Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  James A. Carminucci concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate finance and public finance, including refinancing, and asset–based lending, as well as in the area of corporate law. He has experience with contract negotiation, commercial lease agreements, commercial loan closings, corporate sales and consultation with management on all corporate matters. In the area of public finance, Mr. Carminucci has acted as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, letter-of -credit issuer's counsel, trustee's counsel, and underwriter's counsel.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Seth D. Finkell concentrates his practice in the area of business law and the legal issues that face companies relating to development, expansion, and day-to-day operations. Mr. Finkell has extensive experience with business startups, mergers and acquisitions, financial structure and ownership structure; as well as commercial property sales and acquisitions. In advising his clients, Mr. Finkell leverages his corporate tax and international tax experience to assist in creating transaction structures to increase tax efficiency.
• Business Disputes
  Lemery Greisler practices in a wide variety of business law specialties. We are always interested in hearing from individuals that enjoy working in a team environment and that are dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services to our clients.
• Business Transactions
  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Yaffee was a Vice President and counsel at the country's largest title insurance underwriter based in New York City, where he underwrote and closed national commercial transactions. After relocating to upstate New York, he was associated with a general practice in Columbia County. Mr. Yaffee is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as before the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Prior to joining Lemery Greisler LLC, Ms. Sample was an associate at a regional law firm where she represented developers and syndicators in federal and state low-income housing tax credit transactions, including tax-exempt bond financing, from the application process to construction loan closing through permanent loan closing. In her practice she represented limited partnerships and limited liability companies in the acquisition of property or existing apartment buildings and the financing and regulatory matters associated with constructing or rehabilitating affordable housing for low income families, seniors and persons with disabilities. Ms. Sample also prepared applications for not-for-profit corporations seeking 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.
• Trade Secrets
  Mr. Lippman has developed concentrations in contract law, labor law, trade-secret protection, copyright, and trademark. He has particular experience in computer program copyrights, licensing, negotiation and litigation of distribution and service contracts, and related intellectual property matters. He has conducted numerous arbitration and mediation proceedings pursuant to the American Arbitration Association and International Center for Dispute Resolution Rules.
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust
  James E. Braman has over 35 years' experience practicing law in the Capital Region. His practice includes counseling home builders, developers and lending institutions in commercial real estate and residential real estate transactions, including matters related to real estate law, corporate law, and regulatory compliance. Mr. Braman also has extensive experience in commercial leasing transactions and in representing Realtors® at the state and local levels, counseling on business and not-for-profit organizational and governance matters, agency law, antitrust law, contract law, fair housing law, and in developing legislation. Mr. Braman represents real estate licensees in disciplinary proceedings before the New York State Department of State and has lectured widely on the subject of real estate brokerage. Mr. Braman regularly presents continuing education courses for attorneys on current real estate matters and has presented many continuing education courses for real estate licensees to meet their real estate license requirements.

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
  For more than 25 years, Robert J. May, Jr., has represented both privately held and publicly held companies in corporate, business, and securities matters. He has handled mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyouts, secured and unsecured debt financing, venture capital and angel investing, shareholder arrangements, joint ventures and partnerships, contracts, including employment agreement and compensation, representation of registered investment advisors and registered broker dealers regulatory affairs. Additionally, Mr. May has represented company and shareholder interests in enterprise dissolutions and disputes.
• Employment Litigation
  Robert A. Lippman has over 28 years of experience representing clients in connection with a wide range of general business matters. Roughly half of his practice is litigation-focused, and the other half is focused on working with small businesses and entrepreneurs to help them protect their intellectual property, in managing employment issues and contract disputes.
• Non-compete Agreement
  A client received a letter from his prior employer alleging that our client was in violation of the non-solicitation provisions in the non-compete the client had signed with that employer. Seth Finkell, Esq. and Chelsey Lester, Esq. negotiated a favorable settlement for our client that enabled him to move forward with his new business and maintain his client relationships. If your company is looking to protect its own client base and business with a non-compete, it is critical that you hire experienced legal counsel to draft the non-compete agreement.
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  In Puerto Rico, Mr. Mendez was the lead attorney in cases involving breach of contracts, real estate disputes and labor and employment cases. Among others, he represented companies, employers, insurance companies, municipalities, engineers, contractors and developers. Mr. Mendez has extensive trial and appeals experience. Mr. Mendez provides ongoing legal advice to businesses concerning labor and employment matters and in drafting and negotiating contracts.
• Construction Litigation
  Charles B. Dumas has extensive experience as counsel in residential and commercial real estate transactions and development, including planning and zoning, title examination, construction law, finance, lease agreement, and management. He is an Examining Counsel for Chicago Title Insurance Company. As a United States Small Business Administration Designated Closing Attorney, he regularly closes SBA-related financings involving venture capital initiatives throughout Upstate New York, which are targeted to foster small business development. He also represents a variety of Capital District businesses in many aspects of their operations, including corporate governance and organization, employee relations, contract negotiation and regulatory compliance.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Lemery Greisler is seeking an experienced paralegal/ legal assistant for work with its commercial transactions group in our Albany office. Responsibilities include title work, preparing loan documents and closing files under the supervision of attorneys, coordinating with parties and assisting attorneys on commercial loan and real estate transactions. Competitive pay and benefits, including medical, 401(K) plan, paid time off and parking.
• Eminent Domain
• Land Use and Zoning
  The Real Estate practice at Lemery Greisler serves a diversity of clients, in all aspects of a given project, from initial site acquisition through the land use planning and governmental approval process, including offering plans, financing, marketing, and management.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Peter M. Damin focuses his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, bankruptcy, commercial loan workouts and foreclosure. A significant portion of his practice is devoted to representing banks, financial institutions and private lenders in residential and commercial foreclosures, actions on notes, guarantees and security agreements, actions for the replevin and seizure of collateral, judgment enforcement, loan workouts, and in all aspects of bankruptcy cases. He also represents a broad range of local businesses in general litigation matters, which include breach of contract claims, contract payment disputes, commercial and landlord tenant issues, construction law disputes, mechanic’s liens, trust fund claims, and debt collection.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Mr. Levine speaks and writes regularly on bankruptcy and loan workout related topics and contributes a chapter on bankruptcy related issues to the two volume treatise, The Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Action in New York State, Patrick Higgins - Editor, published by the New York State Bar Association.
• Medical Malpractice
  Daniel J. Tyson has many years of experience as trial counsel in civil litigation in New York courts, federal courts, and arbitration. His experience includes commercial litigation involving business dissolutions and valuations, contract and construction contract disputes, enforcing creditors' and landlords’ rights, petroleum and environmental contaminants remediation, real property valuation for eminent domain and real property tax certiorari proceedings. Mr. Tyson also has experience in defending medical malpractice cases and engineering malpractice cases.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Susan A. Nixon focuses her practice in the areas of real estate, economic development and project development, banking and commercial finance and trust formation and administration, estate planning and administration and succession planning.
• Wills
  Ms. McRae also represents individual clients in estate planning and estate settlement. Her development of an estate plan begins with a careful analysis of a client’s assets, liabilities, personal needs, and family dynamics, coordination with a client’s other professional advisors, including accountants and wealth managers, and culminates in documents that accomplish her client’s wishes in the most estate- and gift-tax efficient way possible. She’s experienced in the drafting and interpretation of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, powers of attorney, health care proxies, and advanced healthcare directives (or “living wills”). Finally, Ms. McRae regularly represents fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and creditors in estate probate and estate administration proceedings in Surrogate’s Courts across the Capital Region and beyond.
• Trusts
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Mr. Tyson represents lenders, secured and unsecured creditors, landlords, and trustees in business bankruptcy proceedings. The scope of his bankruptcy work includes protecting creditors' and clients' rights during the debtor's bankruptcy proceedings, negotiating plans of reorganization in bankruptcy proceedings, litigating claims by creditors and defending debtors' and trustees' claims against creditors, and restructuring distressed creditor-debtor relationships prior to the debtor's potential bankruptcy.
• Foreclosure
  In non-bankruptcy matters, Ms. Breen represents lending institutions and private lenders in creating commercial loan workout solutions, including restructuring and forbearance, and in state court litigation including foreclosure, replevin, and actions on notes and guarantees.
• Tax Law
  Ms. Johnson graduated from Albany Law School with honors in her Tax Law concentration program. Prior to graduating law school, Ms. Johnson participated in the Albany Law School Community Economic Development Clinic and was on the Editorial Board of the Albany Law School Journal of Science and Technology.
• Debt Collection
  Meghan Breen focuses her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation. In the area of bankruptcy, Ms. Breen represents creditors, trustees and business debtors in Chapter 11, 13 and 7 cases with respect to a full range of issues, including stay relief, Code § 363 sales, and other related disputes or adversary proceedings. Ms. Breen’s practice includes drafting and negotiating cash collateral orders, DIP financing orders, bankruptcy plans, and § 363 sale documents; litigating valuation challenges, claim challenges, and stay relief; defending clients in complex fraudulent transfer and preference actions; and advising creditors in the debt collection and claim administration process. Creditor clients include banks and other private lenders, landlords, and other businesses. Ms. Breen represents commercial debtors in Chapter 11 cases.