Paul A. McCarthy
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
With a background in finance and accounting, and with specialized training in business valuation, Paul helps clients determine the value of privately held business interests, often in high-stakes, complex and (sometimes) contentious shareholder and family law disputes. Business valuation expertise is critical to his clients with respect to shareholder and governance issues, shareholders looking to exit companies who either have or lack liquidity rights, families in multi-generational businesses, divorce actions where an interest in the company is subject to marital division, post-acquisition disputes, and officers, directors, or shareholders in oppression litigation, dissenters’ rights actions, or actions involving breach of fiduciary duties, and trustees and beneficiaries of trusts holding privately held interests.
Overview
- Marquette University, J.D., graduated 1992
- Michigan, Michigan
- Grand Rapids Bar Association - Member
- Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission - Member
- Michigan State Bar Foundation - Fellow
- State Bar of Michigan - Member
- Michigan, Michigan
- Grand Rapids Bar Association - Member
- Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission - Member
- Michigan State Bar Foundation - Fellow
- State Bar of Michigan - Member
- Marquette University, J.D., graduated 1992
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Grand Rapids (2026)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Grand Rapids (2025)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Grand Rapids (2022)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Grand Rapids (2020)
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Grand Rapids (2019)
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, Grand Rapids (2015)
- Commercial Litigation
- Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Banking and Finance Law
- Legal Malpractice Law
- Chambers USA, Ranked Lawyer, "Paul is singled out by sources as having 'abundant trial skills' as well as being 'levelheaded and practical'. He is noted for his expertise in acting for corporate clients on shareholder and non-compete issues."
- 2011 Michigan Lawyers Weekly Leader in Law
- Leading LawyersSM
- Michigan's Law and Politics, Super Lawyer, Business Litigation
- International Society of Barristers
- Martindale Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rating
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