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Richard K. Hughes

Richard K. Hughes

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Mr. Hughes is an experienced litigator who focuses on complex commercial litigation, with a concentration on commercial disputes, construction disputes, discrimination in employment, breach of contract, alternative dispute resolution, and appellate advocacy. His clients include sureties, motion picture companies, utility companies, owners, general contractors and subcontractors. Mr. Hughes is the former Chairman of the Firm’s Billing Committee.
 
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
One Park Place, 300 South State Street
Syracuse, New York  13202-2078
(Onondaga Co.)

Telephone: 315-425-2700
Fax: 315-425-2701
http://www.hblaw.com



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Practice AreasCommercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Business Law
 
EducationCornell University, J.D., 1972, Boston College, A.B., cum laude, 1969
 
Admitted1973, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
 
MembershipsOnondaga County and New York State Bar Associations; National Arbitration Forum (Member, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators).
 
Born1947
 
BiographySuper Lawyers, 2007-2009 for Business Litigation. Speaker: "Managing Complex Construction Law Issues," National Business Institute Seminar, Syracuse, February 2007; "Private Mechanic's Liens Under New York Lien Law, Lorman Education Services, Rochester, November 2007. Author: "The Liability of Owners, Contractors and their Agents Under New York's Scaffold Law," Upstate New York Real Estate Journal, October 2006. Speaker: "The Work's Done, Now How Do I Get Paid?," National Business Institute Seminar, Syracuse, October 2006; "Real Evidence for the Trial Practitioner in New York - The Admissibility of Business and Government Records under the Federal Rules of Evidence," Lorman Education Services, Syracuse, February 2006; "Pay-if-Paid Clauses are Not Enforceable in New York -But Be Careful," Builder / Architect Magazine, September 2007; "The Home Builder's Implied Warranty Under New York Law," Builder/Architect Magazine, March 2007. Lecturer, "Overview of Discovery in Public Employee Arbitrations under the New York Taylor Law," State University of New York, Albany, June 2005. Volunteer, Boston College Alumni Admissions. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of New York, September 1973 - February 1977. Member, Grievance Committee, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 4th Dept., 5th Judicial District, April 2001-March 2007.
 
Reported CasesProsecution and defense of commercial and construction claims in U.S. District Court and New York State Supreme Court; Award of damages in the amount of $459,478.18 in favor of an office equipment lessor after a non-jury trial in New York State Supreme Court; Jury verdict in favor of a paper mill in a trademark infringement action by a competitor in U.S. District Court.
 
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