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Partner
138 Mineola Blvd.
Mineola, NY 11501
Phone: 516-294-0300
Fax: 516-294-0477
Email: info@cmgesq.com
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Practice Areas
Litigation
Criminal Defense
Probate of Estates
Kinship Hearings |
Bob McDonald is an exceptionally talented trial advocate who has successfully handled complex criminal cases throughout the New York metropolitan area. Bob combines his love of the court room with a passion for politics.
Newsday [October 28, 2007] calls Bob “Nassau’s power broker” as he is the person generally credited with mentoring the candidacy of Nassau County current District Attorney, Kathleen Rice, as well as the candidacies of numerous Nassau County judges and politicians. Bob, who serves as the First Vice Chairman of the Nassau Democratic Party, “has made a name for himself helping Democrats get elected” in a county in which “Democrats now hold nearly all the highest offices” and he is “the guy to woo if you [want] the Democratic nod for any political office in the county” [Newsday]. Click here to read the article
Having tried more than sixty jury cases to verdict, Bob is known for his friendly and winning style of interacting with the jury panel during jury selection and throughout the trial. He has been interviewed for his commentary on legal issues by news television programs and is widely regarded as one of the most experienced criminal trial lawyers practicing in Nassau County.
As an assistant district attorney (1984 to 1989), he handled a variety of drug cases and conducted a major narcotics investigation in the Long Island area. His background as a prosecutor now enables him to evaluate and defend controlled substance cases from a true "insider's" perspective.
He has defended many high publicity cases, ranging from the "Gentleman Bandit" of the Upper East Side to the alleged leader of an international narcotics conspiracy.
Bob has been formally rated by the legal community as a lawyer of very high to preeminent skill and integrity (AV-rated). Known and respected throughout the Nassau County legal community, he has twice received the "Jurisperitus Award" from the Court Officer's Benevolent Association of Nassau County in addition to numerous other awards from organizations across the region.
He was previously nominated for the position of District Court Judge, receiving a rating of "Well Qualified" from the Nassau County Bar Association and the endorsement of the Nassau and Suffolk County Police Benevolent Associations.
For years, Bob has served as the Special Prosecutor for the Town of North Hempstead, a municipality of over 250,000 residents. He continues to be a member of the Grievance Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association, reviewing the levels of legal competence and professional conduct of other lawyers and conducting investigations into allegations of legal misconduct in the Tenth Judicial District.
Bob serves as adjunct faculty at Hofstra University School of Law as a Special Professor of Law, appointed by the Dean. In this capacity at Hofstra he has taught litigation classes, coached the law schools mock trial teams and assisted in the prosecutor class. He is a faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
Bob also handles the probate of estates, kinship hearings, and other legal matters as former Counsel for the Public Administrator of Nassau County.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- New York, 1984
- United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1985
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