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Q&A with the Hon. Edward G. McCabe
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The Honorable Edward G. McCabe, Special Counsel to the Firm, was recently recognized by the Nassau County Bar Association and the Town of Hempstead for his distinguished career as an attorney, judge, and public servant. Justice McCabe also participated in a ceremony at the Supreme Court in Mineola honoring longtime colleague Kathryn Driscoll Hopkins, Chief Clerk of the Nassau County Supreme Court, who received the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve at a special ceremony on May 21. With 60 years of experience as a practicing lawyer, we thought it was an ideal opportunity to ask Justice McCabe about his distinguished career and share some photos of these recent events.
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Why did you decide to become a lawyer?
I worked on Wall Street for a firm called Squires & Co. I was at a meeting to discuss the hostile takeover of a public corporation. After all the executives had their say, it was finally decided it was best to have the attorneys make the decisions. The next day, I enrolled in New York Law School.
Of all the positions you have held as Assistant District Attorney, Town Attorney, County Attorney, Supreme Court Judge, Administrative Law Judge and Presiding Judge of the Appellate Term, which was the most challenging and rewarding?
Administrative Judge of the Nassau County Courts.
What do you consider your most important accomplishment in your public service to the courts?
Reducing the delay times of four years for jury trials to eight months, and non-jury trials from 18 months to two weeks. Also, I was able to initiate a program with AHRC that helped individuals with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, while also aiding the Court. Together with the Red Cross, we established a blood drive with the jury pool. On 9/11, I kept the courts open. That day, we saw the largest number of blood donations we had ever seen.
You have mentored many lawyers over the years who have gone on to achieve success in the law, and, in fact, now serve as judges in the federal and state courts. Why do you think you are such a successful mentor?
I tried to give them the confidence in their own abilities, and stood behind the decisions they made.
Now that you are back in private practice, what trends do you see in the legal profession – both good and bad – and how has the law practice changed over the years?
I feel there is less congeniality, and the lawyers are not as civil and professional as they once were.
What advice would you give a lawyer who was just starting out in practice?
Become more involved with professional and business associations, so that people will recognize your skills.
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