George F. Carpinello

Partner
Albany

t: 518 434 0600
f: 518 434 0665

gcarpinello@bsfllp.com

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Area of Practice

Litigation

Education

Yale Law School, J.D., 1975; Editor, Yale Law Journal; Thurman Arnold Moot Court Prize

Princeton University, A.B., magna cum laude, International Affairs, 1972; Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

Hon. Newell Edenfield, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1975-1977

Admissions

New York and the District of Columbia

United States Courts of Appeals: Second Circuit

United States District Courts: Northern and Southern Districts of New York

George Carpinello's main practice area is civil litigation.

Mr. Carpinello is involved in all aspects of civil litigation, including: business litigation; antitrust; securities; intellectual property; civil rights; corporate dissolution; environmental law and land use. Currently, Mr. Carpinello represents a national telecommunications company, a major nurses' association, a national entertainment company, and a multi-national chemical company, among many other clients.

Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Carpinello was a partner in the law firm of Barrett Gravante Carpinello & Stern LLP. Mr. Carpinello was formerly a Professor of Law and Director of the Government Law Center of the Albany Law School. He was also a partner in the law firm of McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams P.C. and an associate in the Washington office of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering.

Mr. Carpinello is the Chair of the New York State Advisory Committee on Civil Practice and a former member of the Chief Judge's Commission on the Appointment of Fiduciaries in New York Courts and the Chief Judge's Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution, the past Chair of the New York Physician Discipline Evaluation Review Panel, the past Chair of the Judicial Administration Committee of the New York State Bar Association and Past President of the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York.

Selected Publications

Public Access to Court Records in New York, 66 Albany Law Review 1089 (2003)

Integrating SEQRA into the Local Land Use Decision-Making Process, Government Law Center (1991)

Testing the Limits of Choice of Law Clauses, 74 Marquette Law Review 58 (1990)

Public Access to Court Records in Civil Proceedings, 54 Albany Law Review 93 (1989)

A Cautious Approach to Service by Fax, 53 Albany Law Review 153 (1988).