"If you don't care about people, you shouldn't be a lawyer", says the counselors at McGuire & McGuire.  Our philosophy was first exposed by Joe McGuire who started the firm back in 1950.  During that time he was also appointed commissioner of the DIA.  In 1981 Joe's nephew, John McGuire Jr. joined the firm following his dececeased dad's successful foot steps with the firm.  Since then Paul Durkee (once Holy Cross basketball captain) and Christine Narcisse joined the team.  Together, with over 50 years experience, McGuire & McGuire is the most successfull firm in personal injury law today.

Joseph E. McGuire Bio 

Joseph E. McGuire has been the Senior partner at McGuire & McGuire, P.C. of Worcester, MA since 1953, just three years after he graduated with a LL.B./J.D. from Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C.  McGuire has over fifty years of professional experience that not only includes his development of and dedication to McGuire & McGuire P.C. but also experience as Chairman of the Industrial Accident Board (1960-1965), Instructor at the College of Holy Cross in the Institute of Labor and Management (1973-1985), Assistant Registrar of Deeds for Worcester County (1998, 2001-2003), and member of the American, Massachusetts, and Worcester County Bar Associations (1950-current).    

A retired Lt. Commander with 26 years of service in the US Naval Reserve and Office of Naval Intelligence, McGuire has great leadership experience that drives him to be involved in both political and civil services and organizations. McGuire has worked for several political campaign committees and has served on the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Multiple Sclerosis Society (1955-1960) and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Affiliate for the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness (1967-current).

Attorney McGuire was admitted to practice by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal District Court of Massachusetts, and the United States Supreme Court.

John K. McGuire, Jr. has been in practice with the firm for over 27 years. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Suffolk University Law School. Attorney McGuire has been admitted to practice by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the U.S. Appeals Court for the First Circuit. Throughout his practice, Attorney McGuire has concentrated in workers’ compensation, social security disability, municipal disability retirement/pension and civil negligence claims.

Mr. McGuire also has experience in corporate as well as estate and trust practice. He is a member of the Worcester County Bar Association and a longstanding member of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys. Mr. McGuire has wide experience with disability claims, particularly industrial accidents, to include appeals of those claims before the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Christine Griggs Narcisse has been with McGuire & McGuire since 1991 as an attorney representing worker's compensation claimants.  After earning her B.S. in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire in 1980, she worked for several years at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company where she gained valuable leadership and industry experience.  She also worked as a Law Clerk in the office of Martin and McLeod in Worcester.  In 1991 she graduated Cum Laude from Suffolk University Law School, and began working at McGuire & McGuire soon after.

In addition to her professional achievements, Christine Griggs Narcisse has been involved in public service and held leadership positions at the Southborough Rotary Club.  She also serves as the Workers' Compensation Committee Co-Chair for the Worcester County Bar Association.

 Paul L. Durkee 

Paul L Durkee has been an attorney with the McGuire & McGuire law firm since 1988. His areas of practice include Social Security Disability which entails Childhood Disability Claims, Overpayments, Widow/Widower Benefits, Social Security Appeals, and SSDI/SSI. He also practices Personal Injury Claims, State & Municipal Retirement Claims, and Real Estate.

Durkee was admitted to the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts Bar in 1992 after graduating with a B.A. from The College of Holy Cross and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.