Richard J. Morrisroe
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Richard J. Morrisroe
VanDette Law PLLCTotal Records: 1Biography
Richard Jonathan Morrisroe has practiced law in New York State for nearly 11 years. Richard is a real estate
and trial attorney that focuses on real estate closings, evictions, criminal & traffic violation defense, and
plaintiff's personal injury work. He is the former City Attorney for the City of Dunkirk and acts as general
counsel for the Dunkirk Housing Authority. Originally from East Chicago, Indiana, he is of Irish-Puerto Rican
heritage, speaks fluent Spanish, and lived in Buffalo and now Dunkirk for over 25 years. where he lives with
his wife Iris, a Dominican-American school teacher originally from the Bronx, and his youngest son, Nicholas.
Prior to practicing law, Richard was a banker, a Spanish teacher, an executive director of a housing nonprofit
agency, a realtor, a drug prevention specialist, and a legislative aide for the Buffalo Common Council. He
graduated cum laude from both Amherst College and the University at Buffalo Law School.
Bar Admission
New York, 2012
Other Affiliations
New York State Bar Association, 2011 - Present (Member)
Minority Bar Association of Western New York, 2011 - Present (Member)
Bar Association of Erie Co., 2012 - Present (Member)
Northern Chautauqua Co Bar Association, 2017 - Present (Member)
Education
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University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York, 2011 J.D.
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Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1997 B.A.Major: American Studies & Spanish
Honers
- Desmond Moot Court Best Oral Advocate (University at Buffalo Law School), 2010 - Present