258 GENESEE STREET
UTICA, NY 13502
315-797-9261
MICHAEL GETNICK
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (1970)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States Supreme Court; United States District Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York
EDUCATION: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1966); Cornell University Law School (J.D., 1969)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: New York State Bar Association (President, 2009-2010); Member; Executive Committee); Oneida County Bar Association (President, 1992); New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers; National Institute of Trial Advocacy; Fellow of New York Bar Foundation; Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:: Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Kirkland, New York (Chair and Legal Counsel); Fifth Judicial District Pro Bono Action Now Committee (Member); Greater Northeast Chapter of the American Heart Association (past Board Member); Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Past President)
PRACTICE AREAS: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Personal Injury; Business Law; Insurance Law; Mediator and Mediation Practice.
JOHN LIVINGSTON
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (1971)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States District Court, Northern District of New York
EDUCATION: Cornell University (B.A., 1967); State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (J.D., 1970)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Oneida County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: Utica Industrial Development Corporation (Board Member; Past President); Utica Empire Zone Administrative Board (Member); Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties (Member and Chairman)
PRACTICE AREAS: Real Estate; Financial Services; Business Law; Foreclosure; Commercial Litigation
THOMAS ATKINSON
BAR ADMISSIONS:: New York (1979)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States District Court, Northern District of New York
EDUCATION: Utica College (B.A., 1974); Syracuse University (M.A., 1975; J.D., 1978)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Oneida County Bar Association (Chairman, Domestic Relations Law Section); New York State Bar Association; New York State Trial Lawyers Association
PRACTICE AREAS: Family Law; Equitable Distribution Litigation; Personal Injury
JANET RICHMOND
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (1981); District of Columbia (1981); Iowa (1988)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States District Court, Northern District of New York
EDUCATION: University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1977); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1980)
EDUCATION HONORS: Albany Law Review (Notes and Comments Editor, 1979-1980); “New York’s Neglected Class Action Statute: Rosenfeld v. A.H.Robins Co.,” 43 Albany Law Review 388 (Author, 1979)
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS: United States Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel (1980-1983); United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the General Counsel (1983-1985)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Oneida County Bar Association (Member, Judiciary Committee); New York Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
PRACTICE AREAS: Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Guardianship Proceedings; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice
PATRICK RADEL
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (2003)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; United States District and Bankruptcy Court, Northern and Western Districts of New York
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., summa cum laude, 1999); State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 2002)
EDUCATION HONORS: Buffalo Law Review (Executive Editor, 2001-2002); Buffalo Moot Court Board
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS: Law Clerk to the Honorable William M. Skretny, United States District Judge (2002-2004)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Central New York Bankruptcy Bar Association (Past President); Standing Committee on Local Rules for the US Bankruptcy Court (NDNY); Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates; Disability Rights Bar Association; Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association; Oneida County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: 21 Club of CNY; Utica College (Adjunct Lecturer of Criminal Justice, 2005-2009)
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION: AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell; New York Bar Foundation (Fellow); CNYBBA + CRBBA Nicholas S. Priore Advocacy and Professionalism Award (2008); NDNY Federal Court Pro Bono Service Award (2010); NYSBA Pro Bono Service Award (2014)
PRACTICE AREAS: Creditors’ Rights; Special Education Law; Collections; Litigation; Appellate Practice
EMAIL: pradel@getnicklivingston.com
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JEFFREY REALE
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (2008); Virginia (2005)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States District Court, Northern District of New York
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Binghamton ( B.A., summa cum laude, 2001); William and Mary School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004)
EDUCATION HONORS: Phi Beta Kappa; The Order of the Coif
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS: Law Clerk to the Honorable Lydia Calvert Taylor and the Honorable Charles E. Poston, Virginia Fourth Judicial Circuit (2004-2005)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Oneida County Bar Association; New York State Bar Association
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: The House of the Good Shepherd, Secretary, Past Board of Trustees, Greater Utica-Rome Board of Realtors, Inc. (Past Member, Risk and Legal Committee)
PRACTICE AREAS: Business Law; Financial Services; Real Estate
EMAIL: jreale@getnicklivingston.com
JUSTIN ATKINSON
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (2017)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States District Court, Northern District of New York
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Cortland (B.A., summa cum laude, 2012); State University of New York at Buffalo Law School (J.D., 2015)
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS: Oneida County Bar Association (Board Member); Hope House (Past Board Member)
PRACTICE AREAS: Domestic Relations; Family Law, Child Support; Equitable Distribution; Maintenance; Child Custody; Litigation
EMAIL: justin@getnicklivingston.com
JOHN JENSEN
BAR ADMISSIONS: New York (2013)
COURT ADMISSIONS: United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, United States District Court, Northern District of New York
EDUCATION: State University of New York at Binghamton ( B.A., magna cum laude, 2009); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2012)
EDUCATION HONORS: International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award (awarded annually to the best advocate in the graduating class); Order of Barristers; Moot Court Honor Society Executive Board; Robert Miller Award; Trial Advocacy Award; Winner of the 34th Annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition; Best Advocate in the Final Round of the 34th Annual Lionel O. Grossman Trial Competition; Selected to the Syracuse University College of Law National Trial Team; Selected to the Syracuse University College of Law National Appellate Team
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: New York State Bar Association; Oneida County Bar Association; Federal Court Bar Association of the Northern District of New York; New York State Bar Association Committee on Mass Disaster Response; New York State Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section Committee on Medical Malpractice
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: Firefighter, New Hartford Volunteer Fire Department; Member, New Hartford Chamber of Commerce; Captain, Civil Air Patrol, United States Air Force Auxiliary; Mohawk Valley Trout Unlimited
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION: Selected to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars List for Upstate New York (2018,-2020)
PRACTICE AREAS: General Litigation; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Banking Law; Credit Union Law; Financial Services Compliance; Creditor’s Rights; Special Education Law
EMAIL: jcj@getnicklivingston.com
