Towne, Bartkowski & DeFio Kean, P.C.

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Towne, Bartkowski & DeFio Kean, P.C. focuses on corporate and commercial law and litigation matters including employment, estate, commercial and matrimonial cases. Again this year firm principal Jim Towne is listed in Super Lawyers®. With a dozen-plus attorneys working diligently for their clients, this Capital District firm has the depth of talent essential to handle its client matters. The firm maintains offices in Albany, Saratoga and Schoharie counties, as well as in Bennington, Vt.

A considerable part of the practice involves equine law, providing representation to racetracks and VLT facilities as well as representing horse owners and trainers. The firm has worked on casino projects in the U.S., in the Caribbean and in Canada.

For more than 30 years the firm has provided extensive services to scores of auto dealers and lenders in New York and Vermont, from regulatory compliance, franchise relations, succession planning, purchases and sales and all related legal matters.

The firm places a strong emphasis on charitable work locally and as far away as Kenya, where Towne is trustee of a land conservation trust. Towne has served on the boards of the Legal Aid Society, the National MS Society and the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society for many years.

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