Professional Profile: Marc Lifset 2016
Marc Lifset - 2016Name: Marc Lifset - 2016
Title: Member
Company: McGlinchey Stafford PLLC
Location: Albany, NY
Birthplace: Albany, NY
Family: My father was a lawyer, a New York State assemblyman, chairman of the New York State Lobbying Commission and a Colonel in the 82nd Airborne Division, among other distinctions. My brother is a professor at Yale, and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
College: Hamilton College, B.A., Cornell University, D.Jur.
First job unrelated to your current field: National Commercial Bank (now Key Bank N.A.) mailroom
First job in current field: National Commercial Bank, credit analyst
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? McGlinchey Stafford is a full-service law firm with a strong national presence in Consumer Financial Services Litigation and Regulatory Compliance.
Hobbies: Gardening, canine obedience training, music, reading great literary works, working out
Favorite novel: Faulkners’ Absalom, Absolom
Favorite film: “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life”
Keys to success: Hard work, focus, discipline, perseverance, common sense, consideration for others, a sense of humor, experience
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Winston Churchill, Louie Armstrong
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Computer science