William J. Greagan

William J. Greagan

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William Greagan graduated cum laude from Albany Law School of Union University, where he was a member of the Justinian Society. He received his undergraduate degree from Siena College. He is a partner in the firm’s Albany office.

Bill’s practice areas include general negligence, transportation, construction, environmental, product liability, and toxic tort – including mold and asbestos.  He also specializes in legal issues involving municipal and law enforcement liability, defending municipalities, county jails, sheriffs departments, and other public agencies. He defends such agencies against lawsuits brought by detainees and others who claim civil rights violations. For a decade he has been active in numerous cases brought pursuant to U.S. Code Section 1983, alleging claims from wrongful arrest to deprivation of civil rights. 

Bill has represented several national trucking companies, operators of construction dump trucks, and other commercial transportation clients and their drivers in a wide range of matters, including environmental and product liability actions, personal injury and wrongful death suits, and traffic infractions. In addition, he authored “Liability of Inspection Stations For Negligent Inspections” for In Transit, the Defense Research Institute’s Trucking Newsletter.

His liability defense litigation experience also includes a range of issues related to governmental liability, including road design, slip and fall cases, as well as lawsuits involving public employment.

Bill is a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI) - Environmental and Toxic Torts Committee & Indoor Air Quality Subcommittee, the New York State and Albany County Bar Associations, and New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He has lectured on products liability and other topics for the New York State Bar Association. He is listed in Who's Who in American Law.

Professional Affiliations
  • Defense Research Institute: Environmental and Toxic Torts Committee, Indoor Air Quality Subcommittee; Governmental Liability Committee; President, DRI of Northeastern New York 
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York State Trial Lawyers Association
  • New York State Builders' Association
  • National Association of Home Builders
  • Associated General Building Contractors of New York State, Associate Member
  • Capital Region Builders & Remodelers Association, Inc.
  • Defense Research Institute of Northeastern New York
  • Albany County Bar Association
  • Albany Area Builders' Association
Admitted to Practice
  • New York
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of New York
Education
  • Siena College, B.A. in Political Science, 1985
  • Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., cum laude, 1988 (Justinian Society; Gabrielli Appellate Moot Court Competition Best Brief Award)
Publications/Presentations
  • Presenter, "County Jails - Liability Issues and Risk Reduction," County Attorneys' Association of the State of New York, Inc. (CAASNY), Cooperstown, NY, May 2, 2011
  • Co-Author, “Lead Paint Injuries – Causation and Discovery,” For The Defense, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law, January 2010
  • Author, “Liability of Inspection Stations For Negligent Inspections,” In Transit, the Defense Research Institute’s Trucking Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2009 
  • Co-Author, "New York Court of Appeals Rejects the Product Line Exception to Successor Corporate Liability," New York State Bar Association, Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law Section Journal, Fall 2006
  • Co-Author, "Use of the PLRA in Federal Civil Rights Actions," For The Defense, - Young Lawyers, A Practitioner's Guide, Defense Research Institute, April 2006
  • NYSBA and Member Goldberg Segalla LLP, Preserve Indemnity Contracts, New York State Builders Association, Empire State Builder, March/April 2006
  • Presenter, Snow and Ice, Defense Research Institute of Northeastern New York and Insurance Professionals of Albany, March 2006  
  • "Defendants' Perspective on Defending Labor Law Cases" at Analyzing Labor Law Sections 200, 240(1) and 241 in Light of Current Case Law:  Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Perspectives Seminar, Albany County Bar Association
  • Presenter, Product Liability - Warnings, New York State Bar Association
  • Presenter, Product Liability - Evidence, New York State Bar Association
  • Presenter, Update - No-Fault Insurance, Albany County Claims Association
  • Presenter, No-Fault Insurance Coverage Update - Sponsored by the Lorman Group
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