A T T O R N E Y SX A T X L A W
Paul L. Banner, Esq
Hudson Valley native Paul L. Banner graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in 1970 before attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Emory College where he received his B.A. degree in 1974.
After graduating from Union University (Albany Law School) with a J.D. degree in 1977, he was admitted to practice in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department and in the Federal Courts of the Southern and Northern Districts of New York in 1978.
Presently a partner in the law firm of Banner & Banner, his practice concentrates in commercial and bankruptcy law.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Served on the staff of State Senator
Jay P. Rolison, Jr. as Liaison
with local governments from
1978 through 1986
- Hearing Officer for N.Y.S. Board
of Equalization & Assessment
since 1985.
- Adjunct Lecturer at
Dutchess Community College
from 1986-1987.
- Family Court Law Guardian
Panel Member since 1983.
- Member of Chapter 7 Trustee Panel,
Southern and Northern Districts
of New York since July 1991.
- Certified Mediator for the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York.
- Past President of the
Mid-Hudson Bankruptcy Bar
- Past President of the
Dutchess County Bar Association
- Past Secretary of
Dutchess County Bar Association
and the Editor of The Advocate
- Past Elected Delegate from
9th Judicial District to the
House of Delegates (1995),
New York State Bar Association
- National Association of
Bankruptcy Trustees
(1991—Present)
- Dutchess County Bar Association
Pro Bono Program.
- Served on the staff of State Senator