2023 Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

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The 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars have been announced and the following Rochester lawyers have made the lists:

Bond, Schoeneck & King’s 2023 Upstate New York Rising Stars:

• Claire G. Bopp – PI Medical Malpractice: Defense
• Stephanie H. Fedorka – Employment & Labor
• Nicholas P. Jacobson – Employment & Labor
•  Mary P. Moore – Business Litigation
• Theresa E. Rusnak – Employment & Labor
• Travis R. Talerico – Employment & Labor

Harter Secrest & Emery’s 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers:

• Peter H. Abdella
• Kenneth W. Africano
• Jerauld E. Brydges
• Jeffrey J. Calabrese
• Megan K. Dorritie
• Brian M. Feldman
• Amy L. Hemenway
• Paul W. Holloway
• John G. Horn
• Thomas J. Hurley
• Rowland Richards
• Sheldon K. Smith
• Erika N.D. Stanat
• Patrick M. Tomovic
• Jeffrey A. Wadsworth
• Craig S. Wittlin

Harter Secrest & Emery’s 2023 Upstate New York Rising Stars :

• Caitlin A. Anderson
• Christina M. Deats
• Siddharth Bahl
• Lindsey N. Bober
• Vittoria L. Buzzelli
• Jessica N. Clemente
• Daniel W. Collins
• Matthew Eldred
• Jonathan R. Jasinski
• Anna S. M. McCarthy
• Jacob D. Merrill
• Margaret K. Rhoda
• Rayza Santiago
• Glenn R. Schieck
• Michael N. Vranjes
• Kristian D. Walker
• Kristin F. Zimar

Phillips Lytle’s Rochester 2023 Upstate New York Super Lawyers:

• David L. Cook (Business Litigation)
• Linda T. Prestegaard (Employment & Labor)

Phillips Lytle’s Rochester 2023 Upstate New York Rising Stars:

• Anthony M. Carello (Real Estate)
• Nicholas P. Fedorka (Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Alson J. McKenna (Banking)
• Tara Ward (Business Litigation)

Phillips Lytle’s Buffalo Super Lawyers:

• Kristen M. Birmingham (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Alan J. Bozer (Business Litigation)
• William J. Brown (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Craig R. Bucki (State, Local & Municipal)
• William D. Christ (Business Litigation)
• Douglas W. Dimitroff (Communications)
• James D. Donathen (Employment & Labor)
• Kevin J. English (Business Litigation)
• David P. Flynn (Environmental)
• James R. Grasso (Employment & Labor)
•  Mary Jo Herrscher (PI – Products: Defense)
• Kevin M. Hogan (Environmental Litigation)
• Paul F. Jones (PI – Products: Defense)
• William P. Keefer (Health Care)
• Gary F. Kotaska (Securities & Corporate Finance)
• Craig A. Leslie (PI – Products: Defense)
• Amanda L. Lowe (Business Litigation)
• Kenneth A. Manning (Business/Corporate)
• David J. McNamara (Business Litigation)
• Sean C. McPhee (Business Litigation)
• Paul E. Morrison-Taylor (PI – General: Defense)
• David J. Murray (Mergers & Acquisitions)
• Michael B. Powers (Business Litigation)
• John G. Schmidt Jr. (Business Litigation)
• Ronald S. Shubert (Real Estate)
• Lisa L. Smith (PI – Products: Defense)
• Adam S. Walters (Land Use/Zoning)
• James W. Whitcomb (PI – Products: Defense)
• Sharon L. Wick (Estate & Probate)
• Preston L. Zarlock (Business Litigation)

Buffalo-based attorneys named to the Rising Stars list include:

• Samuel Borbor-Sawyer (Business Litigation)
• Erin C. Borek (Business Litigation)
• Catherine N. (Eisenhut) Cervone (Bankruptcy: Business)
• Erin E. Connare (PI – Products: Defense)
• Benjamin S. Cranston (Estate & Probate)
• Andrew P. Devine (Class Action)
• Matthew J. Fitzgerald (Real Estate)
• Patrick T. Fitzgerald (Real Estate)
• Kenneth A. Grossberg (Estate & Probate)
• Lindsey E. Haubenreich (Environmental)
• Tristan D. Hujer (Business Litigation)
• Timothy P. Kucinski (Business/Corporate)
• John T. Murray (Business Litigation)
• Chloe J. Nowak (Environmental Litigation)
• James R. O’Connor (Business Litigation)
• Robert Reagan (Class Action)
• Zabrina V. Reich (Immigration: Business)
• Jacob S. Sonner (Business Litigation)
• Lauren E. Weber (PI Medical Malpractice: Defense)

Also included on the list is Jamestown-based attorney Gregory L. Peterson (Real Estate).