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| | Address | | 20 Corporate Woods Boulevard | | Albany, New York 12211 | | (Albany Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 518-462-0300 | | Facsimile: 518-462-5037 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.girvinlaw.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Labor and Employment, Municipal Finance, Litigation (Municipal, Commercial, Construction, Personal Injury, Employment, Environmental), Government Relations, Municipal, Education and Schools, Real Estate Development. | Firm Profile:
The success of our firm is attributable to the varied talents and experience of our attorneys, our commitment to providing the highest quality work and our dedication to providing individualized client attention. Our individualized approach provides each client with effective and zealous representation. Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C. clients include large national firms, small privately held businesses and individuals. We are one of the largest and most experienced municipal and school law firms in New York State. Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C. has served as local counsel for major New York City and non-New York law firms seeking local advice and assistance. Girvin & Ferlazzo also serves as New York counsel for several national companies. | | Firm Size: 22 | Representative Clients:
JP Morgan, Citigroup Global Markets, Turner Construction, Wilder Baltes Partners, University Heights Association, Inc., Albany City School District, Saratoga County, Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery County BOCES, Clough Harbour Associates, New York Reciprocal, New York Schools Reciprocal, GTECH Corporation. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard
Discover | | PARTNERS | | James E. Girvin (Partner) born Albany, New York, December 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New York, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Education: Siena College (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1981). Trial Defense Counsel. Appellate Defense Counsel. Board of Directors: Albany Sports Foundation; Board of Trustee: Siena College Alumni Association Scholarship Fund; Siena College Board of Associate Trustees. Adjunct Instructor of Business Law. Listed, Who's Who in American Law, Millennium Edition. Frequent Speaker, labor and employment: NYS Association of Towns; NYS Personnel Association; Putnam-North Westchester BOCES. [Capt., U.S. Army, Judge Advocate Generals Corps, 1982-1985]. Practice Areas: School Law; Labor and Employment Law; Litigation. Email: James E. Girvin | | Salvatore D. Ferlazzo (Partner) born Albany, New York, June 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New York, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Siena College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Western New England College School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1981). Named, Super Lawyer. Law Clerk to Hon. Bernard S. Meyer, New York State Court of Appeals, 1981-1983. Adjunct Professor of Law, Western New England College School of Law. Barrister, Albany Law School Inns of Court. Chairman: Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1993; Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce, 2008. Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Practice; Litigation; Municipal Law. Email: Salvatore D. Ferlazzo | | Kristine Amodeo Lanchantin (Partner) born Mechanicville, New York, December 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: State University of New York at Cortland (B.A., 1981); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member, San Diego Law Review. Frequent Speaker: Public Sector Labor-Employment Law Matters; Education Law and Labor and Employment Law. Pro bono counsel, Down Syndrome Resource Center. Board Member, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Member: Albany County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Education Law; Civil Service; Real Estate. Email: Kristine Amodeo Lanchantin | | Jeffrey D. Honeywell (Partner) born Alexandria Bay, New York, May 14, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: St. Lawrence University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Past President, St. Lawrence University Alumni Association. Frequent Speaker, Education Law, Labor and Employment Law and Construction Law. [Captain, U.S. Army, United States Army Judge Advocate Generals Corp, 1984-1988]. Practice Areas: School Law; Labor and Employment; Construction Law. Email: Jeffrey D. Honeywell | | Gregg Tyler Johnson (Partner) born Queens, New York, June 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, New York, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Providence College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Missouri at St. Louis; Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member, Justinian Society. Member: New York State Bar Association; Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Discrimination; Employment Law; Civil Rights; Municipal Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Gregg Tyler Johnson | | Christopher P. Langlois (Partner) born Honolulu, Hawaii, September 26, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Siena College (B.A., 1992); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Recipient, Patrick B. McNamara Award for Excellence in Labor Studies. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Commercial Law; Municipal Law; Insurance Defense; Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law. Email: Christopher P. Langlois | | Kathy Ann Wolverton (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, March 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, New York. Education: Ithaca College (B.S., cum laude, 1986); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient, Patrick B. McNamara Award for Excellence in Labor Studies. Note and Comment Editor, Albany Law Review, 1993-1994. Author: "Protecting Alcoholics Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and New York Law: A Statutory Tug of War," Albany Law Review, Vol. 57, 1993. Frequent Speaker, Education Law and Labor and Employment Law. Television News Producer. Member, Capital Leadership Class of 2006. Member: New York State Bar Association; The American Cancer Society Capital Region Board of Advisors (President, 2006-2008); WAMC Community Advisory Board. Practice Areas: School Law; Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Kathy Ann Wolverton | | Patrick J. Fitzgerald (Partner) born Albany, New York, May 8, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2001, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2008, U.S. District Court, Easter District of New York. Education: Fairfield University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., high honors, 1992); University of Rochester School of Medicine. President Scholar and Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law. Director, Connecticut Moot Court Board. President, School Board of St. Pius X School. Board Member, S.T.R.I.D.E., Inc. Member: American Trial Lawyers Association; Albany and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Discrimination; Construction Claims; Employment Law; Education Law; Health Care; Antitrust; Appellate Practice. Email: Patrick J. Fitzgerald | | ASSOCIATES | | Tara L. Moffett (Associate) born Schenectady, New York, August 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education; Disabilities. Email: Tara L. Moffett | | Jacinda Hall Conboy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, New York. Education: Sienna College (B.A., cum laude); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D.). Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Rights; Employment Litigation; Matrimonial Law; Family Law. | | Paul M. Aloy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Elizabethtown College (B.S., 2001); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: School Law; Labor Law; Employment Law; Municipal Law. | | Scott P. Quesnel (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New York. Education: State University of New York College at Geneseo (B.A., 2001); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Civil Litigation; School Law. | | Karen A. Halaco (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, New York. Education: College of St. Rose (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Rockefeller College, SUNY Albany (M.S., Masters in Library Science, 1993; M.A., Masters in Public Administration, 1998); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education. | | Ryan Mullahy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: Siena College (B.A., 2004); Albany Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Education Law. Email: Ryan Mullahy | | Jonathan E. Hansen (Associate) born New York, New York, October 3, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., Music Therapy, 2000); Albany Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Education Law; Labor and Employment; Real Estate. Email: Jonathan E. Hansen | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Karen S. Norlander (Special Counsel) born New York, New York, May 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S Supreme Court. Education: Goucher College; University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.A., 1971) Phi Beta Kappa; Columbia University, (M.S.W., 1973); Pace University (J.D., 1981). Managing Attorney, New York State Education Department, 1989-1994. Named, one of the State's leading authorities on special education law. Counsel: Statewide Youth Advocacy, 1994-1998; National Professional Resources and IEP Direct. Frequent guest speaker, conferences statewide. Practice Areas: Special Education; Education Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Karen S. Norlander | | OF COUNSEL | | James A. P. McCarthy (Of Counsel) born Albany, New York, January 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: Manhattan College (B.A., 1978); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1981). Assistant Counsel, Governor George E. Pataki, 1996-1997. Assistant Counsel, New York State Senate Finance Committee, 1984-1994. Assistant District Attorney, Rensselaer County 1983-1985. Town Attorney, Hoosick. Attorney, Enlarged City School District of Troy, New York. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: James A. P. McCarthy | | Franklin H. Goldberger (Of Counsel) born Schenectady, New York, October 22, 1943; admitted to bar, 1970, District of Columbia; 1971, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Tax Court; 1972, New York and U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Education: University of Pittsburgh (A.B., 1965); Suffolk University (J.D., 1969). Listed, Who's Who in American Law, Best Lawyers in America, 1989-2008 Edition. Named: Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition Top Lawyers, 2008; New York Super Lawyers, Upstate Edition, 2007-2008; Labor Relation Institute's Top 100 Labor Lawyers in America, 2007; New York America's Best Lawyers, 2006-2008. Attorney, National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., 1969-1993. (Also practicing individually in Albany, New York). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. | | Elaine M. Pers (Of Counsel) born Buffalo, New York, April 9, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, New York. Education: State University of New York at Plattsburgh (B.A., 1981); State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 1987). Recipient, Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Practice. Member: Albany County and New York State Bar Associations; New York State Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: First Amendment Law; Special Education. Email: Elaine M. Pers |
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