Matthew Joseph Griesemer

Matt concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, commercial and residential real estate, business formation and representation, zoning and land use planning as well as estate planning and estate representation. Matt is also employed as an Adjunct Professor at Albany Law School where he teaches Trial Practice I: Civil and Trial Practice II: Civil, Client Counseling, and Trial Advocacy.

Matt regularly represents plaintiffs and defendants in local, State and federal courts throughout New York. Before joining Hudson Valley Law Partners, PLLC, he was a partner in a local firm since 2011, and before that was employed at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York and the Litigation Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office. While in law school, Matt was a member of the Albany Law Review where he served as Executive Editor for Research and Writing.
Matt was recognized as a member of the 2024 and 2023 Super Lawyers list, a peer-influenced list of the top 5% attorneys in the area. He was also named a 2023 and 2022 Lawyer of Distinction in the field of Civil Litigation. For the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022, he was named a "Rising Star" in New York Super Lawyers, and is the recipient of the International Advisory Experts Award in Civil Litigation and Real Estate Law. Matt has likewise been named as one of America's Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators for 2019 through 2023. He was also nominated as a Premier Lawyer of America.

Matt is admitted to practice law in the courts of New York State, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well as the United States District Courts for the Northern District of New York and the Western District of New York. In addition, he is an active member of the New York State Bar Association, where he serves as a Delegate to the House of Delegates, a member of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Committee on Leadership Development.

Matt received his B.A., magna cum laude, Political Science from Binghamton University (2004) and his J.D., cum laude from Albany Law School of Union University (2007).