A graduate of Cornell Law School, Mr. McBride gained extensive trial experience while serving as a judge advocate in the U.S. Marine Corps for ten years. As a military attorney, he tried over 400 criminal cases at courts-martial, including a high profile death penalty case and two espionage cases. Paul served on active duty in the Marine Corps for ten years and with the Marine Corps Reserve for 18 years, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel in 2011. While in the Reserves, he was called to active duty for two one-year periods in 2003 and 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.