THE MCBRIDELAW FIRM PLLC

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The McBride
Law Firm PLLC

Crim­i­nal De­fense & Civ­il Lit­i­ga­tion

Be­spoke rep­re­sen­ta­tion for con­se­quen­tial crim­i­nal and civ­il mat­ters. Led by Joseph D. McBride, the firm as­sem­bles a team of at­tor­neys around the le­gal de­mands, com­plex­i­ty, and ju­ris­dic­tion of each case.

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New York City ·  Long Is­land
Na­tion­al & In­ter­na­tion­al Mat­ters

Joseph D. McBride, Esq.
JOSEPH D. MCBRIDE, ESQ.

WHERE TO BEGIN

You do not need to know which kind of lawyer a prob­lem re­quires be­fore con­tact­ing the firm. Joseph D. McBride ad­vis­es clients and re­fer­ring coun­sel fac­ing al­le­ga­tions, dis­putes, in­ves­ti­ga­tions, and oth­er con­se­quen­tial le­gal con­cerns.

He as­sess­es the mat­ter, iden­ti­fies the im­me­di­ate pri­or­i­ties, and es­tab­lish­es a course of ac­tion. For mat­ters the firm un­der­takes, McBride as­sem­bles and leads coun­sel se­lect­ed for the le­gal is­sues and ju­ris­dic­tions in­volved.

For mat­ters en­trust­ed to out­side coun­sel, McBride may re­tain a strate­gic ad­vi­so­ry role by agree­ment with the client and re­ceiv­ing coun­sel, bring­ing his judg­ment and per­spec­tive to con­se­quen­tial de­ci­sions through­out the rep­re­sen­ta­tion.

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BESPOKE REPRESENTATION

Joseph D. McBride as­sem­bles and leads a le­gal team tai­lored to each mat­ter, draw­ing on es­tab­lished pro­fes­sion­al re­la­tion­ships across the Unit­ed States and abroad. Coun­sel are se­lect­ed for their com­mand of the le­gal is­sues and their knowl­edge of the courts, pro­ce­dures, and le­gal com­mu­ni­ties in which the case will un­fold. McBride sets the strat­e­gy and di­rects the team, bring­ing its col­lec­tive ex­pe­ri­ence, lo­cal knowl­edge, and re­la­tion­ships to bear through a uni­fied ap­proach to the case.

LOCAL

Coun­sel in New York City, Long Is­land, and the sur­round­ing courts.

NATIONAL

Coun­sel in fed­er­al and state courts across the Unit­ed States.

INTERNATIONAL

Es­tab­lished lo­cal teams in Costa Rica, Dubai, Panama, and Romania, with coun­sel re­la­tion­ships in Israel, the Eu­ro­pean Union, and the Unit­ed King­dom.

CAPABILITIES

CRIMINAL, CIVIL, REPUTATION, AND CROSS-BORDER MATTERS UNDER PUBLIC SCRUTINY

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Joseph D. McBride leads ev­ery mat­ter and staffs it from the firm's of coun­sel at­tor­neys and coun­sel en­gaged for the case in New York, across the Unit­ed States, and abroad.

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FEDERAL EXPERIENCE

FEDERAL LITIGATION & CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION

Fed­er­al crim­i­nal de­fense, sen­tenc­ing, de­ten­tion lit­i­ga­tion, and ex­tra­di­tion work in New York, Flor­i­da, and Wash­ing­ton, D.C., along­side rep­re­sen­ta­tion be­fore con­gres­sion­al com­mit­tees.

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Federal & State Criminal Defense

In­ves­ti­ga­tions, in­dict­ments, de­ten­tion hear­ings, and tri­als in fed­er­al and New York courts.

Civil Litigation

Rep­re­sen­ta­tion in busi­ness, per­son­al, and rep­u­ta­tion­al dis­putes through dis­cov­ery, mo­tion prac­tice, and tri­al, in­clud­ing ne­go­ti­a­tion and set­tle­ment.

Reputation, Defamation & Social Media

Rep­u­ta­tion de­fense and re­cov­ery for in­di­vid­u­als and busi­ness­es. Defama­tion, so­cial me­dia dis­putes, and in­te­grat­ed le­gal and pub­lic re­la­tions strat­e­gy.

Investigations & Emergency Response

Coun­sel af­ter an ar­rest, search, sub­poe­na, of­fi­cial in­quiry, or threat­ened fil­ing, in­clud­ing cus­tody and con­di­tions of con­fine­ment mat­ters.

Extradition & Cross-Border Defense

U.S. ex­tra­di­tion pro­ceed­ings, treaty is­sues, and co­or­di­na­tion with coun­sel in re­lat­ed for­eign pro­ceed­ings.

Congressional Investigations & Representation

Rep­re­sen­ta­tion be­fore con­gres­sion­al com­mit­tees and in gov­ern­ment in­quiries, in­formed by pro­fes­sion­al re­la­tion­ships de­vel­oped on Capi­tol Hill.

INTEGRATED LEGAL & PUBLIC RELATIONS

The McBride Law Firm brings le­gal coun­sel and an in-house pub­lic re­la­tions de­part­ment to­geth­er un­der McBride’s strate­gic di­rec­tion. Lit­i­ga­tion, me­dia en­gage­ment, and pub­lic com­mu­ni­ca­tions are co­or­di­nat­ed from the out­set, with a uni­fied strat­e­gy for pro­tect­ing the client’s le­gal in­ter­ests and rep­u­ta­tion.

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Leadership

Joseph D. McBride, Esq.

Joseph D. McBride leads the firm’s be­spoke mod­el of rep­re­sen­ta­tion, se­lect­ing and di­rect­ing the at­tor­ney team for each en­gage­ment.

Be­fore en­ter­ing pri­vate prac­tice, McBride worked in the Le­gal Aid So­ci­ety’s Man­hat­tan Crim­i­nal De­fense Prac­tice. His ear­li­er le­gal ex­pe­ri­ence in­clud­ed the In­no­cence Project.

The firm’s en­gage­ments have in­clud­ed fed­er­al crim­i­nal pro­ceed­ings in Wash­ing­ton, D.C., civ­il defama­tion lit­i­ga­tion in Flor­i­da, and U.S. ex­tra­di­tion mat­ters in­volv­ing for­eign pro­ceed­ings.

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Experience

Trial Work. Federal Litigation.
Reputation & Media.

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New York criminal defense

Trials & Motion Practice

New York City crim­i­nal tri­als, suc­cess­ful sup­pres­sion mo­tions, and ne­go­ti­at­ed felony dis­po­si­tions.

Federal practice

Federal Litigation

Crim­i­nal de­fense, sen­tenc­ing, de­ten­tion lit­i­ga­tion, and ex­tra­di­tion pro­ceed­ings in New York, Flor­i­da, and Wash­ing­ton, D.C.

Civil litigation & public relations

Reputation & Media

Defama­tion lit­i­ga­tion and rep­u­ta­tion de­fense for in­di­vid­u­als and busi­ness­es, with le­gal coun­sel and pub­lic re­la­tions work­ing un­der a uni­fied strat­e­gy.

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New York City. Long Is­land.
Se­lect­ed mat­ters be­yond New York.

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