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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices

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NEW YORK, NY 10020-1104
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Aidan McCormack

Work Department
Litigation, Arbitration, and Investigations; Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes; Insurance
Position
Partner
Career
Aidan McCormack is a commercial litigator with a particular concentration on insurance and reinsurance issues.
Aidan serves as regional and national counsel for a wide range of companies. His practice includes litigation, appellate work, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
Aidan has acted as international and national lead counsel for many clients and has handled numerous high-exposure matters. He represents clients in disputes throughout North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Asia and Bermuda. The wide variety of disputes he has handled includes matters involving fraud, specialty underwriting products, director’s and officer’s exposures, catastrophic first-party losses, technology claims, toxic and mass tort liabilities, and entertainment books.
Memberships
Aidan is a member of ARIAS-US, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, and the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). He is a Member of Board of the American Red Cross on Long Island. Aidan is also on the Board of Governors of the Port Washington Yacht Club in Port Washington, New York.
Education
J.D., Marquette University School of Law; B.A., Creighton University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Insurance > Advice to insurers
Praised for its ‘high degree of expertise‘, the practice at DLA Piper LLP (US) is well-equipped to handle large scale insurance and reinsurance disputes including international multi-party and multi-forum matters. In addition to defending against coverage claims, representing insurers in disputes arising out of transactional liability insurance, and advising clients on potential exposure and compliance, the team offers support in high-profile regulatory investigation cases. Michael Murphy chairs the global practice, and has served as lead counsel for insurers and reinsurers in various complex disputes while Aidan McCormack contributes expertise in litigation, appellate work, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Both lawyers are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Project finance