Albany Law School faculty members have broad experience as legal practitioners, strong academic and scholarly credentials, and great teaching skills. Equally important, they are accessible to their students.
Michael P. Adams, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Deputy
Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund,
New York,
N.Y.
Human Sexuality and the Law
Matthew Alpern,
Esq.
B.A., J.D., Felony Trial Attorney, Albany
County Division of the Alternate Defender,
Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice I: Criminal Pretrial Skills
Matthew D.
Babcock, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Vice President, Chief
Operating Officer, St. Elizabeth Medical Center,
Utica, N.Y.
Managed Care
Law
Rose
Mary Bailly, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D., Executive
Director, New York State Law Revision
Commission
Guardianship Practice, Elder Law
TWEN site
Robert C.
Batson, Esq.
B.S., J.D., Government Lawyer in
Residence, Government Law Center,
Albany Law School
Federal
Indian Law I and II
Rebecca Bauscher, ADA
J.D., Albany County District Attorney's Office, Albany,
N.Y.
Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit
Julia Smead
Bielwaski, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Appellate
Practice
Luke Bierman, Esq.
B.A.,
J.D., General Counsel, Office of the State Comptroller, Albany,
N.Y.
Federal Jurisdiction and
Practice
Jennifer Boll, Esq.
B.A., J.D.,
Principal, Tuczinski, Cavalier, Gilchrist & Collura P.C.
Federal Taxation/Corporations & Shareholders
Kenneth W.
Bond, Esq.
B.A., J.D., LL.M, Partner, Squire,
Sanders, & Dempsey, New York,
N.Y.
State and Local Government Finance
Michael
Boskin
B.S., M.B.A.
Marketing High Tech
Products
Glen Bruening, Esq.
B.A., J.D.,
New York State Department of State
Public Service Field
Placement
Alexander
Bunin, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Federal Public Defender,
Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice I & II, Criminal
Gilbert
L. Carey, C.P.A.
B.S., J.D., Lavelle & Finn,
LLP Latham, N.Y.
Accounting for
Lawyers
Hon. William A.
Carter
B.S., J.D., City
Court of Albany, Albany, N.Y.
Judicial
Placement
Gaspar Castillo, Esq.
B.A.,
J.D., Conflict Defender, Albany, N.Y.
Public Defender
Placement
Alfred Chapleau, Esq.
B.A.,
LL.B., J.D., Schenectady County District Attorney, Schenectady,
N.Y.
District Attorney Field Placement
William F.
Collins, Esq.
J.D., Counsel to the Majority, NYS
Assembly, Albany, N.Y.
Government and Public Service Placement
Lisa M. Connelly, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Appellate Practice
Barbara
Cottrell, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Assistant U.S.
Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Albany, N.Y.
U.S. Attorney Placement
John M. Crotty, Esq.
B.S., J.D., Private Labor Relations Attorney, Albany,
N.Y.
Labor Law in the Public Sector
Mae A.
D'Agostino, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Partner,
D'Agostino, Krackeler, Baynes & Maguire, P.C.,
Menands, N.Y.
Trial Tactics and
Methods, Malpractice in Health Care
Diane Davis,
Esq.
J.D., Counsel to the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee,
Albany, N.Y.
Consumer
Bankruptcy
Michael W. Deyo, Esq.
B.A.,
J.D.
Electronic Discovery
Cynthia Feathers, Esq.
B.S.J., J.D., Of Counsel, Arroyo Copland &
Associates, PLLC
Appellate Practice
Martin S. Finn,
Esq.
Lavelle & Finn, LLP., Latham, N.Y.
Estate Planning II
TWEN site
Barry Fisher, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Deputy Capital Defender
Appellate Practice and
Procedure, Law and Politics of Capital Punishment
Richard
Frankel, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Partner, Iseman Cunningham
Riester Hyde, LLP
Real Estate Transactions
Robert J.
Freeman, Esq.
B.S.F.S., J.D., Executive
Director
New York State Committee on Open Government, Albany, N.Y.
Public Access to Government Information
TWEN site
Hon. Richard
Giardino
B.A., J.D., Fulton County Court Judge and
Surrogate
Trial Practice II
Thomas
F. Gleason, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Principal, Gleason,
Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea, Albany, N.Y.
Insurance Law
Simeon L. Goldman, Esq.
Keith M. Goldstein, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Corporate Transactions - Leveraged
Management Buy-Out
Barbara
Hancock, Esq.
A.B., M.A.T., J.D., Associate
Attorney, New York State Law Revision
Commission, Albany, N.Y.; Of
Counsel, Jones & Wilcenski, PLLC, Clifton Park, N.Y.
Financial Planning for the Elderly
TWEN site
Matthew P. Hoff, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Copyright Law
Hon.
Lawrence Kahn
B.A., J.D., LL.M., U.S. District Court
Judge, Northern District of New York,
Albany,
N.Y.
Judicial Placement
Karleen
Karlson, Esq.
B.Ed., M.Ed., J.D., Attorney,
Hannacroix, N.Y.
Mediation
Amelia Klein,
Esq.
B.S., J.D., Bond, Schoeneck and King, Albany,
N.Y.
Retirement Plans/ Employee Benefits
Steven M.
Klein, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Associate Counsel, Office of
General Counsel,
Public Employees Federation, Latham,
N.Y.
Labor Arbitration Seminar
Pamela Ko,
Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D., Staff Attorney, Albany Law
School
Law of Technology Transfer, Intellectual
Property Licensing
Michael Koenig, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Albany,
N.Y.
Trial Practice I: Criminal
Steve Krantz,
Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Criminal Process Applied to
Corporations and Other Entities
Seth R.
Leech, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Partner, Whiteman,
Osterman & Hanna, Albany, N.Y.
Asylum and Refugee
Law
Edward
T. Lentz, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D., Senior Counsel,
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Comparative U.S.-European Patent Law, Patents and
Technology Licensing
Renee Merges, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Assistant District Attorney
Albany County
District Attorney's Office, Albany, N.Y.
District Attorney
Placement
Paul V. Morgan Jr., Esq.
B.A.,
J.D., Chief Clerk, Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court, Troy, N.Y.
Surrogate's Court Procedure
Lillian Moy,
Esq.
B.A., J.D., Executive Director,
Legal Aid
Society of Northeastern New York,
Albany, N.Y.
Public Interest and
Advocacy Placement
James A. Murphy III, Esq.
B.A., J.D., District Attorney
Saratoga County District
Attorney's Office, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Trial Practice I &
II (Criminal)
Lyn A. Murphy, Esq.
B.S., J.D., Assistant District Attorney
Saratoga
County District Attorney's Office, Ballston Spa,
N.Y.
Domestic Violence Prosecution Clinic
Troy J.
Oechsner, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Deputy
Superintendent of Insurance for Health,
New York State
Department of Insurance, Albany, N.Y.
Health Law Field
Placement
Arlen Olsen,
Esq.
B.S., M.S., J.D., Managing Partner,
Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP,
Latham, N.Y.
Patent
Prosecution
TWEN site
Colleen Ostiguy
B.A., M.L.S., J.D., Electronic Services Librarian, Albany
Law School
Advanced Legal Research
Daniel J.
Persing, Esq.
B.A., J.D., The Law Offices of Daniel
J. Persing, Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice I & II (Civil)
Robert D. Plattner, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Of
Counsel, McNamee, Lochner, Titus, & Williams, P.C., Albany, N.Y.
State and Local Taxation
Lucy
Prashker, Esq.
B.S., J.D., Partner, Cain
Hibbard Myers & Cook, P.C., Pittsfield,
Mass.
Patent and Technology
Licensing
Charles Rancourt
B.S., M.S.,
Director, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Office of Technology
Commercialization
Management of Technology Transfer
Organizations
Paul Rapp,
Esq.
B.A., J.D., Practicing in Housatonic, Mass.,
and Albany, N.Y.
Art and Entertainment Law, Copyright
Law
Richard
Rifkin, Esq.
B.A., LL.B., Special Counsel,
New York State Bar Association
Government
Ethics
Greg T.
Rinckey, Esq.
B.B.A., J.D., Managing Partner, Tully
Rinckey PLLC
Law Practice Management
Eugene
K. Schuler Jr.
M.P.A., B.A., Executive Director,
Linc-The Lighting Cultivator
Management of Technology Transfer
Organizations
Nancy Schulman, Esq.
B.A.,
M.S., J.D., Principal Law Clerk, Albany, N.Y.
Appellate
Practice
Saul Seinberg, Esq.
Hon.
Joseph Sise
B.A., J.D., NYS Supreme Court-4th District,
Fonda, N.Y.
Judicial Field Placement Clinic
Hon.
Richard E. Sise
B.A., J.D., Presiding Judge of the
New York State Court of Claims,
Albany, N.Y.
Trial Advocacy
TWEN site
William C.
Snyder, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Adjunct Professor,
Syracuse University College of Law
Fact Investigation, National
Security Law
TWEN site
Kent
Sprotberry, Esq.
B.A., B.S., J.D., Kindlon &
Shanks, PC, Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice II
Paul Stavis,
Esq.
B.A., J.D., Director, Bureau of House
Counsel
New York State Department of Health, Albany,
N.Y.
Law and Psychiatry
Hon. Eleanor
Stein
Administrative Law Judge, Albany, N.Y.
Law of Climate Change
Daniel J. Stewart, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Brennan and White, Queensbury, N.Y.
Civil Rights Liability Litigation
Jill
Swingruber-Sprotbery, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Law Clerk, NYS
Court of Claims, Albany, N.Y.
Negotiating for
Lawyers
Steven G. Thomas, Esq.
B.S., J.D.,
LL.M.; Lavelle and Finn, Latham, N.Y.
Corporate Transactions-
Leveraged Management Buy-Out
Timothy M.
Tippins, Esq.
B.S., J.D., Private Practice,
Matrimonial Law and Practice
Mathew B.
Tully, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Founding Partner, Tully
Rinckey PLLC
Law Practice Management
Jack
Trachtenberg, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D.
State
and Local Taxation
Hon.
Randolph F. Treece
B.B.A., J.D.,
U.S. Magistrate Judge
Northern District of
New York, Albany, N.Y.
Trial Tactics and Methods
Timothy Vinciguerra
A.B., M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician, Albany
Medical College
Legal Issues in Medicine
Ann M.
Willey, Esq.
B.S., Ph.D., J.D., Director, Laboratory
Policy, The Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health,
Albany, N.Y.
Genetics in the Law and Public Health Law