William J. Dreyer, Attorney

William J. Dreyer has been practicing law for 30 years. His primary areas of practice are criminal and civil litigation. He is admitted to practice before all New York State courts; the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York; the Second Circuit Court of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Dreyer is a graduate of Bowdoin College (1966) and New York Law School (1969). After graduation from law school, Mr. Dreyer served as Captain, JAGC, in the United States Army and then became an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York and served as Chief Assistant from 1976 to 1980. He has been in private practice since 1980. Mr. Dreyer is widely considered by his peers as an authority in the area of federal practice and trials. He is listed in the first and all subsequent editions of "The Best Lawyers in America".

Mr. Dreyer is a member of the Albany County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Federal Bar Counsel; Northern District of New York Federal Bar Association (Vice-President); Executive Committee Commercial and Federal Litigation Section; Albany Law School American Inns of Court; and has served on various merit selection panels for the appointment of United States magistrates and bankruptcy judges.

Mr. Dreyer is a frequent lecturer at seminars for law schools and the New York State Bar Association concentrating in the area of Federal Civil Practice and Federal Criminal Practice.