Michael P. McDermott is a 1983 graduate of Siena College. He graduated from Albany Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of the Law Review, in 1989. Upon graduation, he entered the Albany County District Attorney's Office 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, Mr. McDermott 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, Mr. McDermott was named New York State Prosecutor of the Year by the New York State Fire Investigators Association.

    Mr. McDermott 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 the law firm of O'Connell and Aronowitz.

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