Gregory F. McGroarty

Gregory F. McGroarty joined Dyer & Peterson in June, 2024 after many years of experience with premier defense litigation firms.

Gregory F. McGroarty counsels and defends clients in a variety of complex civil litigation claims with a particular focus on the transportation industry. With 17 years of experience as a civil litigator, Greg has represented a wide range of clients facing product liability, asbestos exposure, fire causation, personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, construction defects, insurance coverage, bad faith and subrogation claims. He has handled complex claims that include intercompany contracts and agreements, conducting expert depositions, participating in mediations and preparing various motions.

Greg has successfully tried multiple jury and bench trials in the Superior Court of New Jersey. In addition, he has participated in multiple mediations, arbitrations and settlement negotiations that have saved his clients significant expenses and potential exposure to substantial jury verdicts.

As staff counsel for a Fortune 500 insurance company, Greg represented clients in first- and third-party claims for bodily injury, property damage claims, and insurance coverage cases, where he successfully prepared and argued multiple dispositive motions for summary judgment.

EDUCATION:

Widener University School of Law, J.D., 2005

• Moot Court Honor Society Rowan University, B.S., 2002

ADMISSIONS:

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

HONORS:

Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch - Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2024

New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2017-18

Attorney of the Year, New Jersey Defense Association, 2015-16

New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2014-15

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

New Jersey Defense Association

• Chairman of the Board, 2016-17

• President, 2015-16

PUBLICATIONS:

“The Dilemma of Limited PIP Policies for Defendants,” The New Jersey Defense, Summer 2015

PRESENTATIONS:

“Strategies in Response to the Tidal Wave of Future Medical Expense Claim” Panelist, New Jersey Defense Association Annual Convention, 2024

“Insurance Law Trends and Strategies," Panelist, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2022

“Opening and Closings to Defend a Civil Case,” New Jersey Defense Association Annual Convention, 2021

Moderator, New Jersey Defense Association Medical College, 2019

Moderator, New Jersey Defense Association Medical College, 2018

“Handling a Claim from Receipt of the Claim to Filing the Answer to the Complaint,” Brennan /Vanderbilt Inn of Court, 2015

“What’s Boardable? Analysis of the Current Law in the Context of an Automobile Trial,” Automobile Liability Seminar, New Jersey Defense Association and

“The Nuts and Bolts of Special Civil Division,” New Jersey Defense Association Annual Convention, 2008