Background
MacLeod, Gordon Albert was born on March 29, 1926 in Buffalo. Son of Alexander D. and Loraine (Shea) MacLachlan.
MacLeod, Gordon Albert was born on March 29, 1926 in Buffalo. Son of Alexander D. and Loraine (Shea) MacLachlan.
Hamilton College (Bachelor of Arts, 1948) Phi Beta Kappa. Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1951).
Worked at Hodgson, Russian, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Limited Liability Partnership (Buffalo, New York) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Trial and Appellate Practice. Banking, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Administrative, Corporation, Labor, Taxation, Corporate Financing, Probate, Trusts and Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Financial Services, Health Care, Real Property, School, International, Immigration, Energy, Public Service, Securities, Family Law, High Technology, Transnational Law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Law.
Insurance Law, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Environmental Insurance Coverage Litigation, Reinsurance, Reinsurance Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1951, New New York Author: "Creative Problem Solving for Lawyers," Journal of Legal Education, Volume XVI Number.
2 (1963). "Powers of Appointment and the Hotchpot Clause," The Practical Lawyer (April, 1970).
"Being of Sound Mind and Memory - Participant IV," Trusts & Estates (December, 1988), reprinted in American Language Institute -American Bar Association Continuing legal education Review (March 19, 1989). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Tracing its roots to 1817, Hodgson Russian is the largest law firm in Buffalo and ranks among the largest law firms in Upstate New York outside New York City.
Trustee Creative Education Foundation, Buffalo. Fellow American College Trust and Estate Counsel. Member of New York State Bar Association(lecturer trust and estates section), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lorraine King, July 7, 1951. Children: Bruce King, Heather Lea.