Carl J. Kempf, Esq.
Carl J. Kempf brings over two decades of legal and executive leadership to his role as Of Counsel at Ianniello Anderson. With a proven ability to turn his hand to many legal disciplines, Carl brings breadth and strategic insight to deliver innovative solutions and practical guidance across a spectrum of legal matters — including business transactions, real estate, economic development, public and private financings, wealth transfer and planning, and other strategic matters for individuals, executives, businesses and government organizations.
Carl serves as the County Attorney for Rensselaer County, New York, where he leads a 14-person team supporting all legal matters for the municipal corporation having a $420 million annual budget and more than 1,500 employees, as well as for its sponsored college, Hudson Valley Community College, having a $100 million budget and more than 7,000 students across locations in Rensselaer, Albany and Saratoga counties.
As County Attorney, Carl played a central role in shaping The Bridge Project — a landmark public-private partnership between Rensselaer County and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, bringing together world-class research capabilities with local government to accelerate entrepreneurship, high-tech commercialization, and academic-industry collaboration.
Prior to joining Ianiello Anderson, Carl served as General Counsel, Vice President for Policy and Regulatory Affairs, and Special Legal Advisor to the Founder and CEO at Albany Nanotech (now also known as NY CREATES), a world leading public-private technology partnership focused on semiconductor and other technologies.
Notably, while at Albany Nanotech, Carl served as lead legal counsel for the creation of AIM Photonics, a U.S. Department of Defense initiative that was announced by the White House in 2015. AIM Photonics is one of nine federally designated National Network for Manufacturing Innovation institutes in the U.S., and has played a key role in maintaining American leadership in semiconductor and optical technology development.
Prior to Albany Nanotech, Carl served as an attorney in the Corporate & Securities and Estates & Trusts practice groups of Hodgson Russ LLP. Carl is a graduate of Hamilton College (B.A., Economics) and Albany Law School (J.D.), where he served as Executive Editor of the Albany Law Review. He is admitted to practice in New York, Vermont, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Carl is a member of the Rensselaer County and New York State Bar Associations and he is a member of the American Council on Germany.
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Practice Areas:
Corporate Law
Business Law
Bar Admissions:
New York
Vermont
Federal Courts:
– U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
– U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Education:
Memberships:
New York State Bar Association
Rensselaer County Bar Association
