John J. McNamara is a founding partner of the law firm of Domestico, Lane & McNamara, LLP. Mr. McNamara's practice areas include construction law, surety law, insurance law, and employment law. The Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory has awarded Mr. McNamara an AV Rating, the highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics. He has also been named a New England Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and Boston Magazine. This designation is limited to the top 5% of attorneys in New England.

Mr. McNamara is a graduate of Worcester State College (B.A., Summa Cum Laude, 1987) and earned his law degree from the Catholic University Columbus School of Law (J.D. 1990). He was a Note and Comment Editor for the Catholic University Law Review, 1989-1990. He was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1990 and the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit in 1991. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1991 and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1992.

Mr. McNamara has tried numerous cases in state and federal courts before juries and judges. Mr. McNamara has argued before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Mr. McNamara has also arbitrated and mediated numerous cases. Mr. McNamara has had dozens of Bid Protests before the Office of the Attorney General. Mr. McNamara is a member of the American Arbitration Association's Panel of Construction Arbitrators.

Mr. McNamara has been an invited speaker at the Construction Industries in Massachusetts, Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts, Associated General Contractors, Inc., Massachusetts Electrical Contractors Association, and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education.

Mr. McNamara's publications include the following: Co-Author, Calculating Construction Damages (2nd Edition 1999), Aspen Law and Business; Co-Author, Calculating Construction Damages (1st Edition 1992, Wiley Law & Business); Chapter Author, Construction Law Handbook, Chapter 28 Compensatory Damages for Breach of Contract, 1998 Aspen Law and Business; Author, Attention Gray Market Shoppers: K-Mart v. Cartier, Inc. Fails to Clarify the Clouded Area of Gray Market Goods, 28.4 Catholic University Law Review 933 (1989).

A full list is found in the publications/seminars section.

E-mail John J. McNamara at jmcnamara@dlandm.com