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)