Paul
McBride, along with John Blakely, is a co-managing partner of the firm's Sacramento office. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Cornell
Law School. He served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine
Corps from 1983 to 1993. As a military attorney, Mr. McBride
gained extensive trial experience, serving as both a prosecuting
attorney and a defense counsel at three Marine Corps installations.
He has tried over 400 criminal cases at courts-martial, including
a high profile death penalty case and two espionage cases.
He served his final tour of duty at the Pentagon. Since leaving
active service in 1993, Mr. McBride has remained active in
the Marine Corps Reserve. A lieutenant colonel, Mr. McBride
was recalled to active duty from February 2003 through January 2004, and again from May 2006 through June 2007, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Since 1993, Mr. McBride has practiced civil litigation in
Southern California. He was formerly a partner at Borton, Petrini & Conron
in Newport Beach, where he specialized in the defense of personal
injury and construction defect claims. He joined Kring & Chung, LLP
in 1998. In his current practice, Mr. McBride concentrates
primarily in construction defect litigation and business litigation.
His most recent trial was in defense of a stucco subcontractor
facing a $3,000,000 claim in a construction defect action in
Phoenix, Arizona. The six-day jury trial resulted in a defense
verdict for Mr. McBride's client.
Mr. McBride is the author of "Court of Appeals Ruling Threatens
Affordable Housing: A critical analysis of Presley Homes,
Inc. v. American States Insurance Company." Mr. McBride argues
that the court's ruling greatly expanding the scope of additional
insured endorsements in subcontractors' general liability insurance
policies is legally flawed and poor public policy.
Mr. McBride takes an active role in CALPASC, the trade association of California subcontractors.
Mr. McBride is married to Dr. Gabrielle Stryker, a professor
of biology, and has two children.
