Services
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D., 1990, cum laude, Order of the Coif) Swarthmore College (B.A., 1986, with high honors)Clerkships
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Chief Judge Manuel L. Real
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Circuits
- United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Accolades
- “Don McMinn has substantive knowledge of insurance coverage law, which is outstanding.”
–Client | Chambers USA - Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law and Litigation-Insurance, 2022-2025
- Super Lawyers, Insurance Coverage, 2021-2024
- AV Preeminent Lawyer by ALM Media and Martindale-Hubbell™, 2021-2024
Insights & Events
Hollingsworth LLP Highlighted by NLJ on Strong 2023 for Litigation Boutiques
news | February 6, 2024By Joe Hollingsworth and Don McMinn, for Washington Legal Foundation.
Norfolk Southern Subsidiaries Win Coverage for Georgia Car-Train Collision — Law 360
news | June 3, 2016Norfolk Southern is represented in this matter by Firm partner Donald R. McMinn.
National Union v. Norfolk Southern: Defining the Scope of Insurance Available to Additional Insureds
publication | October 27, 2014By Donald R. McMinn for LJN's Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin.
Donald R. McMinn for LJN's Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin
A Texas federal judge . . . ruled against a cancer patient who sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. over a jaw injury she allegedly sustained after taking Zometa, handing Novartis the latest of several wins in multidistrict litigation over the bone drug in the past several months.
U.S. District Court Finds Coverage Survives Procedural Changes Of Bankruptcy
publication | February 1, 2010LJN's Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin (February 2010) (Donald R. McMinn)
Hollingsworth LLP’s Insurance Partners publish “Insurance Recovery for Environmental Liabilities” in new ABA Book.
news | June 2, 2009LJN's Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin (December 2008) (Donald R. McMinn)
Transactional Lawyers Under Fire: A Look At Coverage Questions Arising in the Context of Securities Class Action Suits Against Legal Professionals
publication | August 1, 2003Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal (Summer 2003) (Donald R. McMinn)
Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin, Law Journal Newsletters (April 2003) (Donald R. McMinn)
Cases
The Zometa Cases
- Precedent
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
- Products Liability & Toxic Torts
- Class Action Defense
- January 27, 2015
Court narrows American Guarantee’s defenses to Norfolk Southern’s claim for additional insured coverage while allowing Norfolk Southern’s counterclaim for statutory penalties to be tried.
- Case
- Insurance Coverage
- October 6, 2017
11th Circuit Affirms Coverage for Ongoing “Work” Under Plain Reading of RPL “Completed Work” Exclusion
- Case
- Insurance Coverage
- April 4, 2017
Norfolk Southern Gets Summary Judgment Win on Contractual Claims Against Excess Insurer
- Case
- Insurance Coverage
- March 6, 2014
Significant Victory for Porter Hayden in Asbestos Coverage Dispute over Exhaustion of Insurers’ Excess Policies
- Case
- Insurance Coverage
- January 2, 2014
E.D. of Washington Grants Summary Judgment to Novartis in Pharmaceuticals Case
- Case
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
- Products Liability & Toxic Torts
- October 2, 2012
In Another Pharmaceutical Case, Novartis Wins Summary Judgment
- Case
- Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
- Products Liability & Toxic Torts
- September 19, 2012
Porter Hayden wins ruling that insurance coverage is an asset surviving bankruptcy and defeats insurer’s motion to indemnify Porter Hayden only for actual, discounted payments of its bankruptcy-settlement trust.
- Case
- Insurance Coverage
- March 6, 2012