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| | Address | | 111 Washington Avenue | | Albany, New York 12210 | | (Albany Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 518-533-3000 | | Fax: 518-533-3299 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bsk.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Trial and Appellate Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Legislative and Regulatory Law, Antitrust, Communication, Construction, Corporate, Creditors' Rights, Workouts and Bankruptcy, Education, Employment Law Litigation, Environmental, Estate and Financial Planning, Health Care, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, Immigration Law, Labor and Employment, Municipal, Negligence and Product Liability, OSHA, Pension and Employee Benefits, Personal Injury, Probate, Public Finance, Real Property, Securities, Taxation and Zoning Law. | | Year Established: 1897 | | Firm Size: 196 | Representative Clients:
Albany Medical Center; Town of Bethlehem; Eden Park Nursing Homes; General Electric Co.; Lehigh Northeast Cement Company; IBM Corp. McDonald's Corp.; Nathan Littauer Hospital; New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging; New York Power Authority; NYS Thruway Authority; National Grid; Quad Graphics, Inc.; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sysco Corp.; Telescope Casual Furniture, Inc.; The Sage Colleges; Times Union; City of Troy; United Parcel Service; Insurance: Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.; Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; UNUM Provident; Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America. |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL FOR: Bally Total Fitness Corporation; Besicorp-Empire Newsprint, LLC; Dairylea Cooperative, Inc.; Financial Service Centers of NY, Inc.; First Cardinal Corp.; H&R Block, Inc.; NYS Automobile Dealers Association; NYS Collectors Association; Ski Areas of New York Inc.; Statewide Corporate Strategies, Inc.; triVin, Inc.; Utica National Insurance Company. |
Other Office Locations of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Naples, Florida, U.S.A.
Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.A.
Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
Fairport, New York, U.S.A.
Garden City, New York, U.S.A.
Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Oswego, New York, U.S.A.
Utica, New York, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS | | John R. Aldrich (Member) born Canandaigua, New York; admitted to bar, 1977, New York; 1981, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1973); Albany Law School of Union College (J.D., 1976). Email: John R. Aldrich | | John M. Bagyi (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, New York, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Albany (B.A., 1993); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Named Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: John M. Bagyi | | Gregory J. Champion (Member) born Glens Falls, New York, October 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., 1976); Syracuse University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1991). Order of the Coif. Justinian Honorary Society, 1990-1991. Syracuse University Graduate Fellow. Executive Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1990-1991. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section). Practice Areas: Higher Education Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Administrative Law; Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Email: Gregory J. Champion | | Nicholas J. D'Ambrosio, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1981, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1977); Syracuse University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Syracuse Law Review, 1979-1980. Justinian Honor Society, 1979-1980. Named Best Lawyers in America 2008 (Labor and Employment Law). Member: New York State (Member, Labor Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Nicholas J. D'Ambrosio, Jr. | | Hermes Fernandez (Member) born Queens, New York, August 22, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Fifth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Le Moyne College (B.A., with honors, 1977); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1981). Pi Gamma Mu. Order of the Coif. Justinian Honorary Law Society. Editor, Syracuse University Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Clinical Practice Guidelines," Capital District Business Review, Vol. 20, No. 1L, July 5, 1993 at 19; "Is AIDS Different?," Vol. 61, No. 3, Albany Law Review, 1998 P. 1053; "Gubernatorial Oversight of Executive Agencies," Vol. 7, No. 2, Government, Law and Policy Journal, Winter 2005, P. 42; "A Defense Perspective on Administrative Proceedings," Vol. 7, No. 1, Health Law Journal, Winter 2002, P. 42. Assistant Counsel, Governor Mario Cuomo, 1986-1990. Trial Attorney, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, 1982-1986. Judicial Clerk to Hon. John Mackenzie, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1981-1982. Past Board President, Homeless and Travelers Aid Society. Member: New York State (Member, House of Delegates, Member, Health Law Section, Chair, Subcommittee on Mental Retardation Services Providers; Past Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Professional Discipline, Member, Legislative Policy Committee; Member, Subcommittee on State Constitution) and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Cushing v. Moore, 970 F.2d 1103 (2d Cir. 1992); Ross v. Albany Medical Center, 916 F. Supp. 196 (N.D.N.Y. 1996); American Ins. Assoc. v. Clarke, 656 F. Supp. 404 (D.D.C. 1987); Transactive Corp. v. New York State Dept. of Social Services, 92 N.Y.2d 579 (1998); R.W. Granger & Sons v. State Facilities Dev. Corp., 207 A.D.2d 596 (3d Dept. 1994). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Government; Health Care; Litigation; Medicare/Medicaid; Constitutional Law. Email: Hermes Fernandez | | John M. Freyer (Retired Partner) born Syracuse, New York, October 20, 1935; admitted to bar, 1961, New York; 1981, Florida. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 1957); Harvard University (LL.B., 1960). Member: New York State Bar Association (Chairman, Trial Lawyers Section, 1977-1978). (Retired). Practice Areas: ADR; Antitrust; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Medical Malpractice. Email: John M. Freyer | | Richard C. Heffern (Member) (Resident, Buffalo, New York Office). | | Amelia M. Klein (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.S., cum laude, 1979); Fordham University (J.D., 1989). Adjunct Professor, Albany Law School of Union University. Senior Editor, Journal of Pension Benefits, Aspen Publishers. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits. Email: Amelia M. Klein | | Stuart F. Klein (Member) born Manhasset, New York, December 18, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, New York. Education: State University of New York College at Geneseo (B.A., 1996); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Justinian Honor Society; Order of the Coif. Associate Notes and Comments Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1998-1999. Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Property Law; Eminent Domain; Trial Practice. Email: Stuart F. Klein | | Kimberlee S. Parker (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, New York; 1996, District of Columbia; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Siena College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1993). Delta Epsilon Sigma; Alpha Kappa Alpha. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee and Co-Chair, CLE Committee, Environmental Law Section). Practice Areas: Environmental; Litigation. Email: Kimberlee S. Parker | | Carl Rosenbloom (Retired Partner) born Binghamton, New York, December 25, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, New York. Education: University of Buffalo (B.A., 1960); Albany Law School of Union University (LL.B., 1963). (Retired). Practice Areas: Contract Law; Environmental Law; Personal Injury; Real Property Law. Email: Carl Rosenbloom | | Arthur J. Siegel (Member) born Champaign, Illinois, June 19, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Hampshire College; Metropolitan State University (B.A., 1980); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1984). Email: Arthur J. Siegel | | Richard L. Smith (Member) born Canastota, New York, July 11, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1968); Cornell University (J.D., 1971). Order of the Coif. Instructor, Practice Training Program, Cornell Law School, 1974-1977. Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' Legal Liability Analysis Working Group, 1993-1994. Member, New York Secretary of State's Corporations's Advisory Task Force and Chairman of It's Interagency Subcommittee (1997-2006). Member: Board of Trustees, Cazenovia College, Chair, Executive Committee, 2003-2008; Chair, Board of Trustees, 2008—; LeMoyne College Board of Regents, 2000-2006; American Arbitration Association Board of Commercial Arbitrators. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section; Chair, Legislative Policy Committee, 1985-1995 and 1999-2002; Special Committee on Legislative Advocacy, 2001-2003; Lawyers and the Community Committee 1977-1983; Committee on Long Range Planning, Advisory Committee on Relationships with the Executive and Legislative Branches, 1993); New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' Legal Liability Analysis Working Group. Fellow: New York Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Communications; Corporate Law; Legislative Law; Real Property Law; Tax Law. Email: Richard L. Smith | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Robert H. Feller (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1977, New York. Education: Union College (B.S., 1974); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1977); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.B.A., 1995). Named Best Lawyers in America 2007, 2008 (Environmental Law). Former Assistant Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee and Co-Chair, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Environmental Law Section, 1995—). Email: Robert H. Feller | | Sarah Lewis Belcher (Senior Counsel) born Schenectady, New York; admitted to bar, 1990, New York. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, summa cum laude, 1989); State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (M.A., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Member, Justinian Honorary Law Society. Associate Editor, Syracuse Law Review, 1988-1989. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate(20%); Environmental Real Estate(3%); Commercial Finance(60%); Bond Finance(14%); Real Estate Title Examination(3%). Email: Sarah Lewis Belcher | | Frank C. Mayer (Senior Counsel) born Albany, New York, January 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 1999, Pennsylvania. Education: Siena College (B.B.A., cum laude, 1981); State University of New York at Albany (M.B.A., 1983); Syracuse University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Member, Justinian Honorary Law Society. Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1985. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Taxation; Trusts and Estates Administration. Email: Frank C. Mayer | | John A. Miller (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1996, New York; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Oswego (B.A., with honors, 1984); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., 1995). Named Best Lawyers in America, 2008 (Education Law). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; School Law. Email: John A. Miller | | Carolyn Shearer (Senior Counsel) born Niagara Falls, New York, June 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Albany Law School of Union College (J.D., 1979). Adjunct Faculty, Albany Medical College, 2004—. Adjunct Professor of Law, Albany Law School, 1998—. Member: New York State Bar Association (Member: Health Law Section; Co-Chair, Professional Discipline Committeee, Health Law Section); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law(100). Email: Carolyn Shearer | | OF COUNSEL | | Franklin K. Breselor (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1975, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1967); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1974). Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, New York, 1975-1981. Counsel/Director, New York Senate Committees on Energy, Codes, 1981-1988. Legislative and Regulatory Counsel, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Director, Clean Air Act Compliance, 1988-1991. Assistant General Counsel, Assistant Secretary, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Chair, Regulatory Oversight Committee, 1991-1997. General Counsel, Construction Fund, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Capital Facilities, State University of New York, 1997-2003. Town Attorney, Planning, Zoning, Sewer District Counsel, 1984-1989. Elected Town Justice, Town of Sand Lake, 1990-1998. Practice Areas: Energy(20%); Utility Law(30%); Administrative Law(20%); Government Contracts(10%); Appellate Practice(10%); Municipal Law(10%). Email: Franklin K. Breselor | | Raymond A. Meier (Of Counsel) born Rome, New York, October 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974; J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member, Justinian Society. Corporation Counsel, City of Rome, New York, 1980-1982. Oneida County Legislator, 1986-1991. Oneida County Executive, 1991-1996. New York State Senator, 1997-2006. (Also at Syracuse and Utica, New York Offices). Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Business Law; Litigation; Municipal Law. Email: Raymond A. Meier | | ASSOCIATES | | Matthew G. Boyd (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York; 2008, Pennsylvania. Education: Marist College (B.S., summa cum laude, 2002); Villanova University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Matthew G. Boyd | | Sanjeeve K. DeSoyza (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); Cornell University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Sanjeeve K. DeSoyza | | Joanmarie M. Dowling (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: University of Alabama (B.S.W., magna cum laude, 1997); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002). Member: New York State Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Employment Discrimination; Wage and Hour Law; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation Agreements. Email: Joanmarie M. Dowling | | Ryan M. Finn (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2008. Education: Siena College (B.A., 2002); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2005). Member: Justinian Honorary Law Society; Albany Law Review. Member: New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers. Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association. Practice Areas: Contract Litigation; Negligence; Employment Discrimination; Construction Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation. Email: Ryan M. Finn | | Joshua D. Olsen (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: Messiah College (B.A., 2001); State University of New York at Albany (M.S.W., 2003); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Fellow: Justinian Honorary Law Society; National Order of Barristers. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Joshua D. Olsen | | William E. Reynolds (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Massachusetts; 2003, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991); Cornell University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: William E. Reynolds | | Jennifer L. Tsyn (Associate) born New Jersey, May 25, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., summa cum laude, 2003). Note and Comment Editor, Albany Law Review. Email: Jennifer L. Tsyn | | Sarah D. Vero (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Union College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Albany Law School of Union University (B.A./J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Public School Law; Special Education. Email: Sarah D. Vero | | Matthew A. Young (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. (Admission pending). Education: Siena College (B.S., 1994); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Syracuse, New York Office: One Lincoln Center. Telephone: 315-218-8000. Fax: 315-218-8100.
Bonita Springs, Florida Office: Bond, Schoeneck & King, P.A., The Promenade, 26811 South Bay Drive, Suite 260. Telephone: 239-390-5000. Fax: 239-390-5001.
Buffalo, New York Office: Key Center, 40 Fountain Plaza, Suite 600. Telephone: 716-566-2800. Fax: 716-566-2808.
Fairport, New York Office: 345 Woodcliff Drive, Suite 208. Telephone: 585-362-4700. Fax: 585-362-4701.
Garden City, New York Office: 1399 Franklin Avenue, Suite 200. Telephone: 516-267-6300. Fax: 516-267-6301.
Ithaca, New York Office: 10 Brown Road, Suite 201. Telephone: 607-330-4000. Fax: 607-330-4001.
Naples, Florida Office: Bond, Schoeneck & King, P.A., 4001 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 250. Telephone: 239-659-3800. Fax: 239-659-3812.
New York, New York Office: 330 Madison Avenue. Telephone: 646-253-2300. Fax: 646-253-2301.
Oswego, New York Office: 130 East Second Street. Telephone: 315-343-9116. Fax: 315-343-1231.
Overland Park, Kansas Office: 7500 College Boulevard, Suite 910. Telephone: 913-234-4400. Fax: 913-234-4401.
Utica, New York Office: 501 Main Street, P.O. Box 4969. Telephone: 315-738-1223. Fax: 315-724-2074.
| (For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Syracuse, New York) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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