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28 visit www.shopgrovecity.com For attorneys Brenda and Trip McBride it was an inheritance denied their great grandfather George W. McBride that set the course for his destiny as well as the next three generations of his family. While the reasons behind their ancestors decision to become a lawyer are unknown the sister and brother agree that they love their work despite the fact that it can be challenging and stressful. I like the problem solving aspect it suits my personality said Milford L. McBride III or Trip as he is known. Most of the time it doesnt feel like work to me and I enjoy helping people said Brenda. In 2014 they celebrated 100 years of McBrides providing legal counsel for those who needed it in this area. As the youngest child of David Lawrence and Margaret McBride George found himself without a vocation when the 300-acre family homestead in Pine Township was left to his four older brothers. So George went to college taught school for a time and then studied law. He was admitted to the Mercer County Bar in 1882 and five years later became the district attorney of Mercer County. George left a widow and three young children when he died at 51 including Milford Lawrence McBride Sr. M.L. followed a similar career path graduating from Grove City College and then teaching before attending law school. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1914 he returned home to Grove City and was admitted to the Mercer County Bar he was also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of the United States. M.L.s law practice thrived according to his daybooks which are still around. Although Brenda and Trip were young they recall him fondly as a no-nonsense man with great presence who always carried a pocketful of black licorice. A favorite family story has M.L. taking a call from a client whod gotten himself into a scrape with the law. When M.L. advised him that they cant put you in jail for that the client responded I am calling from jail After Brenda and Trips father Milford L. McBride Jr. or Miff finished a stint in the Army he graduated from his fathers alma mater and returned to join him in practice as McBride McBride. There was no question that Dad always knew he would be a lawyer said Trip. A career highlight for father and son was to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States together. Today the same brass plaque hangs on the building at 211 South Center Street where the two practiced until M.L. died in 1962. Over the next 17 years Miff added two attorneys and a number of clerical staff to keep up with the growing family of clients. During this time he was appointed to defend a 16-year-old who was being tried as an adult for murder. His clients brother had confessed that the accused had shot their uncle which Miff argued was inadmissible in court. Miff and his associate Rock Puntureri appealed the case to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania about the same time the Miranda and other similar cases were setting a precedent for protecting suspects rights. Our mother would take us to see Dad in court which was thrilling since it was a packed courtroom and he seemed just like Perry Mason to us said Brenda. Brenda earned her law degree at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Trip graduated from The Dickinson School of Law they joined their father in practice in 1979 and 1982 respectively. Brenda was only the fifth female attorney in Mercer County at a time when there was a clear gender distinction in their He seemed just like Perry Mason to us. -Brenda A Legal Legacy