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Michael P. McDermott - Albany, NY
54 State St.Ste. 900 Albany, NY 12207- 2527
O'Connell & Aronowitz PC
Albany Criminal Defense Lawyer
Overview
Mike is President at O'Connell and Aronowitz. He handles plaintiff's personal injury cases and criminal defense at O'Connell and Aronowitz where he emphasizes representation of children who have suffered brain injuries as a result of lead paint poisoning. Mike has handled or supervised over three dozen homicide prosecutions, trying many of those cases to verdict, and he is a court-appointed special prosecutor in homicide cases in Albany and Rensselaer counties...
Mike is President at O'Connell and Aronowitz. He handles plaintiff's personal injury cases and criminal defense at O'Connell and Aronowitz where he emphasizes representation of children who have suffered brain injuries as a result of lead paint poisoning. Mike has handled or supervised over three dozen homicide prosecutions, trying many of those cases to verdict, and he is a court-appointed special prosecutor in homicide cases in Albany and Rensselaer counties...
Mike is President at O'Connell and Aronowitz. He handles plaintiff's personal injury cases and criminal defense at O'Connell and Aronowitz where he emphasizes representation of children who have suffered brain injuries as a result of lead paint poisoning. Mike has handled or supervised over three dozen homicide prosecutions, trying many of those cases to verdict, and he is a court-appointed special prosecutor in homicide cases in Albany and Rensselaer counties.
Mike entered the Albany County District Attorney's Office upon law school graduation as an assistant district attorney under the Hon. Sol Greenberg. In 1991 he was hired by the Hon. Mary Donohue as Chief Assistant District Attorney of Rensselaer County.
After leaving the Rensselaer County DA's Office, Mike was a partner in the former Albany law firm of Bouck, Holloway, Kiernan and Casey where he specialized in defending insurance carriers in arson cases. In 2002, he returned to the Albany County District Attorney's Office as Chief Assistant District Attorney under the Hon. Paul A. Clyne. In 2004, Mike was named New York State Arson Prosecutor of the Year by the New York State Fire Investigators Association.
Mike continued to serve in the Albany County District Attorney's Office as Chief Assistant under the Hon. P. David Soares until January of 2007, when he became Of Counsel to our firm. Also in 2007, he was appointed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer to the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform. He previously served as a member of the City of Albany Gun Violence Task Force.
For the sixth consecutive year, Mike was named to the 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list, a distinction earned by less than 5% of the attorneys in the state. He serves on the board of directors of TASC, Inc. a local not-for-profit corporation providing residential drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration for eligible offenders in the Capital District, and he also serves on the board of directors of the Albany County Bar Association.
In addition to the practice of law, Mike has been an adjunct professor at Siena College and Southern Vermont College. He has lectured on legal issues for the New York State Bar Association, the Albany County Bar Association, the Schenectady County Bar Association, the New York State Prosecutors Training Institute, Albany Law School, and the National Business Institute.
About Michael P. McDermott
Practice Areas
- Criminal Defense
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Lead Poisoning and Environmental Injury
Litigation
- 100%
Current Employment Position(s)
- President
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1990
Other Affiliations
- American Association for Justice
- New York State Bar Association
- New York State Defenders Association
- Albany County Bar Association
- Capital District Trial Lawyers Association
Education
- Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, New York
- Siena College
Classes and Seminars
- Determining Admissibility, Applying the Rules of Evidence: What Every Attorney Needs to Know, National Business Institute CLE, Albany, NY, March 23, 2012 - Present
- Keynote Speaker, New York State Police International Homicide Seminar, 2006
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Michael P. McDermott
Included on the 2023 Upstate New York list
Past Lists
- 2022 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Upstate New York Super Lawyers list
Office Information
Address
54 State St.Ste. 900 Albany, NY 12207- 2527
Phone
Fax
- 518-462-2670
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
- https://www.oalaw.com/lawyers/michael-p-mcdermott/ (President & Shareholder)
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