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About William Hessney
William P. Hessney is Special Counsel with Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP in its Albany, NY office, and has been practicing law for over 36 years. He has a broad based real estate practice, representing buyers, sellers and lenders in both residential and commercial transactions, for which he has extensive experience in contract drafting and negotiation, document preparation and title examination. He has represented lenders and creditors in mortgage foreclosure matters and related litigation in State and Federal Courts throughout the State of New York. His practice also includes the formation and representation of corporations, not-for-profit corporations and limited liability companies in the Capital District. Over the years William P. Hessney has participated in a number of continuing legal education programs. They include being the chair and speaker for the Albany Session of the NY State Bar Association Seminar on Practical Skills-Mortgage Foreclosures and Workouts, from 2004 to 2018, a coauthor and speaker for the seminar entitled New York Real Estate Title Law: Solutions to the Most Common Problems in 2004, coauthor and speaker for the seminar entitled Effective Mortgage Foreclosure Techniques in New York in 1994 and the coauthor and speaker for the seminar entitled New York Foreclosure and Repossession in 1993. Born and raised in Canandaigua, New York, William P. Hessney has made the Capital District his home for more than 40 years with his family. He has served on the boards of a number not-for-profit organizations including serving for many years as a Member of the Board of Trustees for the Hart Cluett Museum in Troy, New York.
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Status: Currently registered
Admitted: 1985
Law school: ALBANY
Registration number: 1974070
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Consumers in ZIP codes starting with 122 filed 266 debt collection complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the last 12 months, naming most often CL Holdings LLC (29), Encore Capital Group Inc. (27), CCS Financial Services, Inc. (20).
Statewide, New York consumers filed 11,720 such complaints, most often about “attempts to collect debt not owed”.
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estate planning attorney — New YorkLocation: New York City Hello everyone! My friend Anna is 89, her power of attorney has very questionable acts that concerns me and I wanted any input how to deal with. Andy was first Anna’s student and then friend since about 20 years ago. At some point along the way,…
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NY-National Grid wants me to grant a permanent utility easement. What are my rights/options Aug 25, 2026real estate attorney — New YorkLocation: Upstate NY I posted a similar thread on r/realestate but thought posting here might give me more insight from a different perspective. I own a residential property in New York. National Grid contacted me regarding utility upgrade work in my area and sent me a proposed Grant of Easement.…
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probate attorney — New YorkHi everyone! So a bit of context; my grandmother passed away in 2019, and she left behind a pretty decent estate. Her executor was a very good friend to hers, he only said yes to being her executor because of their friendship, otherwise he handles million/billion dollar estates. He had…
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