Dear Visitor,

Here are some technical details about my services and experience.  The photo to the right is of me and my "best friend" Caesar.  I hope you like animals as I do and enjoy your visit to this web site.  Each page has information and resources that will assist you in your search for an attorney and legal information.

Second Language Skills - I am fluent in German.

I am a member of the following organizations:

• New York State Bar Association
  + Trusts and Estates Section
  + Elder Law Section
  + Environmental Law Section

• Capital Region Bankruptcy Bar Association

• Estate Planning Counsel of Eastern New York

• Rensselaer County Bar Association

• Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce

• Rensselaer Plateau Alliance

• Rensselaer Land Trust
  + Pro Bono Of Counsel

• Legal Project
  + Pro Bono Bankruptcy Counsel

• Town of Berlin
  + Planning Board Member

• Little Hoosic River Watershed Committee

• Berlin Mountain Fish and Game Club, Legal Committee

• Honorary Legal Society of Justinian

• Friends of Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

TABNER, RYAN & KENIRY, LLP, ALBANY, NEW YORK
Associate: Mid-sized general practice firm.

• Managed the firm’s estate planning, estate administration and elder law department.

• Prepared and executed documents for estate planning, estate administration, real estate transfers, Surrogate’s Court proceedings, estate taxation, retirement and social security benefits and Medicaid applications.
  
  SARATOGA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Ballston Spa, NEW YORK
  Legal Intern: Volunteer.

• Legal research pertaining to a murder prosecution including accessory liability, admissions and excited utterances. Drafted affidavits in opposition to omnibus motions and in response to discovery motions.
  
  CRANE, GREENE & PARENTE, ALBANY, NEW YORK
  Law Clerk: Mid-sized general practice firm.

• Drafted litigation documents, estate planning documents, and a commercial contingency sales contract.

• Researched law on product liability, breach of contract, affirmative defenses, labor, employment, disability, village incorporation, property tax assessment, non-profit certificate of incorporation, competitive bidding, privacy, bankruptcy, medicare, eminent domain, post legislation determination of intent, and tax law.
  
  NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ALBANY, NEW YORK
  Legal Intern: Field placement.

• Legal research on water, privacy, hydro plants, and the effects of the Governor’s renewable energy plan and potential conflicts with NAFTA, specifically Chapter 11 investor rights.
  
  NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ALBANY, NEW YORK
  Legal Intern: Legal research for the Mining and Mineral Department.

• Researched and analyzed a petition for a declaratory ruling on ECL 23-0901 including theories of ownership and due process requirements for well spacing units, and interpreting the bill jacket contents.

• Interpreted New York State’s redemption law and applied the interpretation to a legal issue.

• Compiled a litigation’s administration record and participated in the defense strategic planning meetings.

EDUCATION:

• ALBANY LAW SCHOOL, Albany, New York
  Juris Doctor Cum Laude, International Law Concentration

• MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Canada
  International Law Program

• HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY, Edinburgh, Scotland
  MBA, International Business Management

• HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES, Geneva, New York
  BA, Cultural Anthropology