Alexander Powhida

Albany, New York
Associate

Phone: (518) 465-0400 :: Fax: (518) 465-0015
Email: powhida@1stlaw.com

Alexander Powhida is a 1996 graduate of Siena College, where he was appointed to Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Alpha Theta national honor societies. In 1999, Alex received his J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University, where he was the Executive Editor of the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology. Alex is admitted to practice law in the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and the State of Connecticut.

Alex is an associate of the firm, and a litigation and a transactional attorney whose practice emphasizes: (1) defense of the medical professions in medical malpractice cases; (2) business and commercial litigation, including shareholder/member disputes and non-compete claims; and (3) construction and commercial real estate related litigation. Alex also advises businesses and individuals in contract and business matters, franchise law, business acquisition and sales, and real estate development and syndication.

• Prof. Liability (Medical, Dental, Psychiatric, Engineering, Social Worker)
• Automobile Franchise and Dealership Law
• Commercial Litigation and Shareholder/Member Disputes
• Non-Solicitation and Non-Compete Claims
• Business Advisement
• Real Estate Transactions and Litigation

• New York, 2000
• Connecticut, 2000
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2000

• Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York, 1999, J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: Champion, Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Competition, 1997
  Honors: Justinian Society
  Honors: Order of Barristers
  Law Journal: Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Associate Editor, 1998
  Law Journal: Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Executive Editor, 1999
  
• Siena College, Loudonville, New York, 1996, B.A.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  Honors: Certificate of Honors in History
  Honors: Pi Gamma Mo, National Honor Society of Social Science
  Honors: Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society of History
  

• New York State Bar Association
  
• NYSBA Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules, 2003 - 2006
  
• National Association of Dealer Counsel