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Joseph (Joe) McClure focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on data center and digital infrastructure disputes arising from large-scale real estate development projects. He has significant experience litigating matters arising from the development of data centers, including disputes over property rights, land use and zoning, restrictive covenants, development approvals and entitlements, contractual issues, and related regulatory and infrastructure challenges.
Joe represents clients in both jury and bench trials in state and federal courts. His commercial litigation experience includes cases involving data privacy, trade secrets, national security, government contracts, insolvency, and complex accounting and financial issues. Joe frequently works with expert witnesses to develop and present financial condition evidence in evidentiary hearings, at trial, and in dispositive and post-trial briefing. Notably, Joe played a key role in a major fraudulent transfer case, collaborating closely with financial experts to analyze accounting practices, value transferred assets, calculate damages, and present those findings at trial and in post-trial proceedings. He also developed a novel damages theory that was adopted by the trial court in awarding a $170 million judgment to the plaintiff.
Prior to joining the firm, Joe was a law clerk to the Honorable David A. Tapp of the US Court of Federal Claims.
Referenzmandate
- Represented a horizontal developer and its affiliates in litigation over property rights related to the construction of data centers, and secured a judgment for the developer
- After a four-week trial, secured $170 million judgment on behalf of an operator of a crude-by-rail transloading facility pursuing fraudulent transfer claims arising from a breach of a take-or-pay contract. The trial victory was recognized by AmLaw’s Litigation Daily, including Joe among the “Litigator of the Week Runners-Up”*
- Represented an insurer in a $400 million fine art coverage dispute and, after a three-week trial, secured judgment for the insurer. The trial victory was recognized by AmLaw’s Litigation Daily, including Joe among the “Litigator of the Week Runners-Up”*
- Represented a defense contractor against tort suits arising out of Abu Ghraib prison scandal in two separate jury trials*
- Represented a major accounting firm in a US Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission investigation of a foreign manufacturer*
- Defended an educational technology company in a proposed class action alleging that the use of a pixel web tracking technology caused violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte.
Qualifikation
Education
University of Kentucky, JD, cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019
University of Kentucky, BS, magna cum laude, 2016
Admissions
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Courts/Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US Court of Federal Claims
US District Court for the District of Columbia
US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Languages
English
