Bruce J. Wagner
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Phone: (518) 447-3329
Fax: (518) 426-4260
677 Broadway, P.O. Box 459
Albany, New York 12201-0459
He is a Town Justice for the Town of Schodack, Rensselaer County, having been elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. He has also served since 2005 as a faculty member for the Advanced Judicial Education programs for Town and Village Justices.
Mr. Wagner's court admissions include the United States District Court, Southern (1989), Northern (1986); United States District Court., D. Massachusetts (1987), New York (1986), Massachusetts (1985)
Education
J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, 1985
A.B., Cornell University, 1982
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
United States District Court, Southern, 1989United States District Court, Northern , 1986
United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, 1987
State of New York, 1986
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1985
Professional Associations and Community Involvement
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
New York Chapter Certified Fellow, 1992 ~ President, 2005 to 2007
New York State Bar Association
Statewide Co-chair of Continuing Legal Education for the Family Law Section, 2000 to date ~ Chair, Family Law Section, 2010 to date
International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Certified Fellow, 2003
Rensselaer County Magistrates' Association
President, 2010 to date
Significant Cases
- Mairs v. Mairs, 61 AD3d 1204 (2009)
- Matter of Spencer v. Spencer, 10 NY3d 60 (2008)
- Howard v. Howard, 45 AD3d 944 (2007)
- Matter of Welch v. Welch, 39 AD3d 910 (2007)
- Golub v. Ganz, 22 AD3d 919 (2005)
Lecturer/Panelist
Lectures in the areas of recent decisions; child support and maintenance; tax considerations and cash flow; and decision writing:
- Albany County, Broome County, Schenectady County, and New York City Bar Associations
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, NY Chapter
- New York State Bar Association
- New York State Judicial Institute (Judicial Seminars)
- New York State Office of Court Administration
Awards
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rated
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2001 to present
- Named a Super Lawyer in the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Upstate New York Editions of Super Lawyer magazine for family law
Media
- Catherine Crier (Court TV)
- People Magazine
- News Channel 13 (Albany)
- New York Law Journal
- Times Union (Albany)