Wm. Lee Kinnally, Jr.

Lee litigates in federal and state courts, administrative law tribunals and arbitration and mediation venues throughout the U.S.  He has tried both jury and non-jury cases and handled appeals in the federal and state courts. Lee focuses on commercial litigation, trials, arbitrations, mediations and appeals.

His approach to problem solving includes a thorough knowledge of each clients’ businesses, a strategy tailored to solve their problems, and a close working relationship with our clients to ensure that their objectives are fulfilled and their rights are protected.

Lee has successfully represented individual and corporate clients in a wide variety of areas including:

• Bankruptcy
• Breach of contract
• Copyright and trademark protection
• Employment law
• Fraud
• Insurance
• Invasion of privacy
• Libel and slander
• Limited partnerships
• Probate
• Publishing
• Real estate
• RICO
• Surrogate’s Court
• Trusts and estates
• Unfair competition

• Cornell Law School, J.D.
• Niagara University, B.A., magna cum laude

• New York

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
• New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division

• Represented a publisher in defeating breach of contract, copyright infringement and unfair competition claims
• Obtained a defense jury verdict in a fraud case brought against one of the world’s largest cosmetic companies
• Negotiated a favorable settlement on behalf of Major League Baseball Properties in a trademark infringement suit with a trading card company
• Represented limited partners in a series of suits against general partners alleging fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty and obtained a favorable settlement for the limited partners
• In an arbitration on behalf of a limited partner against a managing agent of numerous Manhattan office buildings, settled claims for various post-closing adjustments after the cross-examination of the managing agent
• Represented one of the largest transportation companies in the country and negotiated a settlement for a nominal amount of a suit alleging, among other claims, RICO, conspiracy to monopolize and restrain trade, harassment, interference with prospective economic advantage and violation of civil rights
• Represented heirs in a multi-million dollar litigation in New York County Surrogate’s Court involving an international probate proceeding

• Special Master to the Appellate Division, First Department of the New York Supreme Court
• In recognition of his over 29 years of public service to the Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, a new Village park on the Hudson River was designed and dedicated as Kinnally Cove
• New York Metro Super Lawyers from 2014-2017

• American Bar Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Federal Bar Council
• New York State Bar Association

• St. John’s Riverside Hospital, Trustee, First Vice Chairman
• Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee
• Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, Mayor, 1993-2009
• Village of Hastings-on-Hudson, Trustee, 1978-1990; 1992-1993

• Intellectual Property
• Litigation

• Cornell Law School, J.D.
• Niagara University, B.A., magna cum laude

• New York

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
• New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division