He was an assistant prosecutor in
Fulton County, Ohio from 1966 to 1968. He was the prosecuting attorney of Fulton County from 1969 to 1978. He was in private practice in
Swanton, Ohio from 1966 to 1978. He was a judge of the
Ohio Court of Common Pleas from 1978 to 1986. On July 28, 1986, McQuade was nominated by President
Ronald Reagan to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio vacated by Judge
Nicholas Joseph Walinski Jr. McQuade was confirmed by the
United States Senate on September 12, 1986, and received his commission on September 15, 1986. McQuade served until his resignation, on September 30, 1989. ==References==