August 29, 2017"” Barclay Damon had 77 attorneys named to the 2017 New York State Super Lawyers list, with another 26 recognized as Upstate New York Rising Stars. Selection to the lists resulted from a rigorous review process including peer recognition and professional achievement. Each year, no more than 5 percent of lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive the Super Lawyer honor, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to receive the Rising Stars honor.
The following Barclay Damon attorneys in the 2017 Super Lawyers list are located in the Syracuse office:
Robert A. Barrer, Partner: Professional Liability and Commercial Litigation
Richard R. Capozza, Partner: Environmental and Energy
J. Eric Charlton, Partner: Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights and Commercial Litigation
John D. Cook, Partner: Intellectual Property Litigation and Commercial Litigation
Marcy Robinson Dembs, Partner: Trusts & Estates
Jon P. Devendorf, Partner: Commercial Litigation
Christopher J. Harrigan, Partner: Labor & Employment and Commercial Litigation
John P. Langan, Managing Partner: Commercial Litigation and Energy
Edward G. Melvin, II, Partner: Labor & Employment and Higher Education
Gabriel M. Nugent, Partner: Commercial Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense
Michael A. Oropallo, Partner: Intellectual Property Litigation and Environmental
Alan R. Peterman, Partner: Labor & Employment and Torts & Products Liability Defense
Michael J. Sciotti, Partner: Labor & Employment and Healthcare & Human Services
The following Barclay Damon attorneys in the 2017 Super Lawyers list are located in the Albany office:
Linda J. Clark, Partner: Health Care Controversies and Mass & Toxic Torts
William C. Foster, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense & Insurance Coverage
Yvonne E. Hennessey, Partner: Energy and Environmental
The following Barclay Damon attorneys in the 2017 Super Lawyers list are located in the Rochester office:
Gary H. Abelson, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Insurance Litigation
Thomas B. Cronmiller, Partner: Professional Liability and Torts & Products Liability Defense
James S. Grossman, Partner: Health Care & Human Services and Real Property Tax
Susan Schultz Laluk, Partner: Corporate and Emerging Technologies
Anthony J. Piazza, Partner: Insurance Coverage & Regulation and Commercial Litigation
Robert M. Shaddock, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Professional Liability
The following Barclay Damon attorneys in the 2017 Super Lawyers list are located in the Buffalo office:
Eric A. Bloom, Of Counsel: Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
Danielle M. Cardamone, Partner: Mass & Toxic Torts and Torts & Products Liability Defense
Christopher A. Cardillo, Partner: Construction & Surety and Commercial Litigation
James P. Domagalski, Partner: Commercial Litigation and Construction & Surety
Thomas J. Drury, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Professional Liability
Anne C. Evans, Partner: Real Estate and Financial Institutions & Lending
Michael E. Ferdman, Partner: Commercial Litigation and Construction & Surety
Joseph M. Finnerty, Partner: Media & First Amendment Law and Commercial Litigation
John P. Gaughan, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Commercial Litigation
Herbert J. Glose, Partner: Health Care & Human Services and Corporate
Christopher T. Greene, Partner: Corporate and Health Care & Human Services
Robert P. Heary, Partner: Labor & Employment and Corporate
Franklin W. Heller, Partner: Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights and Commercial Litigation
Peter S. Marlette, Partner: Mass & Toxic Torts and Torts & Products Liability Defense
Dennis R. McCoy, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Professional Liability
Mark R. McNamara, Partner: Real Property Tax & Condemnation and Oil & Gas
Vincent J. Moore, Special Counsel: Real Estate and Financial Institutions & Lending
Eric C. Naegely, Partner: Healthcare & Human Services and Health Care Controversies
Laurence B. Oppenheimer, Partner: Labor & Employment and Corporate
Randolph C. Oppenheimer, Partner: Commercial Litigation and Labor & Employment
Robert J. Portin, Partner: Health Care & Human Services and Health Care Controversies
Heidi Brauer Ruchala, Partner: Mass & Toxic Torts and Torts & Products Liability Defense
Vincent G. Saccomando, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Insurance Coverage
Kevin D. Szczepanski, Partner: Insurance Coverage & Regulation and Commercial Litigation
Carol G. Snider, Partner: Mass & Toxic Torts and Torts & Products Liability Defense
Gregory Zini, Partner: Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
Catherine T. Wettlaufer, Partner: Trusts & Estates
The following Barclay Damon attorneys in the 2017 Super Lawyers list are located in the Clarence office:
Victoria L. D'Angelo, Special Counsel: Trusts & Estates
Jeffery D. Palumbo, Partner: Land Use & Zoning and Project Development
The following Barclay Damon attorneys in the 2017 Super Lawyers list are located in the Elmira office:
Bryan J. Maggs, Partner: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Labor & Employment
In addition, 26 Barclay Damon attorneys were recognized as 2017 Upstate New York Rising Stars.
In the Albany office, the following attorneys were honored:
Jonathan H. Bard, Associate: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Insurance Coverage
David M. Cost, Partner: Commercial Litigation and Healthcare Controversies
Joseph A. Murphy, Associate: Healthcare Controversies and Commercial Litigation
Colm P. Ryan, Associate: Healthcare Controversies and Torts & Products Liability Defense
Bella S. Satra, Intellectual Property Litigation and Commercial Litigation
In the Buffalo office, the following attorneys were honored:
Lydia H. Beebe Safulko, Associate: Trusts & Estates
Kimberly A. Colaiacovo, Associate: Commercial Litigation and Labor & Employment
Thomas A. Digati, Associate: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Mass & Toxic Torts
E. Meghan Dwyer, Associate: Mass & Toxic and Torts Products & Liability Defense
Jennifer G. Flannery, Partner: Trusts & Estates
Elizabeth A. Holmes, Associate: Commercial Litigation and Land Use & Zoning
Jennifer L. Leonardi, Partner: Mass & Toxic Torts and Products Liability Defense
Mindy Menke, Of Counsel: Trusts & Estates
Megan E. Bahas, Associate: Labor & Employment and Healthcare & Human Services
Caitlyn S. Shank, Associate: Commercial Litigation and Family & Matrimonial Law
In the Clarence office, the following attorneys were honored:
Corey A. Auerbach, Partner: Land Use & Zoning and Project Development
In the Elmira office, the following attorney were honored:
Jeremy J. Hourihan, Associate: Torts & Products Liability Defense and Professional Liability
In the Rochester office, the following attorneys were honored:
Brittany E. Lawrence, Associate: Commercial Litigation and Higher Education
Danielle E. Mettler-LaFeir, Counsel: Environmental
In the Syracuse office, the following attorneys were honored:
David G. Burch, Partner: Project Development and Commercial Litigation
Emanuela D'Ambrogio, Associate: Real Property Tax & Condemnation and Energy
Ross M. Greenky, Associate: Labor & Employment
Jason C. Halpin, Associate: Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Litigation
John M. Nichols, Associate: Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights and Commercial Litigation
Angela C. Winfield, Of Counsel: Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights
"We are proud of the Barclay Damon attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers. We count on their passion, skill, attention to detail, and dedication to our clients every day," noted John P. Langan, managing partner of Barclay Damon and a member of the 2017 Super Lawyers list. "The firm is grateful for the legal community's recognition of our attorneys' work and talent."
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers Magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.
Barclay Damon, listed as a "Top 250 Firm" by The National Law Journal, is a full-service law firm with offices throughout the major cities of New York State and in Toronto, Boston, Washington DC, and Newark. With 275 lawyers in 33 practice areas, Barclay Damon is the largest law firm in the Northeastern United States centered outside a major market. Barclay Damon provides comprehensive legal and business counsel to a diverse client base. For more information, visit barclaydamon.com.