In numerous cases I have undertaken, the cases were either rejected by other lawyers or were worked on and then dropped by them, or the original lawyer had asked the court to be excused from continuing with the case.

The interesting thing about this case is much less a story about an ordinary accident and far more about the extraordinary circumstances that evolved. A number of years ago I learned of a man who had moved from North Carolina to Schenectady, New York to become a cantor in a synagogue. Sadly, he had been […]

For many years, during the time that I was in general practice, I tried a variety of cases not only for myself but also for other lawyers. In this particular case, a very prominent lawyer, Eugene Spada, with whom I had worked on various cases called me and said, “I’m called for trial in Fonda, […]

There is a backstory that leads up to this case. In 1971, I bought a house on Marion Avenue in Albany. I had a neighbor who was one of the wealthiest men in the Capitol Region. He and his partner, who was also a neighbor, owned vast complexes of apartment buildings. The two of them […]