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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT POSITION AND JUDICIAL DESIGNATION

Tabner, Ryan and Keniry, LLP, Of Counsel

Judicial Hearing Officer, Unified Court System,
State of New York, 2000 -present

YEAR JOINED ORGANIZATION

2000

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Judicial Review of Real Property Assessments
Wills and Estates
Municipal Law

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York, 1955
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1957

EDUCATION

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1959
LL.M.

Albany Law School Union University, Albany, New York, 1955
J.D.
Honors: Associate Editor, Albany Law Review, 1953 - 1955

Fordham University, 1952
B.S.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

John Waddington v. State of New York, 90 A.D.2d 855 (Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Dept. 1982)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Saratoga County Bar Association
Member

Albany County Bar Association
Member

New York State Bar Association
Member

New York State Bar Association
Member, House of Delegates, 2000 - 2003

New York State Bar Association
Member, Nominating Committee, 2001 - 2003

Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Member

PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS AND ELECTIVE OFFICE

State of New York, Assistant Attorney General, 1964 - 1968

Town of Halfmoon, Town Attorney, 1968 - 1986

Village of Round Lake, Village Attorney, 1969 - 1986

Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1986 - 2000

J.A.G.C., U.S.A.R., Captain, 1956 - 1959

MILITARY SERVICE

William H. Keniry entered the U.S.Army as an enlisted man at Ft. Dix, N.J. on April 19, 1956.  Six months later at Ft. Knox, Ky, he received a direct commission as a First Lieutenant in the  Judge Advocate General's Corps.  He attended and completed the military law special course at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Va.  He was then assigned to the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as government appellate counsel.  He briefed and argued over 200 court martial criminal appeals before Boards of Review and the United States Court of Military Appeals. After three and one-half years of active duty he was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain.