Jack McGinley is a trial attorney with more than 45 years of legal experience. He concentrates his practice in corporate, business, real estate and professional liability matters. He also has significant experience in handling matters on behalf of non-profit organizations.

Jack previously served in the public sector as an assistant district attorney of Allegheny County. He later co-founded the firm Grogan Graffam McGinley, where he practiced for more than 30 years before joining Eckert Seamans as an equity partner in 2002.

Throughout his legal career, he has successfully tried numerous high-profile cases to verdict. He also chaired the Independent Regulatory Review Commission of Pennsylvania for more than 10 years and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. Jack has complemented his legal career with various business interests and service to many non-profit corporations. He is the former chair of Rockwood Casualty Insurance Company and the current chair and president of Ballymoney Real Estate Services, a real estate development and management company. He has also served as a director of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Wilson McGinley Inc., a wholesale distributor of beer and malt beverages. Jack currently serves as chair of Duquesne University’s board of directors, an emeritus trustee at St. Bonaventure University, chair of the Rita McGinley Foundation, and chair of The Pittsburgh Foundation. He is the former board chair of Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital, which he led through its joiner with UPMC. A member of Duquesne University’s Century Club of Distinguished Alumni, Jack also received the Father Henry McAnulty Award for his outstanding service to Duquesne. Among his many contributions to the university have been:

• Creating the McGinley Public Service Fellowships, which encourage law students to work in public service. More than 100 fellows from Duquesne Kline Law School have engaged in public-service internships in all three branches of government in Pennsylvania, the United States and other countries.
• Instituting the annual McGinley Rice Symposium on Justice for Vulnerable Populations, which addresses critical social justice and health care issues such as homelessness, addiction, hunger and dementia.
• Helping to lead the early push to launch Duquesne University’s new College of Osteopathic Medicine, to which McGinley contributed and helped to raise more than $12 million from the board of directors and other prominent alumni.

Last year, a new student apartment building at Duquesne, along Forbes Avenue, was named McGinley Hall in his honor. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Duquesne president Ken Gormely said, “Jack has been an essential partner and wise counsel for me, enabling the university to move a series of significant projects forward.”