Dennis A. First

Environmental, Mediation
20 Corporate Woods Boulevard
Albany, New York 122110400


Environmental

Admitted

1979, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Law School

Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1978

Law School Graduation Year

1978

College

Vassar College and The Ohio State University, B.A. with honors, 1975

Memberships

Albany County, New York State (Member, Sections on Insurance Negligence and Compensation Law; Environmental Law; Special Committee to Confer with the Medical Society of the State of New York) and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Panel of Arbitrators for the American Arbitrators Association.

Biographical

Law Clerk to the Albany County Court, 1978-1979. 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.

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