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Joseph P. McMenamin
Partner 
One James Center
jmcmenamin@mcguirewoods.com901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030 F: 804.698.2116    |
Mr. McMenamin was a university-trained internist and a practicing emergency physician before being admitted to the bar. He holds medical (1978) and law (1985) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, and served a straight medicine residency (1978-1981) at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta before joining McGuireWoods in 1985.
A member of the Life Sciences Industry team, Mr. McMenamin focuses on health-related litigation, including products liability and toxic torts, risk management and claims avoidance, and health law. His practice places particular emphasis upon identification and development of the science informing the defense of claims against the manufacturers of medicines, vaccines and medical devices. More recently, he has been assisting clients in the preparation of pandemic and emergency plans. He is a Fellow of the College of Legal Medicine, a Senior Fellow in the Jefferson School of Population Health, and an Associate Professor of Legal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia.
- Life Sciences
- Food & Beverage Production
- Healthcare
- Product & Consumer Litigation
- Products Liability
- Toxic Tort & Environmental Litigation
- Technology & Software
- Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2011
- Named a Virginia "Super Lawyer," Law & Politics, 2007-2010
- AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Part-time Emergency Room Positions
- DeKalb General Hospital, Decatur, Georgia, 1979-1981
- Forsyth County Hospital, Cumming, Georgia, 1979-1980
- Paulding County Hospital, Dallas, Georgia, 1980-1981
- Redmond Park Hospital, Rome, Georgia, 1981
- Riddle Memorial Hospital, Media, Pennsylvania, 1983-1985
- Taylor Hospital, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, 1983-1985
- Full-time Emergency Room Positions
- Riddle Memorial Hospital, Media, Pennsylvania, Medical Director, 1982
- Life Sciences
- Physicians and Pharmaceutical Companies
- Regulation
- Health Law
- Pandemic Flu
- Websites; e-Health; Telehealth
- Insurance Coverage and Risk Management
- Draft Treaties
- Obesity
- Book Review
- Life Sciences
- Pandemic Flu and Emergency Preparedness
- HIPAA and Privacy
- New Media; Telehealth
- Health Law
- Risk Management; Claims Avoidance
- Obesity
- American Board of Law in Medicine, 1988 (#83008)
- National Board of Medicine Examiners, 1979 (#193772)
- Faculty, Medical College of Virginia, Department of Legal Medicine, Associate Professor
- Richmond Ambulance Authority
- Board of Directors, 1990-Present
- President, 1996-Present
- Board of Directors, Medical Society of Virginia Insurance Center, 2000-Present
- Board of Advisors, The Medical Information Technology Law Report, 2000-Present
- Advisory Board Member, Telehealth Law, 2000-Present
- Licenses
- Medicine: Virginia (#38761)
- Medicine: Georgia (Inactive)
- Medicine: Pennsylvania (Inactive)
- Member, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Pandemic Planning Work Group, 2006-Present
- American Council on Science and Health, Board of Scientific and Policy Advisors, 2006-Present
- American Health Lawyers Association, 1991-2002, 2004-Present
- Virginia Biotechnology Association, 1996-Present
- Legal Advisory Committee, Thematic Working Group on Legal and Ethical Issues (T6), European Health Telematics Association, 1999-Present
- Medical Society of Virginia, 1987-Present
- Associate Editor for Legal Medicine, Virginia Medical Quarterly, 1993-1998
- Legislative Committee
- Professional Liability Committee
- Telemedicine Committee
- Association of Telehealth Service Providers, 2000-2002
- American College of Physicians, 1980-2002
- American Medical Association, 1984-2002
- American Telemedicine Association, 1996-2002
- International Task Force, 1997-2002
- Richmond Academy of Medicine, 1987-2002
- Legislative Committee
- International Bar Association, 1992-2004
- Web Site Committee, 2000-2004
- Council, Section on Legal Practice, 2000-2004
- Committee 2, Law and Medicine: Editor, Newsletter, 1995-1996
- Committee 2, Law and Medicine: Chairman, 1996-2000
- Committee R, International Computer and Technology Law
- Virginia Bar Association, 1985-2002
- Richmond Bar Association, 1986-2002
- Defense Research Institute, 1986-2002
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, 1990-2002
- American College of Legal Medicine, 1986-2002
- American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 1987-2001
- Ethics Committee, Chippenham and Johnston Willis Hospitals, 1994-2001
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EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, J.D., 1985 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M.D., 1978 Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, B.S. Chemistry, summa cum laude, 1974
Emory University Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia, Internal Medicine, 1978-1981
FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES Pi Kappa Phi ADMITTED Virginia 1985 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 1985 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 1985 U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH York, Pennsylvania |