Craig A. Cushing

Craig Cushing was born in Schenectady in 1979. He grew up and attended high school in Scotia, where his parents and many of his friends still reside. After graduating college in 1997, Craig attended Binghamton University and majored in English Literature.
"About halfway through college, I started giving serious thought to my future and what career would best suit my talents. The legal profession seemed a perfect fit."
Craig graduated from Binghamton University in the spring of 2001 and began attending Albany Law School in the fall of that same year.
While attending law school, Craig participated in and won the Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competition and was a quarterfinalist in the Donna Jo Morse Negotiations Competition.
After his second year at Albany Law School, Craig began working as a law clerk for Martin, Harding & Mazzotti LLP.
During his third and final year at Albany Law School, Craig competed in an interschool appellate advocacy competition at the University of North Carolina, with representatives from law schools across the country. In addition, Craig was selected to work in the Litigation Clinic at Albany Law School, where he successfully represented several members of the community who had been denied unemployment benefits.
After graduating Albany Law School in the spring of 2004, Craig took the New York State Bar examination and was hired to work as an Associate Attorney for MH&M. Craig was admitted to New York State Bar in January 2005 and to the United States District Court of New York in June 2007.
While working for the firm, Craig has handled numerous personal injury cases from start to finish, obtaining excellent results for his clients. He has also been involved in extensive motion practice, writing numerous Supreme Court and Appellate Division briefs.
Craig spends his time away from the office with his friends and family in the capital district. He enjoys traveling, hiking in the Catskill and Adirondack mountains, and biking around the City of Albany.
