Michael McGinley

Counsel Attorney at DeMayo Law Offices, LLP
Charlotte, NCAdmitted 2003

About Michael McGinley

Michael J. McGinley, Esq. is a Counsel Attorney at DeMayo Law Offices, LLP, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born in Niagara Falls, New York, he brings a unique blend of insurance industry experience and legal practice. He spent 30 years at a major property and casualty insurance company, including in the role of Chief Claim Officer, before pursuing his current legal career.

McGinley earned his Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1985, his M.B.A. from C.W. Post College in 1978, and his B.A. in Economics from the University of Buffalo in 1971. He was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 2003.

Proven verdicts and settlements at DeMayo Law Offices, LLP

These results are credited to DeMayo Law Offices, LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$12 millionSettlementTop 20 in North Carolina · #7

Behzad "Al" Abedi was killed when stacked marble slabs fell on him at a Charlotte stone warehouse in 2019, and DeMayo Law Offices resolved his family's premises- and products-liability claims for $12 million.

Mecklenburg County, NC · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3 millionSettlementTop 10 in West Virginia · #9

DeMayo Law attorneys Elizabeth G. Grimes and Michael A. DeMayo won a $3 million settlement for an elderly North Carolina man who was run over by another vehicle while standing beside his disabled car on a West Virginia roadside.

Kanawha County, WV · 2013Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$2.5 millionSettlement

A 53-year-old pedestrian hit from behind by a box truck at about 35 mph and thrown more than 34 feet, leaving him with a traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures, settled his claim for $2.5 million.

Rural North Carolina highway (county withheld) · 2020Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.6 millionSettlementTop 10 of 2003 · #10

A 30-year-old passenger was left tetraplegic after a speeding driver hit his stalled car on a South Carolina road, and Michael A. DeMayo stacked two liability policies and an umbrella policy to reach a $1.6 million settlement.

Mecklenburg County, NC (crash occurred in South Carolina) · 2003Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$1.5 millionSettlement

The estate of an Army paratrooper killed when a pickup truck turned left into his motorcycle near Fayetteville settled its wrongful-death claim for $1.5 million.

Cumberland County Superior Court, NC · 2015Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

New York Law School
B.A. in Economics (also M.B.A., C.W. Post College 1978), 1985
University of Buffalo
Undergraduate, 1971

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina, admitted 2003

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$500,000 Settlement for Taxi Passenger With Broken Femurs and Brain Injury After Hit-and-Run Cab
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$3 Million Settlement After Garbage Truck Runs Red Light, Kills Charlotte Driver

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.