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Mary Jane McKenna
mjmckenna@swartzmckennalynch.com

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MARY JANE MCKENNA began her career in Nursing with degrees from Georgetown University and Boston College where she received a Master of Science degree in Nursing, with distinction. She obtained her law degree from Suffolk University School of Law in 1982 and is admitted to practice to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts.

Attorney McKenna enjoyed a decade as a nurse clinician, educator and administrator, with special interest in medical and critical care nursing. In addition to her work in products liability and plaintiffs medical malpractice litigation, she has a decade of experience in the defense of complex and challenging medical negligence matters on behalf of insureds of the Harvard Teaching Hospitals, New England Medical Center and others. This background provides her with a unique insight and judgment, as well as access to the medical community. Ms. McKenna has extensive litigation experience in countless medical malpractice trials over twenty years with a proven record of excellence. Ms. McKenna enjoys a close working relationship with her clients, their counsel, and members of the bar.

Attorney McKenna is a frequent lecturer and guest speaker to the bar association and other professional organizations, presenting the annual forum on behalf of the Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education on the subject of Medical Malpractice. Ms. McKenna is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association and the Womens Bar Association. She has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association, the Board of Governors of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Steering Committee of the Women's Trial Lawyers Caucus, the Senior Women's Trial Lawyers Group, and the Superior Court Bench & Bar Committee. She is the author of Liability of Medical Administrators and Supervisors: Debra A. Santos, Administratrix et al. vs. Il Kim, et al., 429 Mass. 130, 707 N.E.2nd 658 (1999) Massachusetts Bar Review, Section Review. Vol. 3, Number 3, Summer 2001.

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