McGlinchey Stafford

McGlinchey Stafford is a premier mid-sized business law firm that creatively delivers best-in-class, full-service, scalable solutions for clients nationwide by leveraging bold innovation, diverse talent, and leading-edge technology across its growing networked platform.

McGlinchey provides firmwide resources to clients of various sizes and jurisdictions on matters at the local, regional, and national levels, as well as internationally. The firm has experience in more than 40 practice areas, including business; class action defense; commercial litigation; consumer financial services; insurance regulation, compliance, coverage, and litigation; intellectual property; labor and employment; products liability; public finance; real estate; and white collar/government investigations, among others.

Offices

Since opening its doors in 1974 in New Orleans, McGlinchey has expanded to 18 offices in 12 states and Washington D.C. that are strategically aligned to most effectively meet clients’ needs. Today, more than 160 attorneys serve clients from offices in Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Washington, DC. In addition, attorneys are licensed in more than 33 U.S. states, districts, and territories.

Firm Details

Managing Partner: Michael Ferachi

Founded: 1974

Number of partners: 85

Number of other lawyers: 76

Number of offices: 18

Main Areas of Practice

Banking Counsel: Vast experience assisting financial institutions with their transactions and business strategies, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, capitalization, securities, bank-sponsored mutual funds, insurance, and annuity products. Represents clients in licensing, regulatory, and legal issues and in managing 50-state product launches.

Class Action Defense: Protects and defends financial institutions, insurers, consumer goods manufacturers, and employers in hundreds of class actions across more than 25 states. Employs creative and cutting-edge litigation strategies to defeat class certification, shorten litigation, and coordinate nationwide trial strategies.

Commercial Litigation: Defends Fortune 500 corporations and financial institutions, national and regional businesses, insurers, and entrepreneurs in a full range of commercial litigation issues, including complex corporate and contract disputes and creditors’ rights litigation, as well as handling internal investigations and alternative dispute resolution.

Construction: Counsels architects, engineers, contractors, developers, owners, insurers, and lenders on licensing, contractual, financial, business, and insurance matters. Guides on project planning, bidding, project finance, project support, site conditions, licensing disputes, payment disagreements, and engineering and lien claims.

Consumer Financial Services Compliance: On behalf of federally and state-chartered depository institutions, national auto finance companies, national mortgage lenders, manufactured housing lenders, educational finance providers, specialty finance companies, and commercial finance companies, provides transactional and regulatory advice concerning federal and state compliance, documentation, licensing, federal and state investigations and examinations, and related matters.

Consumer Financial Services Litigation: Multidisciplinary team represents banks, finance companies, thrifts, mortgage servicers, credit unions, and credit card issuers in hundreds of class actions in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts, and in arbitration proceedings.

Corporate/M&A & Business Transactions: Counsels on all aspects of corporate formation; capitalization and governance; mergers and acquisitions; purchases and sales of existing companies; divisions of books of business through stock or asset sales and purchases; joint venture documentation; vendor/customer and strategic contract drafting/negotiation; franchisor/franchisee relationships; labor and employment and executive compensation matters; noncompetition agreements; directors’ and officers’ responsibility/liability; and operating, shareholder, and key investor agreements, including shareholder rights and actions. Experienced in Regulation D private placements, 144A offerings, debt offerings, equity tracking and linked securities, mezzanine finance, and other capital-raising transactions.

Creditors’ Rights, Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy: Depth of experience in handling highly complex restructuring, insolvency, and creditors’ rights matters, representing manufacturers of heavy equipment and vehicles and their captive lending arms, commercial and consumer lenders, loan servicers, maritime financiers, and floorplan lenders.

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: Helps clients comply with regulatory obligations and prevent and respond to data breaches. Addresses the full spectrum of security concerns, including data breaches, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT), and Federal Trade Commission response. Assists with mandatory documentation, notifications, breach response and remediation, litigation, and enforcement actions.

Labor & Employment: Representing union and non-union companies, collaborates with HR teams to anticipate and resolve complex issues facing employers and in-house legal departments. With a business-focused approach, advises clients on claim and conflict prevention, regulatory compliance, and reducing risk in litigation and workplace investigations.

Products Liability: On behalf of global manufacturers, defends complex and technical products liability claims across the US in cases of national importance, and in class actions and mass torts.

Real Estate: As national and regional counsel, represents sellers, buyers, and lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate, including acquisitions, financing, development, zoning, state and local tax incentives, and administrative and governmental procedures. Proprietary title insurance agency writes title policies in FL and LA.