Profile
Experience
From 2000-2007, David McGrail was a member of Dechert LLP’s Bankruptcy/Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Group in New York. His representations ranged from start-up companies to billion dollar businesses.
Education
University of Virginia Law School (J.D., 2000) and Swarthmore College (B.A. with honors in history, Phi Beta Kappa, 1997).
Publications & Activities
- 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, “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, and 2006.
- 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)