Since 1977 The Proskin Law Firm has been serving the legal needs of residents and businesses throughout New York’s Capital Region and beyond. Now led by attorney Lisa Proskin, the firm continues to exemplify the philosophy established by her father Arnold Proskin nearly 50 years ago: that every client is our most important client. We provide personal, legal representation, covering a wide range of areas. For issues large and small, individual and business, private and corporate, you can put your trust in The Proskin Law Firm.
Lisa Proskin, Esq. - President
Arnold Proskin, Esq. - Founder/Of Counsel
Lisa Proskin, Esq. — President
Lisa@proskinlawfirm.com
After receiving her law degree from The Ohio State University School of Law, Lisa was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Delaware County, Ohio, and served a clerkship in the Appellate Division before joining the Proskin Law Firm in 1995. Her ability to respond to her clients’ needs has led to success, not only in legal matters, but in her community, when she was elected as the Village Justice of Menands, Albany County, a position she held until 2017. Lisa is a member of several local and state Bar Associations and, as a breast cancer survivor, served as the Vice President of To Life!, a Capital Region breast cancer education and support organization. She currently serves as the Secretary of NYOH Foundation, an organization whose mission is to provide support to cancer patients.
Areas of Practice
- Wills and Estates
- Trusts
- Real Estate
- DWI
- Elder Law
- Traffic Issues
- Criminal
- Contract Law
- Small Business
- Personal Injury
History of the Firm
The Proskin Law Firm was established by Arnold Proskin in 1977. It’s first home was 41 State Street in Downtown Albany. In 1985 the practice moved to it’s current location in Loudonville, NY. Lisa began working at the firm as a Summer job at the age of 14, answering the phones.
She was able to witness the personal care each and every client received, and knew then she was going to pursue a career in the law. She is proud to be carrying-on the tradition established by her father nearly 50 years ago.
Lisa and the Law
Read Lisa’s bi-weekly Facebook columns, in which she provides opinion and insight on topical legal issues and events:
Justin Timberlake’s DWI drama is over. To me, the best part about the entire incident is that the pop star was treated like everyone else. He did not get special treatment nor was the system harder on him because he’s a celebrity. This is how things…
The father of the Georgia school shooter has been charged with homicide. Questioning after the event revealed the father bought his 14-year-old son the AR-15 rifle used in the shooting — after the son had made threats to shoot up the school. In addition,…
On the day his trial was set to begin, Hunter Biden pled guilty to the charges against him. This, in and of itself, is not all that interesting to me. However, there are two elements worthy of examination.
The first is that Biden attempted to do an Alford plea. In an Alford plea, a defendant…
British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was one seven people who died in that yacht accident last month off the coast of Sicily. At the time of his death Lynch had a civil suit pending against him. Ironically, the yacht trip was a celebration of his acquittal on criminal charges in the US. The civil suit, which sought billions of dollars in damages, is before a judge in the UK. Lynch was found liable and was awaiting the determination…
School buses are now everywhere. It’s a good time for a little driver education:
When can you pass a school bus? The legal answer is whenever its red lights are not on. You can never pass a school bus when the red lights are on and the stop arm is extended.
While the law states that this is for the purpose of children getting on and off…
Someone called me recently asking about getting a will done for their aging parent. We made an appointment to take care of this. The person arrived for our meeting alone. He wanted to discuss all of his parent’s wishes and have me put them into a will. I explained that he COULD NOT draft someone else’s will. His argument was that, since he was the Power of Attorney, he could do it — but that’s not how it works.
A Power of Attorney is a very powerful document. It gives…
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