Positions, presentations and publications by Mr. McDonough include:

  • Authored “Hell Hath No Fury Like a General Contractor Scorned (But We Are Still Not Going to Pay for Your Defense): Coverage-Based Arguments for Resisting General Contractor Demands for Defense Under Subcontractor CGL Policies,” For the Defense, Defense Research Institute (May 2021)
  • Co-presented “What Goes Around, Comes Around: Bad Faith Claims Between Insurers” at Defense Research Institute’s Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Claims Symposium (June 2017)
  • Chair of the Directors and Officers Subcommittee of the Defense Research Institute’s Insurance Law Committee (2015-2016)
  • Steering Committee for the New England Chapter of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) (2011-2013)
  • Served as Regional Editor (New England States) for Defense Research Institutes’ Excess and Umbrella Insurance State-by-State Compendium (January 2012)
  • Co-presented on “Proven Strategies for Bad Faith Claims Where Multiple Layers of Insurance Are Involved” at the American Conference Institute’s 22nd National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation (November 2011)
  • Co-presented a webcast for the Defense Research Institute on “Practical and Tactical Tools for Defending Extra-Contractual Claims” (June 2009)
  • Co-presented on “Tactical Considerations for Exercising the Right, and Terminating the Duty, to Defend” at the Defense Research Institute’s Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Claims Symposium (June 2009)
  • Co-presented “Insurance 101: Is It Covered? Spotting Insurance Issues in Everyone’s Practice” at the American Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting (February 2009)
  • Co-authored “Litigating Coverage for Clergy Sexual Abuse Claims: Lessons Learned in Boston,” presented at the Defense Research Institute’s annual Insurance Coverage Practice Symposium (December 2005)
  • Co-authored “Recent Developments in the Law Affecting Professionals, Officers, and Directors” published in the American Bar Association’s Tort & Insurance Law Journal(Winter 2005)
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