Lori J. Quinn is a Partner in the New York office of GRSM and is a member of the Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability Defense, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors' Rights, Product & General Liability, Maritime, and Government Regulatory & Administrative Law practice groups.

Ms. Quinn's practice is largely comprised of matters regarding professional liability concentrating on creditors' rights defense cases under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and corollary state consumer laws. Ms. Quinn is a Proctor In Admiralty and began her career focusing her practice in the area of maritime litigation which includes admiralty and maritime law, cargo loss or damage, commercial litigation, marine insurance and reinsurance, property damage litigation and transportation law. She has represented multiple insurance carriers and their insureds in matters involving cargo loss or damage, property damage, aviation and maritime related personal injury cases. As part of her practice, Ms. Quinn also handles cases involving personal injury and premises liability.

Ms. Quinn began her legal career as a paralegal after obtaining her Lawyer's Assistant Certification with Honors from Adelphi University. Ms. Quinn worked full time while attending New York Law School's Evening Division Program, earning her juris doctor in 2002.

Admissions

New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

Memberships

National Creditors Bar Association
Maritime Law Association of the United States, 2002-Present; Voting member - Carriage of Goods Committee, Marine Insurance & General Average Committee and the Uniformity Committee
Claims Litigation and Management Alliance
National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), 2008-Present
New York State Bar Association, 2002-2018

• Case Law Alerts, regular contributor, 2016-2019
• Carmack Amendment: Liability and Defenses of the Contract Carrier, Client Seminar, New York, NY, August 2017
• Successfully Navigating U.S. Admiralty Law - The Carmack Amendment: Recent Trends and the Impact on Intermodal Transport, Client Seminar, London, England, September 2015
• Empowering Women: My Professional Journey, Grace Institute, "Food for Thought" series, New York, NY, April 16, 2015
• Incoterms, Client Presentation, February and March 2015
• Recovery of Attorneys' Fees in Maritime Matters, A.M. Best Insurance Law Podcast, January 2015
• Carmack Amendment: Liability and Defenses of the Contract Carrier, Client Presentation, September 2014
• "You've COGSA Be Kidding Me: Subrogation Recovery Challenges Remain in the Post-Kirby and Regal-Beloit Environment," The Subrogator, September 2013
• Cargo Subrogation: Untapped Revenue Resource – The Negligent 3rd Party, Claims and Litigation Managment Alliance Transportation Seminar, Cleveland, OH, June 2013
• “COGSA or Carmack? Challenges for Insurers and Subrogation Recoveries Post-Kirby and Regal-Beloit,” Defense Digest, Vol. 19, No. 2, June 2013
• Transportation Claims and Recovery, Marshall Dennehey Seminar, Waukesha, WI, April 2013
• Motor Truck Cargo Liability -- Past and Present, Presentation to Client, 2006
• History of the Carmack Amendment Including Substative Changes, Motor Truck Cargo Handling with Emphasis on Statutory and Contractual Obligations, 2006
• Cargo Theft, Presentation to Industry Based Organization, 2002