Paul Clyne

Paul Clyne was the District Attorney of Albany County, New York from January 2001 through December 2004. A graduate of Albany Law School, he spent about 14 years as an assistant district attorney, before before he was tapped by local politicians to replace the retiring District Attorney, Sol Greenberg. He was defeated for re-election by David Soares, first in the Democratic Party primary election in September 2004, [ [http://www.albanycounty.com/electionResults/_pdf/PE04_Results.pdf Albany County Board of Elections official web site results for September 14, 2004 primary election] . Accessed January 9, 2008.] and then in the general election in November 2004, in which he ran on an independent line. [ [http://www.albanycounty.com/electionResults/_pdf/GE04_RESULTS.pdf Albany County Board of Elections official web site results for November 2, 2004 general election] . Accessed January 9, 2008.] After a stint teaching at the New York Prosecutors Institute, he went into private practice as a criminal defense attorney in 2007, with an office in Albany, New York. [DeMare, Carol, "Clyne hangs out a shingle - and a number," Law Beat, "Albany Times Union", September 12, 2007, p. D3.]

Clyne is married and has two children. His brother, Matthew J. Clyne, is an election commissioner for Albany County. [ [http://www.albanycounty.com/vote/ Albany County Board of Elections official page] . Accessed January 9, 2008.]

As of April 2008, former DA Clyne is opposing his successor, David Soares, for re-election, and the Albany County Democratic candidate selection committee refused to endorse either candidate. [DeMare, Carol, "No endorsement so far from DA panel: Neither Soares nor Clyne gets backing of Albany County party's screening committee", "Albany Times-Union", Tuesday, April 22, 2008, found at [http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=682660&category=ALBANY&BCCode=&newsdate=4/22/2008 Tuimes Union sotry of April 22, 2008] . Accessed May 5, 2008.]

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