John McBride, who is of counsel to the firm, practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, guardianship, elder law, business taxation, tax planning and bankruptcy.

From many years handling litigation, tax planning, business succession planning and representation of debtors in bankruptcy, Mr. McBride has also developed expertise in assisting businesses and their owners who are in a financial crisis.

Mr. McBride attended the American School of Paris, France, with Ms. Shatzkin. He earned his B.A. at Cornell University in 1972. After other professional activities, he attended Albany Law School of Union College, obtaining his law degree cum laude in 1992. At law school, he was awarded the Fleet Investment Services Award, the Helen T. Wilkinson Award and the Ira Mark Bloom Award.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. McBride worked for the Internal Revenue Service as a Tax and General Litigation Attorney. Mr. McBride is a co-author of "Guardianship Practice in New York State" (New York Bar Association 1997).