, including:

Editor, Nixon Peabody Insurance Law Alert, 2003 to present.

“Emerging Issues In International Life Sciences Litigation,” Fourth Annual LS Claims Seminar, May 2008.

“D&O Litigation/Insurance Issues” (speaker), New Jersey State Bar Association, December 11, 2007.

“International Comparative Guide to Product Liability” (contributing author), Global Legal Group, 2005.

“Hot Topics in Insurance Law” (lecturer), New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, May 2004.

“Insurance Coverage Issues Arising from Successor Liability,” NJBA, Fall 2001.

“Challenging Insurance Coverage for Year 2000 Claims” (coauthor), Tort & Ins. Law J., Spring 1999.

“Dissecting the Millennium Bug: An Analysis of the Insurability of Year 2000 Computer Failure Claims,” Practicing Law Institute, February 1998.

“Challenging an Insured's Settlement,” 47 Fed. Ins. & Corp. Couns. Q. 147, 1997 (awarded Article of the Year by the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel).

“Application of the Owned Property Exclusion to Groundwater Contamination Claims,” For the Defense, April 1996.

“Attempts to Avoid Application of the Owned-Property Exclusion to Groundwater Contamination Claims: New Jersey Courts Draw the Line,” Mealey’s Lit. Reports—Insurance, October 17, 1995.

“Addendum to Update: No Coverage in New York for RICO Claims under Public Entity Liability Insurance,” FICC Annual Meeting, Whistler, British Columbia, July 1994.

“Seeking Procedural Due Process in NCAA Infractions Proceeding: States Take Action,” 2 Marquette Sports Law Journal 262, 1992.

Admissions

Mr. McCormack is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States district courts for the Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Western districts of New York, the District of New Jersey, the District of Wisconsin, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the Northern District of Florida.

Education

Marquette University Law School, J.D. (American Jurisprudence Award in Corporations I; Executive Editor, Marquette Sports Law Journal (1991-1992))

Creighton University, B.A.

Mr. McCormack was a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Corporations I and the executive editor of the Marquette Sports Law Journal from 1991–1992.