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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.

Shalini Natesan focuses her practice in the areas of Business Law, Hospitality Law, Municipal Law, and Real Estate Law.

Practice areas: Business and Corporate Law, Non-Profits, Contract Administration, Employment Law, Administrative Law, and extensive Legal Research background.

Mr. Ray handles a variety of business law and banking matters.  His practice includes commercial litigation, commercial lending, as well as the general representation of businesses.  He also specializes in the representation of creditors in commercial and agricultural bankruptcies.. Mr. Ray is licensed in Georgia and Alabama.  He is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia (2014), the Alabama State Bar (2015), the Georgia Court of Appeals (2015), the Supreme Court of Georgia (2015), the Supreme Court of Alabama (2015), and the following U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts: the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama; and the Northern District of Florida.

Member American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In addtion to trial level work I have handled many cases at the appellate level which are available by search engine. We try to relosve matters as effiicently as possible and minimize rancor. That said, we see our task in representiing a client's interests emplying as vigorous a representation using all available tools as is necessary for the circumstances.. Helpful to me in  representing clients has been my having worked in a large family retail business, owned and operated a dry cleaning and laundromat chain and developed,owned and managed office and apartment buildings, strip malls, a subdivision and involvement as a creditor and representation of the developer in a complex foreclosure and potential redevelopement of  a resort on the West coast of Florida. I also hold an FAA pilot certificate multi engine instrument rating and have flown many missions for Angel Flight of America.

Mathew B. Tully is one of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s two founding partners. In 2004, Mat worked with his friend from college, Greg T. Rinckey to establish the foundation of what is today Tully Rinckey PLLC. Mat is one of a small number of lawyers licensed to practice law in three different countries. He is an Attorney and Counselor at Law in New York State and is on the rolls of Solicitors in England and Wales as well as being on the rolls of Solicitors in the Republic of Ireland.. As a practicing Attorney, Mat is one of a small number of Attorneys alive today who has litigated and won before the highest Court in New York State (the New York State Court of Appeals) as well as had a Writ of Certiorari granted and a remand ordered by the Supreme Court of the United States amongst many other appellate victories in various Appellate Courts. While best known as an employment law Attorney, his current focus is helping mid-sized multinational businesses with complex legal issues.. Before launching his legal career in 2003, Mat served for three years in the U.S. Army as a field artillery officer. After suffering from military discrimination at the hands of his civilian employer, Mat went to law school and received his Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School in 2002. While attending law school part time at night he worked in the Legal Department of Morgan Stanley as a paralegal, his office was on the 65th floor of 2 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. In 2012, Mat received the Purple Heart for injuries he sustained during a suicide bombing while serving in Afghanistan. His service there also afforded him the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge. His deployment to Afghanistan marked the third time since founding the firm that Mat left his business to selflessly serve the nation.

Mark has been with the firm since 1990. Prior to re-locating to Albany, New York, he was engaged in the general civil practice of law in Lexington and Corbin, Kentucky. During that time, he handled a variety of general civil litigation matters such as personal injury claims (plaintiff and defendant), bankruptcies, consumer issues, coal mining-related matters, and secured creditors’ rights. Mark also served for a year as Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney for Whitley County and McCreary County.. Mark focused his practice in the areas of Commercial Lending, Commercial Litigation, and Bankruptcy. He represented the firm's national clients in litigation matters, not only in New York and adjacent states, but also in such diverse jurisdictions as Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. He has also been directly involved with these clients in developing and implementing automotive inventory financing document packages and guides, loss prevention controls and documents, projects involving UCC Article 9 compliance, and in drafting general forms for use in leasing and financing.. In addition, Mark regularly served as special counsel to bankruptcy trustees in preference, fraudulent conveyance, and other bankruptcy-related litigation.. Effective January 1, 2012, Mark retired as a Partner with the firm, but continues as Of Counsel on various matters in his practice areas. He remains actively involved in automotive inventory financing projects for the firm's clients.. Mark was selected to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers® list is issued by Thompson Reuters™.  A description of the selection methodology for Super Lawyers® can be found here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or any other court.

Linda B. Johnson is a partner at Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP and works out of the Albany office. She is a member of the Litigation, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation and Construction Law practice groups. Linda initially joined the firm in 2003. She rejoined the firm in 2010 after serving as an appellate court attorney for the New York State Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department from 2009-2010. Linda is also the Special Appellate Counsel for Rensselaer County, handling criminal appeals. She has served in this role since September 2016.. Linda focuses her private practice on plaintiff’s personal injury, civil and criminal appeals, construction disputes, Article 81 Guardianship proceedings and general litigation. Linda has extensive in-court trial, motion practice, negotiation and mediation experience, and has written and argued countless appeals.. In October 2015, Linda graduated from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming. She served as a board member to the Trial Lawyers College Alumni Board from October 2015 until November 2018. Linda has lectured on topics such as the use of active listening to improve trial skills for the Academy of Trial Lawyers, Women in the Law for the New York State Bar Association, mechanic’s liens and related considerations for construction industry clients, the litigation of Article 81 Guardianship proceedings, and family business dispute litigation.. Linda has served on the New York State Character & Fitness Committee since April 2011. She is a Past President of the Capital District Women’s Bar Association (CDWBA). She received the Kimberly A. Troisi-Paton Leadership Award from the CDWBA in June 2018 for demonstrating enduring commitment to CDWBA and the community through consistent leadership, perseverance, and selfless dedication to the greater good. Linda has been a delegate to the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) for several years, and was a 2018 WBASNY Convention Committee co-chair. Linda serves on the Board of Directors of the Rensselaer County Bar Association and is the alternate delegate to NYSBA. Linda is a member of the Albany County Bar Association and New York State Bar Association.. Linda is a co-founder of the East Greenbush Ski Club, a not-for-profit community organization that brings families together for skiing fun at an affordable cost. She volunteers her time as tennis coach to the local Special Olympics tennis team called the Capital Region Aces, often bringing her two daughters, Haylee (13) and Lindsey (11) with her to help as “kid coaches”. Linda earned her first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do in June 2018.. Linda maintains a Martindale Hubble rating of AV and an AVVO rating of 5 stars.. Representative reported appellate decisions include People v Greenfield, 167 AD3d 1060 (3d Dept 2018); People v James, 147 AD3d 1211 (3d Dept 2017); People v Lewis, 118 AD3d 1125 (3d Dept 2014); People v Bouton, 107 AD3d 1035 (3d Dept 2013); Satra Realty, LLC v Knovel Corp., 93 AD3d 1128 (3d Dept 2012); People v Leszczynski, 96 AD3d 1162 (3d Dept 2012); Small Bus. Loan Source v 4 Dogs of Syracuse, 81 AD3d 1390 (4th Dept 2011); Brightman v Hackett, 81 AD3d 1200 (3d Dept 2011); Maines Paper & Food Svc. Inc. v Losco Group, Inc., 36 AD3d 1047 (3d Dept 2007); Smith v Genardo, 27 AD3d 821 (3d Dept 2006); LaMonte v County of Broome, 20 AD3d 756 (3d Dept 2005).

Joel joined Weatherford Thompson in 2002 after working one year with a law firm in Eugene, Oregon. A Washington state native before moving to Oregon in 1998, Joel utilizes his experience to assist individuals, businesses, developers, property owners, employers, and farmers in the Linn and Benton Counties. Joel is active in the Linn County Bar and the state bars, serving as a member of the Oregon House of Delegates. He also volunteers for the Mid-Willamette YMCA, the Corvallis Community Children’s Centers, Peer Court, as well as several other smaller non-profit organizations.. On his off time, Joel can usually be found herding his three small children around, snowboarding, hiking, camping, biking, and fishing. He also enjoys cooking, and most of all, spending time with his wife, Ketty.

Joann has been the firm’s Managing Partner since 2013.  Joann regularly appears in State and Federal courts throughout New York and New Jersey, representing creditors, defendants and bankruptcy trustees in chapter 11 cases, cross-border proceedings and all types of bankruptcy litigation, including fraud-based actions, claim disputes and non-dischargeability actions and has acted as a discovery master in bankruptcy court.  She represents lenders in the automotive, trucking and equipment industries in complex commercial litigation and counsels clients in commercial loan transactions and all phases of workout and debt restructuring matters.  Joann is a member of the United States District Court NDNY and the United States Bankruptcy Court NDNY mediation panels and has served as a mediator for both courts.. Joann is President Elect of the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association and is a past president of the Capital District Women’s Bar Association. Joann is the current president (2016-2018) of The Legal Project's Board of Directors. She was nominated by the Board of Judges for the NDNY Bankruptcy Court and served on the Standing Local Rules Committee from 2012-2015.  In December 2010 and again in 2014, she was appointed by the Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern District of New York to serve four-year terms on the Panel of Attorneys Responsible for the Investigation and Prosecution of Attorney Disciplinary Complaints.. Joann received the Capital District Women's Bar Association's 2007 Pro Bono Award and the Legal Project's 2005 Kurt Clobridge Award for her service to low-income clients.  She has been repeatedly recognized by Upstate New York Super Lawyers® (2009-2017), received an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale Hubbell®, and was selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America™, a trial lawyer honorary society.  She is a frequent lecturer on topics such as cybersecurity regulations, bankruptcy litigation and distressed assets.. Joann began her career as law clerk to the Hon. William F. Tuohey, United States Bankruptcy Judge, District of New Jersey and as an associate in the bankruptcy department of a prominent New Jersey firm.. Joann was selected to the Super Lawyers® list, Litigation Counsel of America™ (LCA™) list of fellows, and rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and ®.  The Super Lawyers® list is issued by Thompson ReutersTM.  A description of the selection methodology for Super Lawyers® can be found here.  A description of the selection methodology for LCA™ can be found here.  A description of the selection methodology for Martindale-Hubbell® can be found here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or any other court.

I am senior partner and supervisor of O'Connell and Aronowitz's Health Law practice. Concentrating in areas of health care and general corporate enterprise development and transactions, I represent both for-profit and not-for-profit clients in corporate business transactions including: corporate formation; joint ventures; sales, mergers and acquisitions; buy-sell agreements; real estate transactions, leasing and financing; certificate of need; licensing and the operation of health care facilities. I have spoken on topics involving health care licensing, corporate formation, not-for-profit corporate issues, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and various issues in health law to trade association groups as well as the Albany County and New York State Bar Associations.. Community service is an integral part of my personal and professional life. I have a decades-long relationship with the Junior League of Albany, an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. I am past president of the Komen Foundation of Northeastern New York and the Brown School Board of Directors, and have served on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association.

I am General Counsel of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, where I manage the Office of Counsel, litigate cases of significance to the Department  and, as the Department's chief legal officer, provide advice to the Department's executive staff and its divisions.  Prior to accepting my appointment, I was in private practice, litigating business, commercial, intellectual property, information technology and construction disputes.. I have been involved in virtually all facets of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution.  I have served as an arbitrator and commercial mediator and am an adjunct associate professor at CUNY's School of Professional Studies, where I teach negotiation and dispute resolution.

Greg is the managing member of Bond, Schoeneck & King's Albany office. He engages in a broad corporate and business law practice advising publicly-traded and privately-held entities, higher education institutions, and not-for-profit entities on a variety of matters, including corporate governance, contract negotiations, corporate structure, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate financings, strategy, licensing issues, and various transactional matters.. Greg regularly advises corporate boards and has served as the corporate secretary of both NASDAQ-listed and privately-held companies.

David began his professional legal career as an Assistant Attorney General in the Charities Bureau concentrating in the area of Trusts & Estates and Not-for-Profit Law. Since joining the firm in 1999, David has broadened his practice and currently counsels businesses and individuals on a wide range of business transactional and planning matters, commercial and residential real estate transactions, estate litigation, planning & probate matters. David's expertise has been recognized by local Surrogate's Court Judges who have called upon him to assist in complicated estate litigation and probate matters on behalf of incapacitated individuals.

Currently assistant general counsel and head of corporate compliance at a leading eCommerce SaaS provider, with primary legal responsibility over corporate governance, securities, corporate compliance, enterprise risk management, equity compensation programs and other corporate law matters, in addition to supporting the board of directors and corporate secretarial function, corporate development, investor relations, marketing, finance and accounting and other areas of the business. Significant prior experience as a deal lawyer at a top NY law firm leading large corporate transactions, including IPOs, spin-offs, leveraged finance transactions, M&A and other transactions, in addition to advising clients on securities law and exchange compliance, corporate governance and other general corporate law matters.

Bob's practice is concentrated in the areas of corporate and business law, employee benefits, executive compensation planning, taxation and real property. He has handled numerous complex retirement and welfare benefit plan matters, including employee stock ownership plan leveraged financing and the design and administration of self-funded health care plans.

Albany attorney Jeffery Gautsche is committed to helping his clients with a variety of complicated legal situations. As the founding attorney of Gautsche Law Group P.C., he makes it his mission to help individuals clearly understand their options as they confidently navigate the legal system. At the firm, he handles an array of cases, including those related to business law, family law, residential real estate, and estate planning. He centers his practice on personalized legal services, compassionate counsel, and aggressive advocacy. Contact the firm today to discuss your case with an attorney in Albany.