Dennis A. First - Albany, NY

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, New York, 1978
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1975
    B.A.
    Honors: With Honors
    Major: Political Science
  • Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Supreme Court, Hon. Joseph Harris, Law Clerk, 1979 - 1980
• Carter, Conboy, Blackmore, Maloney & Laird, P.C., 1980 - 1994

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer: “Basic Civil Practice-The Trial”, New York State Bar Association, 1993
  
• “New York Medical Malpractice”, National Business Institute, 1993
  
• “Psychiatric Malpractice Issues in New York”, American Psychiatric Association, Northeastern New York Region, 1993
  
• “Federal Practice”, New York State Bar Association, 1995 - 1996
  
• “Products Liability”, Albany County Claims Association, 2000
  
• “Medical Malpractice”, New York Psychiatric Association, 2000
  
• “Trial Preparation Secrets”, New York State Trial Lawyers Institute, 2001
  
• “Expert Witness: Procedures, Discovery and Trial Issues in New York”, Lorman Education Services, 2005
  
• “Construction Site Accidents: The Law and the Trial”, New York State Bar Association, 2007, 2009, 2010
  
• Trial practice and procedure, New York State Bar Association

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1985
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2013
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1979
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1979

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Albany County Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association, Insurance, Negligence and Compensation Law and Environment Law Sections (Member)
• State Bar Association, Appointed Member (Special Committee to Confer with the State's Medical Society)
• DRI (Member)
• Council on Litigation Management (Member)
• Capital District Trial Lawyers (Member)
• New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member)