David C. McGrail

Managing Partner

With a broad range of corporate experience, Dave acts as "outside general counsel" to companies at all stages, including assisting in business formation and corporate governance, fundraising, contract preparation, and mergers & acquisitions. Dave also has vast experience in debtor/creditor rights and distressed situations, including out-of-court restructurings, wind-downs, corporate bankruptcy, commercial foreclosure, non-consolidation matters, and preference/fraudulent transfer litigation. Dave was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® for 2021-2022 and is an Avvo® Top-Rated Lawyer for 2023.

Experience

2007-2010: Owner of Law Offices of David C. McGrail, New York.
2000-2007: Associated with Dechert LLP’s. Bankruptcy/Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Group, New York.

Education

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

Admissions & Associations

United States Supreme Court
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