Richard R. Rowley 1926 - 2010
Senior Counsel
Location:
Albany, New York
Phone:
518-449-3900
888-352-3751
518-618-4082
888-352-3751
518-618-4082
Fax:
518-432-3111
E-mail:
Richard R. Rowley served as Senior Counsel at Cooper Erving & Savage LLP, where he concentrated his practice in the fields of elder law, labor and employment, securities and investment fraud, and litigation. Mr. Rowley was acknowledged in the Best Lawyers in America annually for over 20 years.
Mr. Rowley's illustrious career coincided with the development of New York 's Taylor Law, which regulates the relationship between State governmental entities, including municipalities. He represented many of the State leading public sector labor unions in the course of defining the rights and responsibilities of labor under the Taylor Law. He was a member of the American Arbitration Association's Upstate New York Advisory Council. Mr. Rowley served in the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Captain.
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning and Administration
- Estate Litigation
- Closely-Held Business
- Labor Law
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1952
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1970
Education
- Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York
- J.D. - 1951
- Law Review: Member, Albany Law Review
- Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
- B.A. - 1947
Representative Cases
- Association of Surrogates & Supreme Court Reporters v. State, 79 N.Y.2d 39 (Court of Appeals of New York 1992)
- Auburn Police Local 195 v. Helsby, 46 N.Y.2d 1034 (Court of Appeals of New York 1979)
- E. Ramapo Cent. Sch. Dist. v. E. Ramapo Teachers Ass'n, 69 N.Y.2d 630 (Court of Appeals of New York 1986)
- Heslin v. Cohoes, 53 N.Y.2d 903 (Court of Appeals of New York 1981)
- King v. Carey, 57 N.Y.2d 505 (Court of Appeals of New York 1982)
- McDermott v. Regan, 82 N.Y.2d 354 (Court of Appeals of New York 1993)
- Weinbrown v. Board of Education, 28 N.Y.2d 474 (Court of Appeals of New York 1971)
- Morris v. Department of Correctional Servs., 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1704 (U.S. District Court Northern District of New York 1995)
- Rigby v. Coughlin, 730 F. Supp. 1196 (U.S. District Court Northern District of New York 1990)
- In re Williams' Will, 24 Misc. 2d 774 (New York Surrogate's Court 1959)
Fraternities/Sororities
- Alpha Delta Phi
