Experience

Monaco Cooper Lamme & Carr, PLLC
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Counsel

  • Aug 2020 - Present


Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C.

• Principal and President

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2020

  • Senior litigation trial attorney focusing primarily on insurance defense, representing numerous insurance carriers and self-insured clients • Employment and Labor: Providing training sessions for municipal and corporate clients; prosecuting and defending claims arising under a myriad of state and federal laws governing the employee/employer relationship • Municipal Law: Representing municipalities and school districts in general litigation, including Civil Rights litigation, law enforcement liability and discrimination claims • Cases involve, but are not limited to: Civil Rights Section 1983 violations, discrimination, premises liability, school district liability, municipal liability (including law enforcement liability), Labor Law Section 240 liability, dram shop, products liability, automobile, property damage and general negligence • Representation of uninsured corporations and municipalities in defense, including Section 1983



Ryan & Smallcombe, PLLC

• Principal

  • 1995 - 2009

  • Women-owned business established in 1995 and dedicated primarily to defense litigation on behalf of insurance carriers and self-insureds • Extensive experience in defending commercial and personal liability causes of action, including pleadings, depositions, motions, trial preparation, and conducting trials to verdict • Cases involved, but were not limited to: Civil Rights Section 1983 violations, discrimination, premises liability, school district liability, municipal liability (including law enforcement liability), Labor Law Section 240 liability, dram shop, products liability, automobile, property damage and general negligence • Representation of uninsured corporations and municipalities in defense, including Section 1983



Roemer and Featherstonhaugh, P.C.

• Partner

  • 1984 - 1995

  Partner – Senior Trial Attorney – Defense Litigation, 1987-1995 • Responsible for 150-file average caseload from inception to trial verdict or conclusion by successful motion practice or settlement • Supervised associate attorneys and paralegals involved in trial and preparation for trial of litigation defense files Counsel to Civil Service Employees Association, 1984-1987 • Carried out all litigation and employment practice matters in Capital District Area and, later, Long Island • Handled several hundred arbitrations, non-jury trials, hearings and appeals



Hinman, Straub, Pigors & Manning

• Associate Counsel

  • 1983 - 1984

  • General litigation caseload, including representation of members of the Association of State Administrators of the State of New York • General litigation caseload, including representation of members of the Association of State Administrators of the State of New York



Al

• Jordan
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Counsel to the Public Employees Federation

  • 1979 - 1983

  • Handled employment arbitrations, hearings and litigation matters • Handled employment arbitrations, hearings and litigation matters