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Hodgson Russ partner A. Joseph Scott III a panelist at NYSBA affordable housing seminar

October 19, 2005
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Contact:  Lisa Kane
518.465.2333
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ALBANY, N.Y. — A. Joseph Scott III, Esq., a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP's Real Estate & Finance Practice Group in the firm's Albany office, was a panelist at the second annual "Upstate Affordable Housing Conference," held recently at the Hyatt Regency in Buffalo, New York. The conference was sponsored by the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. Scott was a member of a panel that addressed issues related to real property tax and negotiating pilot agreements for professionals from many disciplines involved in affordable housing and community development.

Mr. Scott is the managing partner of Hodgson Russ's Albany office, which is currently celebrating its 15th anniversary. He has practiced exclusively in the area of industrial development agency finance, public authority finance, and municipal and school district finance since graduation from law school in 1983. Mr. Scott has acted as issuer's counsel, bond counsel, and underwriter's counsel on a variety of industrial development agency and public authority projects.

With more than 220 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Hodgson Russ is among the 200 largest law firms headquartered in the United States. It is one of approximately 100 firms in the country listed in America's Greatest Places to Work With a Law Degree. In June 2005, Hodgson Russ received the Carol S. Knox Family-Friendly Employer Award from the Capital District Women's Bar Association. The Firm, which was established in 1817 and is among the oldest law firms in the United States, is the only law firm that can count two former U.S. presidents, Millard Fillmore and Grover Cleveland, among its alumni. Hodgson Russ has seven offices: Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, and two in New York, New York; Boca Raton, Florida; and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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