Rosemary T. McGuire

Rosemary T. McGuire is a partner with Weakley, Arendt & McGuire, LLP. She received her Juris Doctor in 1994 from San Joaquin College of Law. She is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and all courts of the State of California, including the California Supreme Court.

Ms. McGuire’s practice focuses on the representation of business, religious, and public entities and their employees. She has extensive experience handling cases involving child protective services liability, police liability, and civil rights litigation. She also has experience in litigation involving Proposition 65 and the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).

Ms. McGuire has significant trial experience in both state and federal court. Her trial experience includes successfully defending business and public employees and entities in personal injury, wrongful death, and civil rights cases. Her appellate court experience includes handling appeals in both the Ninth Circuit and the Fifth District Courts of Appeal.

Ms. McGuire is a member of the Fresno County Bar Association, Fresno County Women Lawyers, the Federal Bar Association, the Northern California Defense Counsel Association, the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and the Central California Adjusters Association. She has served on the Board of Directors of the San Joaquin Chapter of the Federal Bar Association since 2003 and is the past President for the Chapter. She served on the planning committee for the Eastern District of California District Conference from 2002 to 2007. She served as a lawyer representative from the Eastern District of California for the Ninth Circuit, from 2003 to 2007 and serves on the Eastern District Judicial Advisory Committee. Ms. McGuire has been the presenter at seminars sponsored by the Institute for Paralegal Education.