Terrence E. McCartney

About Terrence

Attorney Terrence E. McCartney is a nationally recognized trial attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases across the country. His practice focuses on product liability litigation, including automotive and heavy truck crashworthiness, defective workplace machinery, and unsafe consumer products. Terry has secured numerous seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements against some of the world’s largest manufacturers and insurers. Career highlights include: Litigating one of the first airbag defect lawsuits in the United States. Serving as New York State Liaison Counsel in the Toyota sudden unintended acceleration litigation. Successfully representing clients in cases involving airbags, seatbelts, rollovers, and other crashworthiness defects. He is admitted to practice in New York and California, as well as federal courts nationwide, and has appeared pro hac vice in many jurisdictions. Terry has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer for over 20 consecutive years and is a Past President of the Attorneys Information Exchange Group (AIEG), a national organization of plaintiff’s attorneys specializing in complex product liability cases. He is also a member of the Irish Legal 100 and regularly publishes and lectures at legal conferences across the country. Before practicing law, Terry served as a Marine Corps infantry officer, achieving the rank of Major. He remains active in veterans’ affairs and is deeply involved in his community in Rye, New York, where he previously served as an elected City Councilman. He also founded the Rye Boxing Club more than 20 years ago, mentoring hundreds of young people in the values of discipline and resilience. Born in Hawaii and raised in a military family, Terry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and St. Thomas University School of Law. He has been married to his college sweetheart, Julia, for 38 years, and together they have two adult sons.

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Christopher J. Stucky

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Rhett Wallace

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Michael L. Ihrig, II

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