Hacker Murphy LLP

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  • Established in 1990
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  • Top-Rated Albany, NY law firm established in 1990, focusing on litigation claims in upstate New York. We offer initial consultations at no charge.

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    4.7/5.0 (46)
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The law firm of Hacker Murphy LLP, with offices in Albany, Schenectday, Troy and Saratoga Springs, NY has earned national recognition for distinction and success. The firm's talented attorneys boldly take on difficult and/or high-profile cases that other firms may shy away from. Our trial lawyers have won record-breaking personal injury settlements and verdicts for wrongful death and injury in car accident, construction accident, negligence and medical malpractice cases.

Known statewide for business and commercial litigation, our experienced trial attorneys handle a diverse range of litigated matters in state and federal courts, from contract disputes to internal conflicts among partners and shareholders.

The firm is a recognized leader in criminal defnese and accused student defense, having successfull hundereds of cases to verdict and resolving others through favorable plea bargains .Our Criminal Defense practice serves people from every walk of life with the same level of professionalism and desire to win. From DWI and DUI, assault, petit larceny, grand larceny and domestic violence to white collar crime, and Federal crimes of wire fraud, identity theft, or drug charges, you can expect to be treated with compassion and respect.

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Areas of Practice (353)

  • Commercial Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Personal Injury
  • Insurance Litigation
  • ERISA
  • Disability Insurance
  • Property Tax
  • Condemnation
  • Eminent Domain Proceedings
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration
  • Civil Appeals
  • Business Arbitration
  • Business Litigation
  • Business Mediation
  • Business Fraud
  • Business Torts
  • Complex Business Litigation
  • Automobile Insurance Coverage
  • Automobile Liability
  • Fire Insurance Subrogation
  • Fire Loss
  • Insurance Arbitration
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • Insurance Coverage
  • No Fault Automobile Insurance
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists
  • Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Arbitration
  • Debtor and Creditor Collections
  • Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy
  • Creditors Rights
  • Debtor and Creditor Rights
  • Debtor and Creditor Remedies
  • Negligence
  • Legal Negligence
  • Legal Professional Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Automobile Accidents and Injuries
  • Accidents
  • Animal Attacks
  • Automobile Negligence
  • Boating Accidents
  • Bicycle Accidents
  • Bodily Injury
  • Brain Injury
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Bus Accidents
  • Aquatic Injuries
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Commercial Vehicle Liability
  • Cumulative Trauma
  • Dog Bites
  • Electrical Injury
  • Head Injury
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
  • Motorcycle Accidents
  • Neurolaw
  • Pedestrian Injuries
  • Personal Injury Appeals
  • Personal Injury Arbitration
  • Personal Injury Defense
  • Personal Injury Mediation
  • Plaintiffs Personal Injury
  • Power Line Contact Injury
  • Psychological Injury
  • Rental Vehicle Litigation
  • School Bus Accidents
  • Severe Burns
  • Slip and Fall
  • Spinal Injury
  • Third Party Wrongful Death
  • TMJ Dysfunction
  • Tourist Injuries
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Whiplash
  • Wrongful Death
  • Airbag Injury
  • E Coli Contamination
  • Debtor and Creditor
  • Debtor and Creditor Workouts
  • Debtors Rights
  • Unsecured Creditors Rights
  • Secured Creditors Rights
  • Breach of Contract
  • Administrative Law
  • Administrative Adjudications
  • Administrative Agency Practice
  • Administrative Hearings and Appeals
  • Administrative Litigation
  • Federal Administrative Law
  • Judicial Review
  • Professional Licensing
  • Professional Licensing Regulation
  • Public Law
  • Cruise Ship Injuries
  • Agricultural Litigation
  • Agricultural Tort Claims
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • Dram Shop Liability
  • Liquor Liability
  • Appellate Practice
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Aviation Liability
  • Bank Collections
  • Bank Foreclosures
  • Bank Fraud
  • Interest and Usury
  • Lender Liability
  • Commercial Foreclosure
  • Commercial Recovery
  • Commercial Workouts
  • Foreclosures
  • Fraudulent Conveyance
  • Business Law
  • Business Associations Law
  • Business Cooperatives
  • Business Crimes
  • Business Development
  • Business Dissolutions
  • Business Enterprises
  • Business Estate Planning
  • Business Formation
  • Business Organization
  • Business Planning
  • Business Regulation
  • Business Reorganization
  • Business Start-Ups
  • Business Succession Planning
  • Business Successions
  • Business Syndication
  • Business Taxation
  • Business Transactions
  • Business Transfers
  • Business Trusts
  • Business Valuation
  • Buy-Sell Agreements
  • Buying and Selling of Businesses
  • Closely Held Business Estate Planning
  • Closely Held Business Law
  • Closely Held Business Taxation
  • Cooperative Taxation
  • Emerging Business Law
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Entrepreneurial Business Law
  • Family Business Mediation
  • Family Business Law
  • Family Business Successions
  • International Business Law
  • International Joint Ventures
  • Joint Ventures
  • Limited Liability Company Law
  • Minority Business Law
  • Pass-Through Entities
  • Private Business Law
  • Privatization
  • Professional Practices
  • Small Business Law
  • Sole Proprietorships
  • Strategic Alliances
  • Trade Association Law
  • Trade and Professional Associations
  • Chancery and Equity
  • Chancery Practice
  • Civil Practice
  • Federal Civil Practice
  • Civil Rights
  • Civil Liberties
  • Civil Rights Defense
  • Civil Rights Section 1983
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Disabled Rights
  • Disabled Access
  • Discrimination
  • Human Rights
  • Race Discrimination
  • Sex Discrimination
  • Womens Rights
  • Collections
  • Commercial Collections
  • Garnishments
  • International Collections
  • Post Judgment Collections
  • Professional Collections
  • Retail Collections
  • Secured Collections
  • Unsecured Collections
  • Commercial Bad Faith
  • Commercial Arbitration
  • Commercial Constitutional Law
  • Commercial Crimes
  • Commercial Fraud
  • Commercial Liability
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial Mediation
  • Commercial Torts
  • Commercial Transactions
  • Commercial Transfers
  • Commercial Trusts
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • International Commercial Arbitration
  • International Commercial Law
  • International Sale of Goods
  • Negotiable Instruments
  • Sale of Goods
  • Retail Liability
  • Secured Transactions
  • Uniform Commercial Code
  • Warehousing
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Commercial Conveyancing
  • Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
  • Commercial Real Estate Contracts
  • Commercial Real Estate Development
  • Commercial Real Estate Finance
  • Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure
  • Commercial Real Estate Litigation
  • Commercial Real Estate Sales
  • Commercial Real Estate Workouts
  • Industrial Real Estate Law
  • Shopping Center Acquisitions
  • Shopping Center Development
  • Shopping Center Law
  • Fifth Amendment Law
  • First Amendment Law
  • Fourth Amendment Law
  • Construction Law
  • Architectural Law
  • Construction Accidents
  • Construction Arbitration
  • Construction Claims
  • Construction Contracts
  • Construction Defects
  • Construction Equipment Liability
  • Construction Finance
  • Construction Insurance
  • Construction Insurance Defense
  • Construction Labor Law
  • Construction Liability
  • Construction Liens
  • Construction Litigation
  • Construction Mediation
  • Construction Products Liability
  • Construction Safety
  • Construction Workouts
  • Construction and Design Law
  • Construction and Surety Law
  • Contractor Performance Bonds
  • Contractors Liability
  • Environmental Construction Law
  • International Construction Contracts
  • International Construction Law
  • Materialmens Liens
  • Mechanics Liens
  • Public Construction Law
  • Public Works
  • Roof Industry Liability
  • Scaffolding Liability
  • Structural Work Act
  • Stucco Litigation
  • Consumer Class Actions
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Contract Fraud
  • Contract Litigation
  • Closely Held Corporations
  • Corporate Commercial Law
  • Corporate Contracts
  • Corporate Criminal Law
  • Corporate Dissolutions
  • Corporate Ethics
  • Corporate Fiduciary Law
  • Corporate Formation
  • Corporate Insurance
  • Corporate Investigations
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Corporate Organization
  • Corporate Partnerships
  • Corporate Planning
  • Corporate Real Estate
  • Family Corporations
  • Incorporation
  • Nonprofit Corporations
  • Professional Corporations
  • S Corporations
  • Small Business Corporations
  • Criminal Law
  • Assault and Battery
  • Bribery
  • Burglary
  • Capital Offenses
  • Civil Forfeiture
  • Crime Victims Compensation
  • Criminal Antitrust
  • Criminal Appeals
  • Criminal Conspiracy
  • Criminal Defense
  • Criminal Forfeiture
  • Criminal Fraud
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Criminal Prosecution
  • Death Penalty
  • DUI/DWI
  • Drivers License Suspension
  • Driving While Intoxicated
  • Electronic Surveillance
  • Expungements
  • Extortion
  • Extradition
  • Federal Criminal Law
  • Felonies
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Forensic DNA
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Forensic Science
  • Forgery
  • Grand Jury Practice
  • Habeas Corpus
  • Hit and Run
  • Homicide
  • International Criminal Law
  • International Extradition
  • Juvenile Criminal Law
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Mail Fraud
  • Malicious Prosecution
  • Manslaughter
  • Misdemeanors
  • Money Laundering
  • Murder
  • Parole and Probation
  • Post-Conviction Remedies
  • Search and Seizure
  • Sex Crimes
  • Sexual Assault
  • Shoplifting
  • Stalking
  • Theft
  • Traffic Violations
  • Vehicular Homicide
  • Victims Rights
  • Weapons Charges
  • Wire Fraud
  • Wiretapping
  • Debtor and Creditor Reorganization
  • Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
  • International Creditors Rights
  • Drugs and Narcotics
  • Civil Drug Forfeiture
  • Controlled Substances Law
  • Drug Crimes
  • Drug Forfeiture
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Quiet Title
  • Estate Litigation
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James E. Hacker, Esq.: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
James E. Hacker, Esq.
Managing Partner
4.8
6 Reviews
Saratoga Springs, NY , 
Schenectady, NY , 
Troy, NY
+ 2 more

Tort Litigation, Commercial Insurance Litigation

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David R. Murphy, Esq.: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
David R. Murphy, Esq.
Partner
5.0
Troy, NY

Tax Assessment Litigation, Negligence Law, Trials and Appeals, Eminent Domain View More

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John Harwick: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
John Harwick
Partner
4.8
31 Reviews
Albany, NY , 
Troy, NY
+ 1 more

Commercial Litigation, Tort Litigation, Personal Injury, Nursing Home Litigation, Automobile Accidents View More

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Meghan Rielly Keenholts: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
Meghan Rielly Keenholts
Partner
3.4
1 Review
Troy, NY

Personal Injury, Civil Trial Practice, General Practice

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Patrick L. Seely, Jr. Esq.: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
Patrick L. Seely, Jr. Esq.
Partner
4.4
Troy, NY

Real Property Tax, Eminent Domain, Commercial Litigation, Litigation View More

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James Knox: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
James Knox
Partner
No Reviews
Troy, NY

Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Truck Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, White Collar Criminal Defense, Non-White Collar Felonies, Family Law, Appellate Practice, Education Law View More

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Thomas J. Higgs, Esq.: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
Thomas J. Higgs, Esq.
Partner
No Reviews
Troy, NY

Commercial Litigation, Plaintiffs Personal Injury, Insurance, Property Tax View More

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Cathy L. Drobny, Esq.: Attorney with Hacker Murphy LLP
Cathy L. Drobny, Esq.
Attorney
No Reviews
Troy, NY

Real Property Tax Law, Commercial/Property Disputes, Transactional Real Estate View More

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Peer Reviews

4.7/5.0 (46 reviews)

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.6/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.6/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.7/5.0

  • Communication

    4.7/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.6/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Partner on 05/29/13 in Commercial Litigation

    Excellent legal practitioner

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Partner on 05/29/13 in Personal Injury

    Superior lawyer

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Partner on 05/29/13 in Litigation

    John Harwick is a skilled and capable practitioner. He is a terrific lawyer whom I would recommend for litigation matters of any complexity.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Managing Partner on 05/29/13 in Personal Injury

    highly effective advocate and ethical member of the bar

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Associate on 05/28/13 in Negligence Defense

    I have had numerous legal matters with John and find him to be highly capable and ethical.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Partner on 05/28/13 in Litigation

    John is solid lawyer. User friendly because he is practical and smart. He focuses on commerical solutions.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Managing Partner on 05/23/13 in Torts

    Mr. Harwick is always well prepared and does an exellent job examining witnesses. He is very ethical and curteous.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Partner on 05/23/13 in Litigation

    Excellent litigator.

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Managing Partner on 05/23/13 in Trial Practice

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for John F. Harwick by a Principal on 05/22/13 in General Practice

    Practical attorney that does what is in his client's best interests. Negotiates with reason and awareness of all the circumstances of the case.

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