Richard L. Weisz
Senior Counsel
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Tax Court
Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S.
Albany Law School of Union University, J.D.
Dick has represented debtors, creditors, and creditors' committees in Chapter 11 business reorganization proceedings. He has represented several professionals in workouts and Chapter 11 bankruptcy matters. He has conducted trials on business valuation and corporate dissolutions, contested foreclosure proceedings, trade secret and unfair competition, administrative hearings, wrongful eviction, antitrust and breach of contract before jurors as well as non-jury cases. He has successfully argued appeals to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court.
Honors
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2019
- Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honor Society
- Justinian Society, Albany Law School of Union University
Experience
- Appellate Ruling Confirms Bank Client's Priority Lien Rights to Accounts Receivable
- Court Order Confirms $1.1 Million Arbitration Award
- Dismissal of Chapter 11 Case Requested
- Favorable Jury Verdict on Business Interruption Claim Against Joint Tortfeasors
- Reorganizing and Recapitalizing for Technology Companies
- Successful Chapter 11 Proceedings on Behalf of Ski Resort
News
- Albany Business Review, August 21, 2019
- Press Release, August 12, 2019
- Press Release, August 20, 2018
- Albany Business Review, March 2, 2018
- Albany Business Review, January 10, 2018
- Press Release, September 6, 2017
- Press Release, August 31, 2016
- Press Release, August 19, 2015
- Press Release, August 14, 2014
- Albany Business Review, January 31, 2014
- Albany Business Review, January 29, 2014
- Post Star, December 18, 2013
- Albany Business Review, October 21, 2013
- August 2013
- Albany Business Review, June 11, 2013
- Law360, March 22, 2013
Presentations
- Albany, NY, September 25, 2019
- September 20, 2018
- The Century House, 997 New Loudon Road, Latham, NY 12110, May 5, 2015
- Saratoga Springs, NY, June 21, 2012
- Lake George, NY, November 2011
- Albany Law School Guest Lecture: Negotiations in Civil LitigationAlbany, NY, March 31, 2010
- Buffalo, NY, April 10, 2009
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Cross-Border Finance Alert, January 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Cross-Border Finance Alert, December 20, 2019
- Municipal Law Alert, Education Law Alert, October 21, 2019
- Municipal Law Alert, Real Property Tax Assessment Alert, Telecommunications Alert, September 20, 2019
- Education Alert, June 14, 2019
- Real Property Tax Assessment & Eminent Domain Alert, February 11, 2019
- Municipal Law Alert, February 4, 2019
- Banker Bulletin Alert, January 31, 2019
- Gaming Alert, January 22, 2019
- Cross-Border Finance Alert, November 13, 2018
Professional Associations
- Founding member and past president, Capital District Bankruptcy Bar Association
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New York State Bar Association
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Albany County Bar Association
Community & Pro Bono
- Past president, Guilderland Central School District Board
- Past president, Congregation Ohav Shalom
- Former coach, Guilderland Soccer Club
- Former coach, girls’ t-ball
- Former coach, boys’ little league