About April M.
April M. Dalbec built a legal path that moves steadily from local classrooms to higher courtrooms. She earned an A.A.S. from Hudson Valley Community College in 1996, a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1998, and a J.D. from Albany Law School in 2001. Those steps set the stage for a practice that spans trial and appellate work.
She began her legal career the year she finished law school at O'Connell & Aronowitz. Four years later she joined Dreyer Boyajian LLP, expanding her courtroom experience. In 2010 she became a shareholder and lawyer at McNamee Lochner P.C., a role she kept for a decade before moving into partnership at Whiteman Osterman Hanna LLP in 2020. The progression shows steady advancement through firms of increasing responsibility and visibility.
Dalbec is admitted in several jurisdictions. Her admissions include New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, as well as federal admissions to the U.S. Supreme Court and the Second Circuit. That range allows her to appear in both trial courts and appellate panels. Colleagues and court dockets reflect that breadth of practice across state and federal forums.
Her professional memberships underscore the practical side of her work. She holds current memberships in the American Association for Justice, the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers, the New York State Defenders Association and the Capital District Trial Lawyers Association. Locally, she serves as Second Vice President and Executive Liaison to Programming of the Capital District Women's Bar Association and co-chairs programming there. She also chairs the CLE Committee for the Albany County Bar Association and maintains ties with the Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce.
Those roles suggest a lawyer who balances courtroom work with institutional participation. Dalbec has taken on committee work and program leadership, helping to shape continuing legal education and local bar programs. Her background covers both individual case work and the administrative side of legal practice.
Clients and peers encounter a lawyer who has moved through the ranks from associate to shareholder to partner. She brings years of courtroom exposure, appellate filings and bar leadership to her current office. Her practice at Whiteman Osterman Hanna LLP involves litigation and appeals in state and federal courts.
She maintains an active practice in litigation and appellate matters at Whiteman Osterman Hanna LLP.
