David R. Murphy - Troy, NY

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, New York, 1975
    J.D.
    Honors: Recipient, Senior Prize Trial, 1975

• Non Legal Education

  • Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1971
    B.S.F.S
    Major: International Affairs

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Adjunct Instructor, Business Law, Maria College, 1981 - 1983
• Partner, Lee, Leforestier, Mavonet Hanet, 1989 - 1990

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Instructor, Business Law, Maria College, 1981 - 1983

Representative Clients

• General Electric Company (Tax Assessment)

• Towns of Monroe, Johnstown, Niagara, Greenport and Neversink, New York

• Town of Newburgh, New York

• Quad Graphics, Inc

• Darley Stud Management, LLC

• Fox Properties, LLC

• Mazzone Management Group

• Town of Malta, NY

• City of Watervliet, NY

• Town of North Elba, NY

Representative Cases

• Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. Assessor (Town of Catskill)
  • Citation: 263 A.D.2d 558, 693 N.Y.S.2d 671
  • Court: 3d Dept.
  • Year: 1999
• General Electric Co. v. Macejka
  • Citation: 252 A.D.2d 700, 675 N.Y.S.2d 420
  • Court: 3d Dept.
  • Year: 1998
• Blue Circle Inc. v. Schermerhorn
  • Citation: 235 A.D.2d 771, 652 N.Y.S.2d 817
  • Court: 3d Dept.
  • Year: 1997
• City of Troy v. Kusala
  • Citation: 227 A.D.2d 736, 642 N.Y.S.2d 717
  • Court: 3d Dept.
  • Year: 1996
• Welch Foods Inc. v. Town of Westfield
  • Citation: 222 A.D.2d 1053, 635 N.Y.S.2d 400
  • Court: 4th Dept.
  • Year: 1995
• Welch Foods Inc. v. Town of Westfield
  • Citation: 236 A.D.2d 831, 653 N.Y.S.2d 884
  • Court: 4th Dept.
  • Year: 1997
• Niagrara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Cutler (Town of Day)
  • Citation: 109 A.D.2d 403, 492 N.Y.S.2d 137
  • Court: 3d Dept.
• Niagrara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Cutler (Town of Day)
  • Citation: 67 N.Y.2d 812, 492 N.E.2d 398, 501 N.Y.S.2d 325
  • Year: 1985
• Norton Company v. Watervliet
  • Citation: 3 A.D. 3rd 760, 772 NYS2d 720
  • Year: 2004

Published Works

Articles

• "Review and Reduction of Real Property Assessments" (Co-Author), Lee, LeForestier & Murphy, 1977
  
• "Small Claims Assessment Review: A Decade of Interpretation,", New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 65, 1993
  
• "The New York Runner as Pedestrian,", New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 54, 1982
  
• "The Appraiser-Attorney Relationship in Assessment Review Proceedings,", New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 60, 1988
  

Bar Admissions

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

Specialties and Certifications

• Property Tax Trials and Appeals, New York State Bar Association, Nysau, 1980

Other Affiliations

• Rensselaer County Bar Association (Member)
• Albany County Bar Association (Member)
• Saratoga County Bar Association (Member)
• New York State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Capital District Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Institute of Property Taxation)