Barclay Damon had 116 attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and 38 attorneys recognized in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® 2024 editions. Best Lawyers® lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation.
In addition to their inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, seven attorneys are also recognized by Best Lawyers as “Lawyer of the Year”: Susan Benz (Buffalo – Health Care Law), Connie Cahill (Albany – Public Finance Law), Jim Canfield (Syracuse – Banking and Finance Law), Jim Domagalski (Buffalo – Construction Law), Jen Flannery (Buffalo – Litigation – Trusts and Estates), Bill Foster (Albany – Insurance Law), and Art Marrapese (Buffalo – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law).
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – Albany office:
- Melissa Bennett: Public Finance Law
- Kevin Bezio: Public Finance Law
- Connie Cahill: Public Finance Law
- Linda Clark: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- David Cost: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Bill Foster: Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Yvonne Hennessey: Litigation – Environmental
- Gene Laks: Health Care Law
- Michael Murphy: Civil Rights Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Melissa Zambri: Health Care Law
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – Albany office:
- Brienna Christiano: Commercial Litigation; Health Care Law; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Municipal Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Dena DeFazio: Health Care Law
- Hayden Fahrenkopf: Professional Malpractice Law
- Amanda Fitzgerald: Banking and Finance Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Tax Law
- Kyra Ganswith: Commercial Litigation
- Jamie Dughi Hogenkamp: Health Care Law
- Naresh Kannan: Communications Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Patent Law
- Daniel Martucci: Professional Malpractice Law
- Amanda Miller: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law
- Meaghan Murphy: Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates
- David Solimeno: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Energy Law
- Genevieve Trigg: Energy Law; Land Use and Zoning Law
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – Boston office:
- Ken Bello: Employment Law – Management
- Dan Blake: Employment Law – Management
- Carolyn Marcotte Crowley: Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Harry Daniels: Commercial Litigation
- Stephen Oleskey: Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Joe Stanganelli: Commercial Litigation
- Brian Whiteley: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – Boston office:
- Martine Wayne: Commercial Litigation
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – Buffalo office:
- Corey Auerbach: Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Susan Benz: Health Care Law
- Eric Bloom: Commercial Litigation
- Danielle Cardamone: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Roger Cominsky: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
- Victoria D’Angelo: Trusts and Estates
- Rich Day: Corporate Law
- Nick DiCesare: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
- Jim Domagalski: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Meghan Dwyer: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Mike Ferdman: Construction Law
- Jen Flannery: Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Larry Gallick: Corporate Law
- Herb Glose: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
- Chris Greene: Corporate Law; Health Care Law
- Bob Heary: Employment Law – Management
- Frank Heller: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
- Jennifer Leonardi: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- David Luzon: Trusts and Estates
- Gary Maas: Corporate Law
- Peter Marlette: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Art Marrapese: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Litigation – ERISA
- Charlie Martorana: Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Ray McCabe: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Tax Law
- Mark McNamara: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Jim Milbrand: Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Michael Moore: Corporate Law
- Gary Mucci: Corporate Law
- Andy Oppenheimer: Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Tax Law
- Randy Oppenheimer: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Robert Portin: Corporate Law; Health Care Law
- Gust Pullman: Corporate Law
- Vince Saccomando: Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Carol Snider: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Kevin Szczepanski: Insurance Law
- Clark Trow: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Cathy Wettlaufer: Trusts and Estates
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – Buffalo office:
- Megan Bahas: Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Andrew Carroll: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Daniel Coleman: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Dzifa Gan: Real Estate Law
- Ari Goldberg: Land Use and Zoning Law; Real Estate Law
- Briana Krawczyk: Trusts and Estates
- Ari Kwiatkowski: Insurance Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Sarah O’Brien: Commercial Litigation
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – New Haven office:
- Lizz Acee: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Charles Andres: Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law
- Brian Donnell: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
- Dan Elliott: Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Nic Ferland: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Ilan Markus: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
- Penny Mason: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Brian Rich: Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities; Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – New Haven office:
- Nancy Valentino: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – New York office:
- Sharon Brown: Public Finance Law
- Naomi Levin: Elder Law; Trusts and Estates
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – New York office:
- Xun Chen: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Scott Fleischer: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Amanda Rhodes: Health Care Law
- Benjamin Zakarin: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – Rochester office:
- Lisa Arrington: Elder Law
- Tom Cronmiller: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Sanjeev Devabhakthuni: Insurance Law; Production Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Terry Emmens: Trusts and Estates
- Jim Grossman: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Susan Schultz Laluk: Copyright Law; Corporate Law; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Jerry Mackey: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Danielle Mettler-LaFeir: Energy Law; Environmental Law
- Tim Muck: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Corporate Law
- Rachelle Nuhfer: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Trusts and Estates
- Glenn Pezzulo: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Tony Piazza: Insurance Law
- Cassandra Rich: Real Estate Law
- Scott Rogoff: Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Roy Rotenberg: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Paul Sanders: Commercial Litigation
- Nick Scarfone: Corporate Law; Tax Law
- Karen Schaefer: Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates
- Tara Sciortino: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Tom Walsh: Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental
- Mark Whitford: Insurance Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Joe Wilson: Insurance Law
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – Rochester office:
- Matthew Eaves: Trusts and Estates
- Jason Klimek: Corporate Law
- Brittany Lawrence: Commercial Litigation
- Earl Storrs III: Insurance Law
- Jessica Tariq: Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America – Syracuse office:
- Lee Alcott: Commercial Litigation
- Will Barclay: Corporate Law
- Robert Barrer: Commercial Litigation
- David Burch: Commercial Litigation
- Jim Canfield: Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Law
- Rick Capozza: Energy Law; Environmental Law; Oil and Gas Law
- Brenda Colella: Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law
- John Cook: Commercial Litigation
- Marcy Robinson Dembs: Trusts and Estates
- Jon Devendorf: Commercial Litigation
- Jeff Dove: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Jim Evans: Commercial Litigation
- Dan French: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Bill Gilberti: Environmental Law
- Chris Harrigan: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Mitch Katz: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Real Estate
- John Kelepurovski: Corporate Law
- John Langan: Commercial Litigation
- Matthew Larkin: Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Kevin McAuliffe: Project Finance Law
- Buster Melvin: Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Doug Nash: Commercial Litigation
- Patty Naughton: Commercial Litigation
- Kevin Newman: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
- Mike Oropallo: Copyright Law
- Michael Sciotti: Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- John Sindoni: Real Estate Law
- Lynn Smith: Corporate Law
- Gerry Stack: Corporate Law; Tax Law
- Trey Vars: Corporate Law
2024 Edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America – Syracuse office:
- Kayla Arias: Commercial Litigation
- Nick Constantino: Insurance Law; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Alexandra Dimon: Banking and Finance Law
- Danielle Katz: Corporate Law; Tax Law
- Jon McSherry: Corporate Law; Tax Law
- Robert Thorpe: Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Michael Whittaker: Banking and Finance Law
Barclay Damon attorneys team across offices and practices to provide customized, targeted solutions grounded in industry knowledge and a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses. With nearly 300 attorneys, Barclay Damon is a leading law firm that operates from a strategic platform of offices located in the Northeastern United States and Toronto. For more information, visit our award-winning website at barclaydamon.com.