Our founding partner, attorney James E. Kleinbaum, has been practicing law since 1994. As an experienced traffic and criminal defense lawyer, he has helped thousands of clients throughout New York protect their freedom, record and driver's licenses. As an experienced negotiator and trial lawyer, Mr. Kleinbaum has helped many businesses and individuals in civil disputes, including landlord tenant disputes and contractual disputes. Attorney Kleinbaum is pleased to assist local business owners with commercial collections and he has extensive experience in the representation of buyers, seller and lenders in real estate closings.

Recently honored as a “trailblazer” by the Albany Law School pioneering women oral history project, Carolyn B. George has been practicing law for over 40 years, always in the field of personal injury and insurance coverage. She is a tireless advocate for persons who have been injured as a result of the negligence of others, specifically, motor vehicle accidents, slip and falls, and dog bites. Carolyn was a partner at a prominent Capital District law firm for more than 12 years where she tried numerous cases to verdict before joining Cooper Erving and Savage LLP of counsel in 2019. Carolyn has 30 years’ experience working on the defense side, including a total of 13 years as in-house counsel for 2 large insurance companies. Her experience with the nuances of how insurance companies handle cases, and the tactics they use to avoid paying injured persons the money they deserve, enhances her skills at settling and trying cases. She is proficient in analyzing insurance policies and is frequently asked to present continuing legal education to other lawyers in the field of insurance coverage.

Attorney Ryan Finn of Finn Law Offices has worked for big law firms and he knows how they approach a legal conflict. He is well known and well respected by state and federal judges and prosecutors based in New York. However, once he is your lawyer, his focus is on you, and only on you. “Team Finn” is relentless in our commitment to you. We mean what we say and say what we mean. We will help you understand your legal circumstances thoroughly, so you can make the best decision on how to proceed. You will be under no pressure to take a plea deal, accept a settlement or take a case to trial just because it might be easier for us. What matters is that no matter what you decide, you will be confident that our attorney can provide you with the results for which you’re hoping.

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David treats every case from day 1 as if it will be presented to a jury and explains each step of the litigation process so that you are an informed client and trial partner. David joined the firm as a “Summer Associate” in May of 2013 after completing his second year of law school. His position was originally for a limited time period spanning the summer months. However, David impressed the partners of E. Stewart Jones Hacker Murphy with his ability to write, critically think on his feet, and the ease of which he understood the new legal issues thrown at him. David stayed on to become a full time Associate Attorney after he graduated. Over the years David has proven himself a zealous trial advocate for his personal injury cases amassing jury verdicts and favorable settlements for his clients. Having tried an assortment of different personal injury cases, David knows from start to finish what it takes to get the result his clients deserve. As the head of the firm’s small class action litigation department, David was lead counsel for a class of over 34,000 people against Stewart’s Shops, which resulted in financial compensation to every class member. David is actively engaged in pursuing compensation for victims of timber theft where he has several trial victories and multiple favorable appellate decisions on the topic, including an appellate decision increasing a $12,000 monetary award to $124,000. David is also very active in the local Rugby community in and around the Capital District. David was introduced to Rugby at Albany Law School. In his second year, David became the Vice-President of the team and eventually became President of the team his third year. While in law school, David became one of the founding members of the Albany Bootleggers, a local social rugby club named after one of E. Stewart Jones’ most famous defense clients, Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond. The Albany Bootleggers not only play rugby but concentrate on fraternity and charity, adopting families in need during the holiday season so nobody has to go without, holding annual cancer research fundraising events and holding fundraising events for wounded veterans. Besides Rugby, David otherwise spends a considerable amount of time with his blind rescue dog Betsy and her brother Murray.