Alexander D. Racketa is a Partner in Hinman, Howard & Kattell’s Litigation and Real Property Tax Assessment and Condemnation practice groups. Alex handles a wide range of cases in a number of forums, including administrative panels, trial courts, and appellate courts at all levels, and in both New York and federal courts. He represents businesses and individuals with challenges to real property tax assessments, from grievance complaint through trial and appeal. His areas of practice also include corporate dissolution, estates litigation, real property and easement disputes, and tort matters.
Alex is quite involved in the local community and bar activities. Alex serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the SUNY Broome Foundation. He is active in the Broome County Bar Association, and he is the former chair of the BCBA fundraising committee and member of the Law Day Committee. Alex is also the former Chairman of the Board of Directors and former President of the Binghamton Sertoma Club. He is a member of the United Way Emerging Leaders Society of Broome County and was a member of the Broome Leadership Institute Class of 2013-2014. He has formerly served as an attorney advisor to a local Mock Trial team, and on the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Discipline. From 2015-2025, Alex was recognized as a New York Super Lawyers Rising Star.
Alex is the author of several articles, including Takings for Economic Development in New York: A Constitutional Slam Dunk? published in the Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy, 20 Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy 191 (Fall 2010); and several articles in the Hinman, Howard & Kattell newsletter, including Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee Assessment Relief Act: Special Property Tax Relief Available; December 2012 and Flood Damage: Assistance and Options in September 2011. Alex was the research coordinator for the Hinman, Howard & Kattell Pro Bono Flood Consultation Program. He is also a frequent speaker on flood recovery and disaster loss mitigation. He has spoken to community groups and attorneys in CLE seminars regarding the serious issues that confronted both businesses and individuals in the months following the September 2011 flooding. Alex also enjoys coaching youth sports, and spends his free time with his wife and three sons hiking and participating in other outdoor pursuits.
Publications
Takings for Economic Development in New York: A Constitutional Slam Dunk? published in the Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy, 20 Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy 191 (Fall 2010)
