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Posted: October 24, 2011
Graig Zappia 2011
Name: Graig Zappia
Title: Partner
Company: Tully Rinckey PLLC
Location: Albany, N.Y.
Birthplace: Newark, N.Y.
Family: Wife, Kendra; 2 year old English bulldog, Mookie
College: Siena College
First job outside of real estate: Worked at family vending/wholesaling business in Newark, N.Y.
First job in real estate or allied field: Associate attorney with a law firm in Rochester, N.Y.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Full service law firm headquartered in Albany, N.Y., with offices in Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Always looking for opportunities to grow the firm across New York and throughout the country.
Hobbies: Running, golfing, rooting for the Siena Saints, Buffalo Bills and New York Yankees
Favorite book: Anything by Dan Brown or John Grisham
Favorite movies: "Shawshank Redemption," "Rain Man," "Glory"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Jackie Robinson, Ronald Reagan, Pat Tillman
Key to success: Never be satisfied
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Something sports related, preferably the GM of the New York Yankees
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