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Member at the firm Higgins, Roberts, Beyerl & Coan, P.C.
Areas of Practice
Personal Injury Litigation; Education Law; Medical Malpractice; Matrimonial Law; Commercial Litigation; Discrimination; Criminal Law; Traffic Violations; Bankruptcy
Admitted
1984, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
Law School
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1983
College
Siena College, B.A., cum laude, 1980
Membership
Schenectady County (Secretary, 1994-1995; Chairman, Constitutional Committee, 2002-2003; Chairman, Continuity Committee; Chairman Nominating Committee, 2008; Selected Lawyer of the Year, 2008); Albany County, New York State and American Bar Associations; New York State Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Capital District Trial Lawyers Association; Capital Region Bankruptcy Association; New York State Defenders Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys.
Biography
Pi Gamma Mu; Phi Alpha Theta. Legal Authorship: "Obligations Surrounding Retention of Wills", Schenectady County Bar Association Newsletter, November 2007.
Reported Cases
Empie v. Empie, 846 NYS 2d 811 (2007); VanSchaick v. Union College, 728 NYS 2d 275 (2001); Andrews v. Trustco Bank, 735 NYS 2d 640 (2001); Liberty Mgmt. v. Town of Glenville, 728 NYS 2d 262 (2001); Maras v. Board of Education, 712 N.Y.S. 2d 208 (2000); Zahran v. Niskayuna Central School District, 2004 WL 12429 62 (2004); Union College v. City of Schenectady 91 NY 2d 161 (1997); Norman v. Amphenol 956 F. Supp. 158 (1997); Planck v. Niskayuna Central School District 666 NYS 2d 740 (1997); Meditrust v. Fahey 664 NYS 2d 874 (1997); Powers v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 516 NY 52d 811(1987); General Electric Technical Services Co., Inc. v. Clinton 577 NYS 719 (1991). Meditrust v. Fahey 641 NYS 2d2021 (1996); Fera v. City of Albany 568 F.Supp.2d 248 (2008); Guntur v. Union College 1992 WL 209322.
Born
Schenectady, New York, October 25, 1958
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