Patrick L. Seely Jr. Esq. - Troy, NY

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Albany Law School of Union University, Albany, New York, 1992
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Member, Justinian Society
    Honors: Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Professional Ethics
    Law Review: Albany Law Review, Executive Editor for Business, 1991 - 1992

• Non Legal Education

  • College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1984
    B.A.
    Honors: Monsignor Kavanaugh Medal
    Major: Economics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Bond, Schoeneck & King, Associate, 1992 - 2000

References

• Barry Herbold, Empire State Appraisal Consultants

• Doug Alvey, Alvey, Cote & Dimura

Classes and Seminars

• Eminent Domain in NY, Lorman, 2002 - Present
  
• Real Property Taxation in NY, NY State Assessors, 1997 - Present

Representative Clients

• General Electric Co.

• Town of Newburgh

• Town of Bethlehem

• Albany County Airport Authority

Representative Cases

• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation v. Assessor of Town of Newburgh
  • Citation: 73 AD3d 1046
  • Court: 2d Dept
  • Year: 2010
• Niagara Mohawk v. Town of Bethlehem
  • Citation: 6 NY3d 744
  • Court: NY Court of Appeals
  • Year: 2005
• Mid-Hudson Migrant v. Fine Host Corp.
  • Citation: 418 f.3d 168
  • Court: 2d Cir.
  • Year: 2005
• Erie Blvd. Hydropower, LP v. Town of Ephratah Board of Assessors
  • Citation: 9 AD3d 540
  • Court: 3d Dept
  • Year: 2004

Published Works

Articles

• "Defending a Certiorari Proceeding", Review and Reduction of Real Property Assessments in New York, Lee & LeForestier, NYSBA, Chapter, 2000
  

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1993
• Massachusetts, 1993
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1993
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2004

Other Affiliations

• Albany County Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Member)
• New York State Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Member)
• New York State Assessors' Association (Member)