News

July 9, 2015

Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. Expands Civil Litigation Practice with Addition of Attorney John W. Liguori

Albany, NY (July 8, 2015) – Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C., Upstate New York’s largest New York State certified Women Business Enterprise (“WBE”) law firm, is pleased to announce that John W. Liguori is now Of Counsel to the firm.

Mr. Liguori, a former named Partner at another prominent Albany law firm for 20 years, brings extensive experience in the area of civil litigation with a concentration in municipal, public housing and personal injury law to the Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C.’s civil litigation team.  Mr. Liguori has litigated hundreds of negligence defense, civil rights and personal injury cases in both state and federal court.

In addition to his civil litigation practice, Mr. Liguori also practices in the areas of estates and probate, commercial and residential real estate, landlord-tenant law and vehicle and traffic offenses.

A 1989 graduate of Bryant College and a 1992 graduate of Western New England College, School of Law, Mr. Liguori is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States Federal District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

He is a member of the Albany County Bar Association, Housing Authority Defense Attorneys Group and is a charter member of the New York Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Outside of his practice, Mr. Liguori enjoys volunteering at the Double H Ranch Adaptive Ski Program in Lake Luzerne, N.Y.  He is the former President of the Board of Trustees of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for the Upstate New York and Vermont Chapters.  He is also an adjunct professor of litigation practice and real property law at the Empire Education Corporation – Mildred Elley, as well as a presenter at continuing legal education seminars.

About Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C.

Established in 2009, Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. is a certified WBE by the State of New York, the largest law firm in Upstate New York to hold this certification.  A full-service law firm with offices conveniently located in Albany, Saratoga Springs, Poughkeepsie, Cobleskill, Burnt Hills and Bennington, Vt., the firm’s practice areas cover both transactional and litigation work across a broad range of legal fields including municipal law, representation of auto dealers, corporate and commercial law, insurance defense, real estate, employer defense, equine, racing and gaming law and many related fields.  For more information, visit www.townelaw.com or call 518-452-1800.