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Mr. McGann graduated from the University of Illinois with honors and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Criminal Justice. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Mr. McGann is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the Seventh Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, the Southern District of Illinois, the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin and the Northern District of Indiana. Mr. McGann is also licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois. He is a certified member of the Federal Trial Bar.

Mr. McGann concentrates his practice in Labor and Employment Law, Civil Rights Law and Employee Benefits Law. He has lectured and written extensively in the areas of First Amendment rights in labor disputes, defense and prosecution of Title VII actions, the impact of social media in employer relations, federal preemption of state statutes, and litigation and arbitration tactics and strategies. He is a regular speaker for Kent College of Law in Chicago, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and an instructor for Illinois Continuing Legal Education Programs. He has consulted as an expert witness in a wide range of labor and employment disputes.

Mr. McGann was appointed by the AFL-CIO to its standing panel of arbitrators for the AFL-CIO Metal Trades’ Department concerning disputes at various nuclear power facilities around the country. He is a long standing member of the Kent College of Law’s Institute for Law and the Workplace. He was appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois to the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and served in that capacity for several years. Since 2011, Mr. McGann has been recognized by his peers as a Super Lawyer in the State of Illinois.