Practice areas: Personal Injury, Class Action & Mass Torts, General Litigation
Licensed in New York since: 2001
Education: Albany Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2013 - 2015 Dreyer Boyajian LLP
75 Columbia StreetAlbany, NY 12210 Phone: 518-463-7784 Email: James R. Peluso Visit website
James R. Peluso litigates personal injury and commercial disputes in state and federal court and manages the firm’s complex litigation and class action practice. Jim is a trial lawyer who represents clients in a wide variety of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death claims, including negligence, auto crashes, construction accidents, defective products and injuries to children. He also represents and advises business and municipal clients as general and special litigation counsel, including corporate counseling, partnership disputes, business torts, fraud, and insurance litigation. Jim has extensive experience in handling complex multi-party litigation and is known for his creative and practical approach to solving complicated legal issues.
First Admitted: 2001, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.dreyerboyajian.com/our-team/james-r-peluso/
Bar / Professional Activity
- New York (2001), Massachusetts (2017); U.S. District Court Northern District of New York (2001), U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (2005), U.S. District Court Vermont (2015); U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit (2006), U.S. Supreme Court (2008), New York State Bar Association, Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, Albany County Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers
Educational Background
- Albany Law School, 2000
- Siena College, 1997
Honors
- Executive President of the Student Bar Association, Albany Law School
- Law Review: Executive Editor for Symposium, Albany Law School
Office location for James R. Peluso
75 Columbia Street
Albany, NY 12210
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2019 - 2025
- Rising Stars: 2013 - 2015