HISTORY

Our Firm was founded in 1876 by the distinguished Poughkeepsie attorneys John Hackett and James L. Williams. Henry T. Hackett joined the firm in 1912 and later served as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's personal attorney and Executor of his Last Will and Testament.  Firm member and state assemblyman John Mulford Hackett, meanwhile, co-introduced state legislation in 1923 that first advocated the building of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.  Charlotte Cunneen-Hackett was a pioneering woman attorney at the firm in the early 20th century, who later established the influential Charlotte Cunneen-Hackett Charitable Trust.  

By 1950 the firm had evolved into the entity known as Corbally and Gartland.  Firm member Charles L. McCann helped his brother James establish the James J. McCann Trust, which was subsequently directed by John J. Gartland.  Mr. Gartland oversaw many important community endeavors, including reconstruction of the historic Bardavon Building,  development of Marist College, the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and McCann Ice Arena, Saint Francis Hospital, and Our Lady of Lourdes High School, among others.

John Gartland and the firm continued to provide counsel to businesses, banks, institutions and citizens of the Hudson Valley region and beyond. In 1974 the firm adopted the name of Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea, now CORBALLY, GARTLAND and RAPPLEYEA, LLP, a limited liability partnership. The firm has continued to be associated with innovation and progress. 

Although our Firm gained its reputation in the early years for its prominence in the fields of banking and real estate law, our expertise as well as our client base, has grown to widely diverse areas of the law, including general business and corporate law, entertainment law, litigation, land use development, environmental law, estate planning and construction law.  The city of Poughkeepsie, situated half way between New York City and Albany on the east bank of the Hudson River, has long been a hub of development for industry, technology, business and education.  And Corbally, Gartland and Rappleyea, LLP has played an integral part in the development and civic life of the city and region.  Additionally, our Firm has a long history representing the personal legal affairs of the residents of the Hudson Valley.  

Although we are a general practice firm, each of our attorneys and paralegals concentrates in selected areas of the law to insure our clients a high level of expertise at an affordable cost. It is the combined knowledge of our professional staff which provides our clients with the assurance that even the most complex legal problems will be handled competently, efficiently and effectively. Each CORBALLY, GARTLAND and RAPPLEYEA, LLP client can expect to have their respective legal problems handled in a personalized, thoughtful, diligent, confidential and efficient manner. To insure that our clients receive legal services in a timely and cost effective manner, our attorneys are assisted by a well trained paralegal, secretarial and support staff at our main location on 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, and branch offices in Rhinebeck and Millbrook.