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John Hanna, Jr. graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and was admitted to practice law in New York State in 1960. He practiced with the firm of Root, Barrett, Cohen, Knapp & Smith in New York City, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, and with the firm of Ropes and Gray in Boston, Massachusetts.
From June 1969 to June 1973, Hanna served as Counsel to the New York State Office of Employee Relations, joining the agency the day after it was created by the Legislature as the Governor's Taylor Law negotiating representative with State employees. Later, in June 1973, Hanna was appointed Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
John Hanna is a founder of the law firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna in Albany, New York, where he has practiced environmental and commercial law as an advisor and advocate. He has also served as an international and domestic arbitrator and mediator. From 1996 to 2013, Hanna held the position of Chair of the Board of the New York Archives Partnership Trust.
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