Attorney Profiles

Maura Fay McIlvain 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
phone (212) 575-7252
fax (215) 575-7200
email Email Me

Areas of Focus:

Chair, Media Law Practice Group; Partner, Litigation Department and Securities Group. Ms. McIlvain concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation and on defamation and media law issues. Her practice includes substantial litigation in the securities area including a current representation of an officer of a defunct publicly-traded company in a series of class action securities cases.

Experience: In the last twenty years, Ms. McIlvain has litigated a wide variety of cases in federal and state courts throughout the country including defamation suits, software licensing and implementation claims, attorney malpractice suits, civil rights and employment matters, professional sports antitrust cases, RICO claims and constitutional challenges under both the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions.

Representative Matters:

  • Represent newspapers and reporters in various defamation suits.

  • Represent a bankruptcy Trustee in adversary case against the directors and officers of a now bankrupt independent television station.

  • Represent a former CFO of a now bankrupt specialty finance company in a shareholder derivative suit, a suit by bondholders and a suit by the Trustee in bankruptcy.

  • Represented a former CFO of a publicly-traded company in an investigation conducted by the SEC.

  • Represented a major law firm and three of its attorneys in a legal malpractice action resulting in a beneficial settlement.

  • Obtained defense verdict after four-week jury trial on claims under the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1871 and state law.

    • Education:
    Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1987
    J.D.


    Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1981
    A.B.


    Professional Activities:
    American Bar Association


    Pennsylvania Bar Association


    Philadelphia Bar Association


    District of Columbia Bar Association


    Board Member Emeritus; VolunteerPhiladelphia Society for Services to Children (past President of the Board of Directors)


    Bar Admissions:
    Pennsylvania
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
    U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
    U.S. Supreme Court
    Honors and Awards:
    Designated a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyer", 2005, 2006 and 2008

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