
Richard F. Campbell
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
University at Buffalo, B.A.
University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude
Dick concentrates his practice in federal income tax and business, with a particular emphasis on structuring the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate and other business holdings. He has represented both public and private companies on acquisition and disposition transactions as well as financing and equity investments. He has represented numerous developers in connection with tax-motivated real estate syndications, including brownfields credit, low-income housing credit, new markets credit, and rehabilitation credit projects. As part of his real estate tax experience, he has structured investments in the hotel industry for more than 25 years, and created limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and real estate investment trusts (REITs). Additionally, he has represented clients in the litigation finance industry since that industry's inception in the 1980s.
Honors
- Listed, Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law and Tax Law) 1991 - 2024
- Best Lawyers' Buffalo Tax Law Lawyer of the Year, 2014 & 2018
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2012
Experience
- $142 Million Joint Venture for Construction of Senior Housing Projects
- $226.6 million CMBS Mortgage and Mezzanine Debt for Multistate Hotel Portfolio
- $275 Million Manufacturing Company Merger
- $300 Million Joint Venture in Heat Transfer Industry
- 155-Store Supermarket Chain Purchased by Senior Management
- Buffalo Sabres’ HARBORCENTER Project
- Formation of $100 Million REIT to Acquire Assets in the Hospitality Industry
- Private Placement Memoranda for an Independent Oil & Gas Company
- Representation of Fortune 1000 Manufacturer in Interests & Real Estate Acquisition
- Successful Tax-Free Pro Rata Spin-Off of Medical Device Company
- Tax-Free Spin-Off & Reorganization of Statewide Brokerage Business
In the News
- The Street, January 7, 2016
- August 28, 2013
- August 30, 2012
Press Releases
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 19, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 20, 2019
- Press Release, August 15, 2018
- Press Release, August 15, 2017
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, August 18, 2016
- Press Release, August 17, 2015
Publications
- Hodgson Russ State and Local Tax Alert, May 5, 2023
- Hodgson Russ SALT Alert, January 3, 2023
- Hodgson Russ TriState Tax Alert , September 12, 2022
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, April 12, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, March 28, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, March 22, 2022
- Hodgson Russ New Jersey Tax Alert, January 21, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, January 18, 2022
- Hodgson Russ SALT and Renewable Energy Alert, November 15, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, November 5, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, November 3, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, November 2, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, October 20, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, October 1, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, August 26, 2021
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, August 17, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, July 26, 2021
- Hodgson Russ State and Local Tax Alert, July 1, 2021
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, April 12, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Environmental and Renewable Energy Alert, March 24, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Corporate & Business Alert, December 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, December 28, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, December 28, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, November 25, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, November 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, October 27, 2020
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, October 22, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, October 5, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Tristate Tax Alert, September 29, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental and Renewable Energy Alert, August 20, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, August 12, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, August 6, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, July 28, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, July 1, 2020
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, June 12, 2020
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, June 3, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, May 5, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, May 1, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, April 27, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, April 14, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Federal-International Tax Alert, April 14, 2020
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, April 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, April 6, 2020
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, April 3, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental and Brownfield Redevelopment Alert, April 1, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, March 27, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, March 26, 2020
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, February 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, November 27, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Environmental, Municipal, and Public Finance Alert, November 12, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Renewable Energy and Environmental Alert, October 8, 2019
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, June 28, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, May 7, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, April 22, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Environmental Alert, April 18, 2019
- Hodgson Russ State & Local Tax Alert, April 17, 2019
- State and Local Tax Alert, January 16, 2019
- Increased Regulatory Requirements and Water Infrastructure Investment Likely in 2019Environmental Alert, December 21, 2018
- Hodgson Russ Newsletter, April 12, 2017
- State & Local Tax Alert, May 2, 2016
- Federal/International Tax Alert, January 4, 2013
- The Pipeline, a publication of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York, December 2012
- Estates & Trusts Alert, February 3, 2010
Presentations & Events
- June & July 2010
Professional Associations
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar Association of Erie County Tax Section
Community & Pro Bono
- Zoological Society of Buffalo, Inc. board of directors
- New Phoenix Theatre board of directors