B.A., Colgate University
J.D., Cornell Law School

Rebecca Ann Durden joins Albany Law School after more than thirty years with the New York State Office of the Attorney General.  At the Attorney General’s office Durden first served as a line attorney in the Litigation Bureau.  She then served as a Section Chief (Supervisory Attorney) managing a team of attorneys representing the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and the New York State Police, in 42 U.S.C § 1983 and employment matters.  Durden’s final position at the Attorney General’s office was that of Special Trial Counsel for the Litigation Bureau where she was lead trial counsel on significant cases and supervised trials conducted by members of the Litigation Bureau.  Prior to the Attorney General's Office, she spent five years in private practice at Shea and Gould, Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein and Selz, P.C. and Ohrenstein and Brown.