John R. Vero

PH: 518-320-3403
Email John R. Vero here »

Mr. Vero is a member of the Firm’s Banking, Commercial, Corporate and Real Estate practice groups. John furnishes legal services to new, emerging and established businesses, commercial entities, not-for-profit and tax exempt organizations, religious organizations, healthcare organizations, municipal entities, professional service entities, civic groups, business organizations and individuals in the formation, merger, restructuring, sale, acquisition, capitalization, management, operation and financing of real and personal property, including contractual, licensing, reporting and compliance matters.

John is a member of the City of Albany Industrial Development Agency and the Capital Resource Corporation. He is a member of the College of Saint Rose Board of Associates. John serves on the Board of Directors of the Central Avenue Business Improvement District, and he is a Director of the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum, Inc. (USS Slater).

Mr. Vero is a former member of the Board of Trustees at Union College and past president of the Union College Alumni Council. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees at Albany Law School of Union University. John formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Managers of the Albany YMCA, and he formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Capital District YMCA.

John is a founding member of GenNEXT, the council dedicated to promoting the Capital Region’s economic vitality through the attraction and retention of young professionals and business leaders. He serves on the Advisory Board of The Stakeholders Inc., a not-for-profit organization formed to promote the sustainability of the Capital Region. John also serves on the I Live New York Steering Committee, a statewide organization aiming to attract and retain professionals in New York State. John was named to the Business Review’s Forty Under Forty for 2005. The Forty Under Forty program recognizes outstanding members of the business community under the age of forty.

John has been a co-author and co-contributor to the Albany Times Union’s Workbytes column series. He has also been a contributor to the local PBS affiliate business show “The Bottom Line with Wally Altes”.

Undergraduate: Union College, B.A., 1997, cum laude

Law School: Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 2000, cum laude; Justinian Society, Managing Editor, Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology

Court Admissions: New York, 2001; Massachusetts, 2001; Northern District of New York, 2001

Bar Association Memberships: New York State, Albany County