Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. | Attorneys | Albany, New York

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys
General Defense

450 New Karner Road

Albany, New York 12205

Telephone: 518-452-1800
Fax: 518-452-6435
E-Mail: info@townelaw.com
www.townelaw.com

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 15072, Albany, NY 12212

Established: 2009

Practice Areas

Business and Real Estate Transactions	Business Litigation
Civil Defense	Commercial Litigation
Construction Litigation	Daycare Liability
Employment Discrimination	Employment Law (Management Side)
Estate Litigation	Garage Liability
General Defense Civil Litigation	Governmental Defense
Governmental Liability	Indian Law
Labor and Employment	Municipal Liability
Nursing Home Liability	Nursing Home Litigation
Police Liability Litigation	Premises Liability
Public Liability	Public Officials Defense
School Law	Self-Insured Defense
Slip and Fall	Tribal Law
Trust and Estate Litigation	Policy Liability Defense



About Us
Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. is the largest New York State-certified Women-owned Business Enterprise ("WBE") law firm in Upstate New York, providing defense to insurance carriers and self-insured clients. The Firm has argued cases in state, federal, trial and appellate courts on behalf of private and public organizations and their insurance carriers.
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Client Information
Insurance Clients
General Casualty Company	Global Indemnity Group, Inc.
IAT Insurance Group	Midrox Insurance Company
New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal	New York Schools Insurance Reciprocal
United States Liability Insurance Group	Zurich
Non-Insurance Clients
City of Auburn	QuickChek
Stewart's Shops Corp.
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Personnel Information


*Principals*

Claudia A. Ryan
Albany, NY

Admitted

New York, 1980

U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of New York

Memberships:

American, New York State, Albany and Saratoga County Bar Associations
New York Women's Bar Association
National Association of Dealer Counsel

Defense Research Institute

Education:

LeMoyne University, B.A. (cum laude), 1976
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1979

James T. Towne, Jr.
Albany, NY

Admitted

New York, 1976

Vermont, 1983

U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, 1976

U.S. District Court, District of Vermont, 1983

U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York, 1997

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1998

Additional Biographical Details:

Designated Arbitrator and Mediator and Early Neutral Evaluator, Dispute Resolution Program, U.S. District Court of the Northern District of New York

Memberships:

American (Section of Trial Counsel, Corporate, Banking and Business Law), New York State and Vermont Bar Associations
Albany County, Saratoga County, Warren County and Rensselaer County Bar Associations
Federal Bar Council and Foundation
American Arbitration Association (1981-2000; Panel of Arbitrators, Commercial and Construction Panels)
National Association of Dealer Counsel

New York State Trial Lawyers Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Education:

University of Vermont, B.A., 1971
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1975


*Associate Attorneys*


Joseph A. Coticchio	Caitlin A. Goetz

Mark T. Houston

John A. Musacchio

Christopher W. Rust

Christine E. Taylor


*Of Counsel*


Robert H. Cohen	Robert H. Coughlin

Michael J. Hannah

John W. Liguori

Michael Rhodes-Devey

Frank B. Williams


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Service Areas

Cobleskill, New York	46	miles
Poughkeepsie, New York	80	miles
Saratoga Springs, New York	32	miles
Bennington, Vermont	38	miles