Background
Smith, Richard L. was born on July 11, 1946 in Canastota, New York, United States.
Smith, Richard L. was born on July 11, 1946 in Canastota, New York, United States.
Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Cornell University (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Worked at Bond, Schoeneck & King, LLP (Syracuse, NY) specializing in General Trial and Appellate Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bonding and Corporate Finance, Construction, Corporate, Creditors' Rights, Emerging Business, Employee Benefits, Employment Law Litigation, Environmental, Estate Planning, First Amendment, Health Care, Higher Education, Insurance Defense, Intellectual Property, International, Labor and Employment, Legislative, Media, Municipal, Pension, Personal Injury, Probate, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, School, Taxation, White Collar Criminal Defense and Zoning Law. Admitted to the bar, 1972, New York.
Order of the Coif. Instructor, Practice Training Program, Cornell Law School, 1974-1977. Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' Legal Liability Analysis Working Group, 1993-1994. Member: Albany County, Madison County, Onondaga County, New York State (Chair, Legislative Policy Committee, 1985-1995.
Lawyers and the Community Committee, 1987-1993. Committee on Long-Range Planning -- Advisory Committee on Relationships with the Executive and Legislative Branches, 1993) and American Bar Associations. American Judicature Society.
Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation. (Resident, Albany Office). Since 1897 Bond, Schoeneck & King has grown to become one of the 250 largest law firms in the United States.
From a general practice, the firm now includes 21 distinct practice areas with offices in eight cities and three states.
Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' Legal Liability Analysis Working Group, 1993-1994. Member: Albany County, Madison County, Onondaga County, New York State (Chair, Legislative Policy Committee, 1985-1995. Lawyers and the Community Committee, 1987-1993.
Committee on Long-Range Planning -- Advisory Committee on Relationships with the Executive and Legislative Branches, 1993) and American Bar Associations. American Judicature Society. Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation.
(Resident, Albany Office). Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation. (Resident, Albany Office).