William "Bill" Comiskey, a partner at Hodgson Russ LLP working out of the firm's Albany and Manhattan offices, represents businesses and individuals facing government investigations and prosecutions involving alleged fraudulent or wrongful conduct, including those suspected of violating New York's tax, health, and criminal laws. He has secured the exoneration of a New York businessman wrongly indicted for tax fraud; successfully defended a national company under investigation by the New York State Office of the Attorney General for alleged tax law violations initiated by a tax whistleblower; and represents taxpayers involved in state tax litigation, audits, investigations and prosecutions, physicians involved in licensing or disciplinary matters, and health care providers under investigation by the New York State's Office of the Attorney General and Office of the Medicaid Inspector General. Prior to joining Hodgson Russ in 2010, Bill spent more than 30 years in a variety of high-level state government positions. He was the deputy commissioner for tax enforcement at the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, where he served as the state's top tax enforcement officer in charge of approximately 2,500 auditors, collectors, and criminal investigators. In the health care area, he served as the deputy attorney general in charge of New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, the largest state law enforcement unit in the nation dedicated to fighting Medicaid fraud. In a prior appointment, Bill served as director of the Bureau of Professional Medical Conduct in New York's Department of Health, where he was counsel and chief prosecutor for New York's physician disciplinary board. As a prosecutor, Bill held leadership positions in the Attorney General's Criminal Division, prosecuting fraud, corruption, and organized crime cases. He also served as chief assistant district attorney in Rensselaer County and as an assistant district attorney in the Manhattan district attorney's office. He began his career as a confidential Law Clerk to Associate Judge Hugh R. Jones at the New York Court of Appeals following his graduation from Fordham University School of Law.