Attorney Profiles | David C. McGrail

David C. McGrail
Experience

From 2000-2007, David McGrail was associated with Dechert LLP’s Bankruptcy/Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Group in New York. His representations ranged from start-up companies to billion dollar businesses. From 2007-2010, Dave was the owner of Law Offices of David C. McGrail.

Education

University of Virginia Law School (J.D., 2000) and Swarthmore College (B.A. with honors in history, Phi Beta Kappa, 1997).

Publications & Activities

  • Quoted in Business News Daily, August 20, 2010
  • Lecturer, Hot Topics in Ch. 7, 11, and 13, State Bank of Long Island, June 25, 2008
  • Lecturer, Bankruptcy Basics, Small Law Firm Committee, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 13, 2008
  • Quoted in Crain’s New York Business, May 12, 2008.
  • Author, “Intellectual Property Issues in Bankruptcy,” New York Intellectual Property Law Association Bulletin, July/August 2007.
  • Lecturer, “Bankruptcy Basics,” CLE Seminar, New York, NY, June 1, 2005 and June 7, 2006.
  • Co-author, “Re-Examining The ‘Mandatory’ Examiner Appointment Provision,” Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review, March 16, 2005.
  • Co-author, “Valuation as a Sword: DIP Priming Fights, Contested 363 Sales and Contested Confirmations,” American Bankruptcy Institute 3rd Annual Investment Banking Program, June 24, 2003.
  • Judge, Annual Judge Conrad B. Duberstein Moot Court Competitions at St. John’s University (National Moot Court Competition on Bankruptcy Law), 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2011.
  • Co-author, “Reorganizing With Releases of Non-Debtors,” New York Law Journal, November 19, 2001.
  • Co-author, “Post-Confirmation Releases: Yea or Nay?” Great Debates at Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Meeting, April 19-22, 2001.

Admissions & Associations

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Western District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • Member in Good Standing of the Bar of the State of New York
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • New York State Bar Association
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Including Member of the Legal Referral Service)