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Terence E. Shanley attended Loyola University in Rome, Italy and graduated from the College of the Holy Cross. He received his law degree from Columbia University Law School.  He is admitted to practice in all of the federal and state trial and appellate courts in New York State.  He was a member of the Committee on Character and Fitness, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department.        Mr. Shanley is a member of the Rensselaer County, Albany County, and New York State Bar Associations. In addition he has been member of the Collaborative Divorce Association of the Capitol District since 2009.  He has represented clients in matrimonial and family law matters all over the State of New York for over thirty-five years with a special emphasis on litigation, trials and appeals.  Mr. Shanley served with the Legal Aid Society of the City of New York Criminal Division from 1970 to 1972.  He was also Special Counsel, New York State Commissions of Investigation from 1972 to 1974, and he was Law Assistant to the Rensselaer County Court Judge from 1990 to 1994. He has specialized in all facets of matrimonial, custodial and family law, with a special emphasis on litigation, trials and appeals, since 1978.

Nicholas Dorando received his Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Politics, and Society from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, would go on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School, and has been admitted to practice in New York State since 2016. Nicholas’s law school career was defined by a focus in courtroom practice, having been selected twice for the school’s traveling moot court trial team, as well as being the recipient of the Capital District Trial Lawyers’ Association Prize and an inductee to the Order of the Barristers for demonstrated excellence in Courtroom advocacy. During his time at Albany Law, Nicholas handled cases at the school’s Family Violence Litigation and Immigration Clinic and clerked at firms in Albany and Saratoga.. Upon his admission to the New York bar, he litigated cases in the fields of family and matrimonial law, assisted clients with workers’ compensation claims. Nicholas Dorando is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, and Saratoga County Bar Association.

My practice focuses primarily on Criminal Defense and Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice. I am a graduate of the prestigious Defense of the Damned seminar at Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College in Dubois, WY, and have represented someone whose case was featured on America's Most Wanted (I got all charges dismissed). I have practiced in Courts from Lake George to Poughkeepsie, and as far west as Utica. I have handled all types of criminal cases, from murder to jaywalking, and everything in between. I have also handled a variety of injury cases, from automobile accidents to dog bites to slip-and-fall to medical malpractice. In addition to being a partner in Frost & Kavanaugh, I am an Assistant Public Defender for Rensselaer County.. I graduated from Thomas More College in Merrimack, NH in 1991 with a B.A. in philosophy, and graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1995. I was admitted to practice in all New York State Courts and the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1996. I was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Vermont in 1998. I was admitted to practice before the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 2010.. I am a lifelong resident of Rensselaer County, and my wife, kids and I currently reside in Poestenkill. I am an active in my church and area youth sports, coaching Little League.

Julie defends falsely accused individuals against institutions including local, state, and federal governments as well as colleges and universities.. Federal & State Criminal Defense | White Collar Investigations & Defense | Title IX & Student Defense | Professional Licensing Defense | Civil Rights Plaintiff's Litigation | Appeals. Julie defends accused individuals against institutions including local, state, and federal governments and agencies as well as colleges and universities.. Julie works tirelessly to achieve the desired outcomes for her clients and to educate them about the often misunderstood realities of defending a criminal case. Her passion for her clients is recognized and respected by judges and her adversaries in state and federal courts, and both know that she will not back down when faced with unanticipated obstacles. The same is true when defending students or professors accused of misconduct or Title IX violations at colleges and universities. Julie’s experience defending sexual assault claims in both criminal courts and university proceedings has served her clients well. She carefully considers when best to use certain litigation strategies and confidently presses her adversaries in order to exercise and protect her clients’ rights.. Julie’s trial results have earned the respect of the legal community, and she has attained significant victories in both state and federal court. Although she is a passionate trial attorney, some of her greatest victories are when trial or even criminal charges are avoided because of a dismissal of an indictment, a favorable plea bargain, or representation during a government investigation.. Julie always considers the entire impact a criminal case has on a client and often represents clients in collateral matters including the defense of a client’s professional license or litigation of parallel civil enforcement proceedings. Should an appeal be required in a client’s case, she is trained as a New York State Court of Appeals judicial clerk to draft and argue cases before state and federal appellate courts.. Julie understands the responsibility of providing high quality criminal defense to individuals who cannot afford an attorney by committing her services to several federal felony cases annually as a Criminal Justice Act (CJA) attorney with the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. She has been selected by federal judges to serve as a committee member for the CJA panel for her local federal district court, which oversees all the district’s CJA attorneys.

I have handled criminal matters ranging from major offenses to town ordinances. As well as, business law ranging from contracts, advising, commercial litigation and debt collection.  I've been successful in getting allegations such as DWIs and serious crimes outright dismissed or reduced to practically nothing. This wide breadth of experience to date has helped me handle and litigate legal matters, whether they are commercial, real estate, personal injury or criminal in nature.. (Attorney Advertising: Prior outcomes do not dictate future sucess)

Cynthia J. LaClair, Esq., (formerly Cynthia J. Tippins) has been engaged in a private law practice limited to complex matrimonial and custody litigation for twenty-seven (27) years, since her 1988 graduation from Albany Law School. She began as a law clerk, then Associate with the Law Firm of Timothy M. Tippins in Troy, New York and became partner in Tippins & Cornaire, PLLC. In subsequent years, she formed her own private firm and was partner in Harris, Conway & Donovan, PLLC from 2009 until September 1, 2016 when she and Lauren K. DeLuca, Esq. formed LaClair & DeLuca, PLLC.. Ms. LaClair is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and lectured for several years for the MatLaw Seminar continuing legal education program, as well as, New York State Bar Association programs. She is a member of the Albany County Bar Association and the Capital District Women’s Bar Association.. Ms. LaClair is a 1985 summa cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Albany and resides in Brunswick, New York with her husband, John LaClair.

Colleen A. Dooley is admitted to practice in New York. She received her education at SUNY Brockport, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in and her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, at Thomas M. Cooley Law School (Lansing, MI). Colleen is a member of the New York State Bar Association and Albany County Bar Association.. Her practice areas include estate planning (Wills, Power-of-Attorney, Health Care Proxy, Living Wills, Trust planning), estate probate & administration, real estate, business transactions, not-for-profit formations, and title examination.. Colleen is a former Managing Partner for Partners in Dance (a re-grant program receiving funding from NYS Dance Force and NYSCA); a guest artist and on the advisor board for Nacre Dance Company; a volunteer stage manager and company photographer for Maude Baum & Co./eba Dance Theater; and was “Big Sister” with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Capital Region from 2008-2013. She is currently a volunteer foster home with Karma K-9 Rescue, Inc. (Albany, NY).From law school to the present her objective has been to assist her clients in identifying and realizing their estate planning and business goals. Prior to graduating law school, she participated in the Sixty Plus Elder Law Clinic (Lansing, MI), where she assisted clients in preparing their wills, probating loved-ones' estates, and protecting the over-60 population from predatory business practices. In that clinic she was encouraged to engage in the practice of therapeutic jurisprudence, an approach she continues to use in her day-to-day practice.