SARATOGA SPRINGS – Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C., has been granted certification as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the New York State Department of Economic Development, making the firm the largest certified WBE law firm in Upstate New York as well as in 57 of 62 counties across New York State.
Claudia A. Ryan is the firm’s principal and firm president.
The law firm recently welcomed three new hires, associate attorneys Alexandra Glick-Kutscha and Christopher W. Rust and law clerk Said Ibrahim.
Glick-Kutscha will be resident in the firm’s Saratoga Springs office where she will focus primarily on real estate, family and matrimonial and corporate/commercial matters. She received her J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of Texas Journal of Women and the Law, and her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Glick-Kutscha was admitted to practice in New York in 2011.
Rust will be resident in the firm’s Albany office, focusing his practice on litigation and personal injury matters. He received his J.D. from Pace University School of Law, and his B.A. from San Jose State University. Rust was admitted to practice in New York in 2009.
Ibrahim will be resident in the firm’s Albany office. He is currently a student at AlbanyLaw School of Union University, expecting to be a juris doctor candidate in May 2015.
Towne, Ryan & Partners, P.C. was established in 2009 and is certified as a WBE by New York and is one of the largest law firms in the state to hold this certification. A full-service law firm with six area offices located in the Spa City, Burnt Hills, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Schoharie and Bennington, Vermont.
Town, Ryan & Partners’ practice areas cover both transactional and litigation work across a broad range of legal fields including municipal law, representation of vehicle dealers, corporate and commercial law, insurance defense, real estate, employer defense, equine, racing and gaming law.
