The Legal Project of Albany selected Hiscock & Barclay, LLP attorney David Cost for the 2011 Stanley A. Rosen Memorial Award in recognition of the hard work and dedication Cost exemplified in handling a complicated domestic violence case last year as a pro bono clinic volunteer. Rosemarie V. Rosen, Stan Rosen's widow, assisted in presenting the award at the 16th Annual Pro Bono Reception held at the Hart Theater Lounge at The Egg in Albany in October.
The Legal Project of Albany is a private, non-for-profit agency that works to make the law more accessible to those in need, to increase the legal community's involvement in pro bono work, and to serve as a resource on legal issues with a special commitment to women who may have difficulty in obtaining legal assistance.
Cost is an Associate in the Albany office of Hiscock & Barclay. He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation with a focus on torts, insurance defense and products liability litigation and has represented a number of clients in civil litigation matters pending in both state and federal courts in New York. Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, listed as a "Top 250 Firm" by The National Law Journal, is a full-service, 200-attorney law firm, with offices throughout the major cities of New York State, as well as in Boston, Washington, D.C. and Toronto, providing comprehensive legal and business counsel to a diverse client base in 31 practice areas.