Joe is a Principal at the firm. He has extensive litigation and transaction experience in commercial litigation, business, intellectual property and estate planning, and complex corporate, probate and real estate matters.  He is a national trial counsel for product liability defense clients in the gas fired industry.  He advises clients on complex business issues in multiple industries in state and federal courts across the country.  Joe also has advanced training and certifications in Family Law, Probate and Estate Planning.

Joe’s practice includes complex litigated matters such as business torts, construction litigation, product liability defense, executive employee benefits, real property disputes, tax appeals, ground water contamination claims and business to business disputes. His environmental experience includes defense of mold related injury claims, lead contamination litigation and municipal sewage defect claims.  His product liability experience includes defense of carbon monoxide and catastrophic injury claims.

McGill serves as an elected member of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan. He has been selected by his fellow board members to serve as Treasurer and recently Secretary of the State Bar of Michigan. As Treasurer, he chaired the Finance Committee and Audit Committee which oversees the financial operations and long-term planning of the State Bar of Michigan. As Secretary he presently chairs the Professional Standards Committee which oversees the Bar’s efforts in the following areas: Character & Fitness, Client Protection Fund, Judicial Ethics, Judicial Qualifications, Lawyers & Judges Assistance, Professional Ethics and the Unauthorized Practice of Law. He also serves on the SBM Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Committee both of which work with SBM staff to provide leadership and vision for the future. He has served as the Chair of the Representative Assembly for the State Bar of Michigan and was a member of the State Bar’s 21st Century Practice Task Force. He serves as Emeritus Director and past President of the Catholic Lawyers Society of Detroit, past President of the Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers and President and founder of the Michigan Irish American Chamber of Commerce. Joe carries Martindale Hubbell’s “AV” rating, a Michigan Super Lawyer and is rated “Superb” by Avvo. He was the 2013 recipient of the Michigan Irish American Chamber of Commerce’s Business Lawyer Award.