Couch White LLP

Real Estate and Corporate and Commercial Transactions

Partner and Co-Chair of Real Estate and Complex and Commercial Transactions Practice Groups

Chip handles commercial real estate development projects and business matters for closely-held companies of all sizes, including development and construction contracts, business formations, financing, sales and purchases, and commercial leases. Chip has a great depth of experience in both the transactional and litigation sides of the law. Chip has lectured extensively to practicing attorneys and construction industry associations. Over the years he has given service to a number of not-for-profit concerns, as well.

• Albany County, New York State and American Bar Associations
• Title agent, Chicago Title Insurance Company
• ­St. Peter’s Health Partners (former Board Chair & Trustee)
• Director, ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust
• Selected to American Board of Trial Advocates and American Inns of Court
• Town Justice, Town of Niskayuna (16 years)
• Ranked in Band 2 by Chambers & Partners in the 2026 USA Guide for New York Upstate Real Estate
• Named to the 2026 Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Corporate Law

Amherst College, B.A., magna cum laude; Cornell Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, law review editor