Attorney Profile
James T. Towne
James Towne
Albany
New York (NY)
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation (50%), Employment & Labor (30%), Gaming (20%)
Business Litigation
Employment & Labor
Gaming
Law School:
Albany Law School
Profile
Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. has extensive experience in a variety of corporate and commercial matters, both transactional matters and those resulting in litigation. The firm has a broad range of experience covering buy/sell matters, corporate formation and dissolution, multijurisdictional transactions, corporate finance and governance issues, and labor and employment claims. The law firm also has an extensive practice in gaming and equine matters. Jim Towne has been a lecturer for the New York State Bar Association's CLE program on corporate structure and for a number of other organizations on gaming and labor/employment issues.
Selected To
New York Super Lawyers 2011 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2010 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2009 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2008 - Upstate Edition
New York Super Lawyers 2007 - Upstate Edition
About James Towne
Admitted: 1976, New York
Professional Webpage: www.townelaw.com/profile01.cfm
Honors and Awards:
- PAI Distinguished Service Award, Recipient, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern NY, 1988
- American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award, Nominee, American Bar Association, 1988
- PAI Distinguished Service Award, Recipient, Legal Aid Scoiety of Northeastern NY, 1999
- MS Achievement Award, Recipient, National Multiple Sclerosis Society,, 2006
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Admitted to Practice in Vermont, 1983
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. Board & Executive Committee Member, 1988
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society Board Member and Vice President, Upstate New York Chapter, 1989
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America Board Member, 1991
- Loisaba Community Conservation Foundation, Inc.Trusteewww.loisabaccf.org, 2002
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Preparing and Drafting the Operating Agreement of an LLC and PLLC, Lecturer, New York Bar Association, 2000
- Labor Law Update,, Lecturer, ALI/ABA, 2004
- Equine Syndication, Lecturer, Albany Law School Government Law Center, 2004
- Labor, Employment and Immigration Laws Affecting the Equine Industry,Saratoga Institute on Racing and Gaming Law, Moderator and Lecturer, The Governemnt Law Center of Albany Law School, 2008
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