Dianne C. Bresee

Albany, New York
Partner

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

Dianne C. Bresee is a 1976 graduate of Skidmore College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a 1979 graduate of Albany Law School of Union University. Her practice focuses on the defense of environmental, toxic tort and insurance coverage claims. She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York.

Dianne regularly represents insurers in environmental and general insurance coverage litigation. She also defends insurers and their insureds in environmental and toxic tort claims. For nearly 20 years, she has defended cost recovery and enforcement actions for petroleum spills under New York State's Navigation Law. She has served as appellate counsel in state and federal courts in numerous cases involving environmental and other insurance coverage issues. She also practices in the area of equine law.

She frequently lectures for the New York State Bar Association and other professional organizations on developments in New York Civil Practice, Appellate Practice and Insurance Law.An appointed member of New York Supreme Court's Committee on Character and Fitness, Dianne is also a member of the New York State Bar Association. She is also a member of the Defense Research Institute and is an elected member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.

• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Toxic Tort and Products Liability
• Construction Defect Claims
• Petroleum Spill Litigation
• Equine Law

• New York, 1980
• U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1980
• U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2000

• Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York, 1979, J.D.
  Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1976, B.A.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Major: English
  

• Insurance Law Practice, Contributing Author, New York State Bar Association, 2000
  

• State v. Taugco, Inc. and Aetna Casualty & Surety, 623 NYS 2d 383 (Appellate Division Third Department 1995)
• County of Columbia v. Continental Ins. Co., 83 NY 2d 618 (Court of Appeals 1994)
• Jansen v. Fidelity and Cas. Co. of New York, 79 NY 2d 867 (Court of Appeals 1993)
• Reynolds Metals Company v. Aetna Cas. & Sur., et al., 696 NYS 2d 563 (Appellate Division Third Department 1999)
• McNeany v. Catamount Development Corp., et al., 680 NYS 2d 792 (Appellate Division Third Department 1998)

• Lecturer/Chair, Premises Liability, New York State Bar Association, 1996
• Lecturer/Chair, Federal Court Practice, New York State Bar Association, 1995
• Lecturer/Chair, Insurance Coverage Issues and Applications, New York State Bar Association, 1994
• Lecturer, Developments in New York Civil Practice, Appellate Practice and Insurance Law, New York State Bar Association

• Albany County Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
  
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
  
• Defense Research Institute
  
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
  

• Carter, Conboy, Bardwell, Case, Blackmore & Napierski, Partner, 1985 - 1994
• Carter, Conboy, Bardwell, Case, Blackmore & Napierski, Associate, 1979 - 1985

• Phi Beta Kappa