David J. State
General Counsel | OfficerDavid J. State is General Counsel for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority. As such, he is responsible for the functions of the Authority’s legal, procurement, central services, document storage and records access departments.
Mr. State was an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York prior to joining the NFTA in April 2011. Prior to that he served as an Administrative Law Judge with the New State Office of Temporary Disability, as an Army Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) Officer (Major, retired) Trial Counsel with the 42nd Infantry Division, NYARNG, and the City of Buffalo Corporation Counsel’s Office. Mr. State deployed to the World Trade Center in response to the 9/11 attacks and is an Iraq veteran who served from May 2004 to January 2006 when he was mobilized to active duty to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom IIII.
He is a graduate of Buffalo State College (BS in Physics), SUNY at Buffalo Law School, and also attended the Syracuse University College of Law.
He has held an adjunct faculty position at the University of Buffalo (teaching Urban Development Law and Policy) and teaches at Erie Community College where he instructs on Business Law I and II. Mr. State is also a Registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. State, his wife Karen, and his daughters Lauren and Lily reside in Buffalo, NY.