Gregory M. McNamee

Gregory M. McNamee defends clients in toxic tort, product liability, environmental, commercial and premises liability litigation. His clients include international manufacturing companies and prominent insurers. Greg has significant experience in all stages of litigation up to trial. He also has extensive appellate experience.

Experience Highlights

Life Sciences

Greg has represented medical-device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies in product-liability cases. He also has represented a generic drug manufacturer in a claim for indemnity.

Environmental

For several years, Greg has defended employers in environmental matters. His cases include the following:

•Represented defendant in seven-figure contract indemnity and additional insured claim arising from an underlying catastrophic accident
•Defended commercial property owner in environmental action involving significant flooding of a neighboring property
•Represented environmental engineer in professional liability action involving oil spill

Appellate

Greg has extensive appellate experience, including briefing a variety of insurance issues stemming from contractual risk transfer, indemnification provisions, and additional insured endorsements. His successes include drafting an appellate brief in a multimillion-dollar declaratory judgment action

Honors & Awards

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Products Liability: Defense, 2018-19

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2015-16

First Judicial District of Pennsylvania’s Pro Bono Roll of Honor, 2013

Community Involvement

•Clementine Montessori, founding member of board of directors; Executive Committee, Boston College Law School Alumni Association, Philadelphia Chapter

Publications & Events

Publications

•Editor, Goldberg Segalla’s Asbestos Case Tracker blog: read Gregory’s blog posts here
•“Asbestos Ruling Ignores Science And Hurts Defendants” (Co-Author), Law360, March 31, 2020
•“Protecting Subcontractors, and Their Insurers, from Unanticipated and Overwhelming Contract Indemnity Risk” (Co-Author), The Critical Path, the Defense Research Institute’s Construction Law Committee newsletter, December 27, 2013
•Contributing Editor, LexisNexis Practice Guide: Pennsylvania Personal Injury Litigation LexisNexis, 2012

Webinars

•“Pennsylvania Drastically Changes Asbestos Litigation in Roverano Decision,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, March 26, 2020
•“Climate Change: Policy and Litigation Update” (Co-Presenter), GS Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Webinar, November 8, 2018

Recent Insights

Pennsylvania’s “Roverano” Asbestos Ruling Ignores Science and Hurts Defendants

April 1, 2020

Supreme Court Decision in Roverano Changes Pennsylvania Asbestos Litigation

March 6, 2020

Seventeen Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Featured in 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

May 9, 2019

Goldberg Segalla Elevates 37 Attorneys to Partner, Eight to Special Counsel Following Year of Nationwide Growth

December 18, 2018

Pennsylvania Superior Court Refuses to Extend Statute of Limitations for Employee's Exposure Claims

November 20, 2018

Fifteen Goldberg Segalla Attorneys Featured in 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

May 18, 2018