His practice spans a wide range of litigation areas, including personal injury, business and contract, labor and employment, land use and zoning, real estate, and trusts and estates litigation.
Jake also provides critical advice to clients to assist them in avoiding the cost and expense of litigation. Jake provides both litigation and corporate counsel to local, statewide, national and international companies in a variety of contract, real property, and employment and labor matters. He has experience representing businesses, governmental entities and individual clients in both state and federal courts.
Jake also represents companies and their management in administrative forums such as before the New York State Department of Labor (Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board), its Administrative Law Judges and Tribunals, and the New York State Division of Human Rights.
Unfortunately, Jake's clients and the people they care about sometimes fall victim to car accidents and other hazards of everyday life. Jake is part of a talented team of attorneys that are experienced and skilled at handling serious injury cases. When handling personal injury cases, Jake is aggressive, effective and compassionate. He has the experience and resources to recover the compensation that his clients deserve from negligent parties. With years of experience and many successful claims, Jake and his staff have the resources to obtain compensation for injured parties as quickly as possible.
- Business Law
- Personal Injury
- Insurance Claims
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Land Use & Real Property Litigation
- Real Estate Tax Certiorari (Tax Assessment Challenges)
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- New York
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- United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of New York
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- United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
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- United States District Court, Northern District of New York
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- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
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- English
- Albany Law School
- J.D.
- Honors: Justinian Society (academic excellence)
- Activities: Albany Law Review (associate editor), Research Teaching Assistant, Teaching Assistant
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- State University of New York - Albany
- B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
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- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- New York State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Albany County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Sports Lawyers Association
- Member
- Current
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- Capital District Trial Lawyers Association
- Board Member
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- Guilderland Girls Softball League, Inc.
- Travel Manager/Coach
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- Guilderland Library Foundation
- Member, Board of Directors
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- Getting to the Courthouse: A Primer on the Procedure of Challenging Real Property Tax Assessments
- NYSBA Young Lawyers Section's Electronically In Touch
- The Not-So-Uniform Athlete Agents Act: Why Current Registration Efforts Fail to Deter Unscrupulous Conduct
- New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal
- The Twelve Year Rain Delay: Why a Change in Leadership Will Benefit the Game of Baseball
- Albany Law Review
- Your Business & Family Medical Leave Act
- Schenectady Chamber of Commerce's Compass
- Certified Mediatior
- Albany Law School
